Chemical composition and antifungal activity of Thymus algeriensis Bass & Reut and Thymus ciliatus (Desf) Benth essential oils against wood-decaying fungi

This work deals with the antifungal activity of two medicinal and aromatic plants essential oils of the Moroccan flora against four wood-decaying fungi. The essential oils obtained from Thymus algeriensis Boiss. & Rout and Thymus ciliatus (Desf.) Benth aerial parts by hydrodistillation were analyzed by GC and GC-MS. The result demonstrated that the major components of T algeriensis essential oil are campher (27 7%) and a-pinene (20 5%), while were the essential oil of T ciliatus contains mainly thymol (44 2%), beta-ocymene (25 8%) and a-terpinene (12 3%) Bioactivity tests against for fungi decaying wood (Gloeophyllum trabeum, Pone placenta, Coniophora puteana and Coriolus versicolor) demonstrate that the oil of T ciliatus showed a strong antifungal activity against all fungi tested