Moroccan Formulation of Oils for the Care of Hair : Chemical Composition and Antibacterial Activity

Tarik Ainane1*, Said Gharby2, Mohammed Talbi3, Abdelmjid Abourriche4, Ahmed Bennamara4, Naoual Oukkache5, Hassan Lamdini6 and Mohamed Elkouali3 1Superior School of Technology Khenifra (EST-Khenifra), University of Moulay Ismail, PB 170, 54000 Khenifra, Morocco 2Laboratory of Chemistry of Plants, Organic Synthesis and Bioorganic, Faculty of Science, University Mohammed V-Agdal, Rabat, Morocco 3Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Physical Chemistry of Materials, Faculty of Sciences Ben Msik, University Hassan II, BP 7955 Casablanca 20660, Morocco 4Biomolecules and organic synthesis laboratory, Faculty of Sciences Ben Msik, University Hassan II, BP 7955 Casablanca 20660, Morocco 5Laboratory of Venoms and Toxins, Pasteur Institute of Morocco, 1 Place Louis Pasteur, Casablanca 20360, Morocco 6Department of Infectious Diseases, IbnRochd Hospital University Center, Casablanca 20270Morocco SOJ Biochemistry Open Access Research Article


Introduction
Since antiquity, the use of natural products presents considerable interest for humans, but nowadays with the industrial spirit, scientific advance is being used in the development of innovative natural products in medicine, pharmaceutics, and cosmetics industries with thorough and targeted studies [1][2][3][4][5].Several public and private sectors, for small scale ventures, there are still many ways in which we can employ them as a cosmetic or pharmaceutics products [14].Also, the essential oils are the subject of intensive scientific research and attract attention of cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries due to their potential as active pharmacological compounds or natural preservatives.Enormous diversity of this group of natural compounds and wide spectrum of biological properties make them attractive for many industries.Regardless from sensory properties of essential oils, antimicrobial and antifungal activities are the goal of research [15,16].This work is a chemical and biological study of a natural formulation from vegetable oils (argan oil and olive oil) and essential oils (Thymus vulgaris, Nigella sativa, and Allium sativum) of Moroccan tradition for hair care.This formulation has been used for several centuries in the rural areas, the Sahara and the Atlas mountains.

Vegetable oils
Argan oil was obtained from the cooperative of GIE TARGANINE.Olive oil was acquired from a supermarket (Casablanca -Morocco).

Analytical determination
The chemical and physical parameters (acidity, peroxide index, saponification index, and iodine index, absorption coefficients in UV at 232 and 270 nm, and humidity) were analysed, in triplicate following the analytical methods described in Regulations EC 2568/91 [17].
Fatty acid composition was determined on their corresponding methyl esters by gas chromatography on a CPWa x 52CB column (30 m × 0.25 mm i.d.) using He (flow rate 1 ml/ min) as a carrier gas.Oven, injector, and detector temperature were set at 170, 200, and 230°C respectively.Injected quantity was 1 µl for each analysis.
Sterol composition was determined after trimethylsilylation of the crude sterol fraction using a Varian 3800 instrument equipped with a VF-1 ms column (30 m × 0.25 mm i.d.) and using helium (flow rate 1.6 ml/ min) as carrier gas.Column temperature was isothermal at 270°C; injector and detector temperature was 300°C.Injected quantity was 1 µl for each analysis [18].
On the basis of the AOCS Official method Ce 8-89, tocopherols content was determined by HPLC using Shimadzu instruments equipped with a C18-Varian column (25 cm 94 mm).Detection was performed using a fluorescence detector (excitation wavelength 290 nm, detection wavelength 330 nm).Eluent used was a 99:1 isooctane/ isopropanol (V/V) mixture, flow rate 1.2 ml/min [19].

Essential oils
Aerial parts of the Thymus vulgaris, seeds of Nigella sativa, and fruits of Allium sativum were purchased from the local market in Casablanca (Morocco) and identified at Department of Biology, Faculty of sciences Ben M'sik University of Hassan II -Casablanca.Voucher specimen of the plants were dried and deposited at the herbarium of laboratory.Origins of species are displayed in (Table 1).Dried biomasses were submitted to steam distillation in a Clevenger-type apparatus for 4 h.The essential oils obtained were separated from water and dried over anhydrous Na 2 SO 4 then stored at 4°C until use.
The qualitative analysis of essential oils is done by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC/ MS: Hewlett Packard 5971A).Determining the relative proportions of various molecules obtained by gas chromatography coupled with flame ionization (GC/FID: Hewlett Packard 5890A).Analysis by GC/MS and GC/FID are made under identical conditions.GC/ MS were performed on a DB-5 column (5% phenyl methyl siloxane) whose dimensions are: length: 30 m; diameter: 250 μm; film thickness 0.32 microns.The applied temperature program was 40°C for 5 min, 40 to 20 °C at 3°C/ min then held at 200°C for 5 min.The carrier gas was helium (pressure: 49.9 kPa, flows: 1ml/ min).The source of the mass spectrometer to a temperature of 230°C and the mass range is scanned from 50 to 350 amu [20].

Preparation of formulation
In a graduated flask of 100 ml, was added 1 ml of each essential oil.Afterwards, the flask completed until gauge by the mixture of argan and olive oils (1:1), and finally stored in a refrigerator at 4°C before analysis or use.

Antibacterial activities
The method used is the well diffusion agar described by T. Ainane and A. Abourriche, et al. [21].This method can quickly observe effects of a substance by bacterial growth.Screening for antibacterial activity of the products was determined by agar well diffusion method.The oils and formulation were dissolved in DMSO (Dimethyl sulfoxide) 5%.Ten microliter of crude extract (2 mg/ ml) was loaded onto well (diameter 6 mm).Fresh colonies of Streptococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa on supplemented MH (Mueller Hinton) agar, were inoculated in supplemented MH broth and incubated overnight under aerobic condition.The bacterial suspensions were adjusted to McFarland standard at 0.5 and spreaded onto supplemented MH agar plates.The seeded plates and incubated at 37°C for 24 h under aerobic condition.The diameters of the inhibition zones were measured and the mean was recorded.Experiments were done in triplicate.Bacterial culture with 1% DMSO was used as negative control.In addition, tetracyclin and streptomycin used a positive control.

Analysis of Vegetable Oils
The first part of this work was devoted to the chemical composition of this formulation.So we started with the arganoil and olive oil.(Table 2) shows the physicochemical parameters of two oils used such as: acidity, peroxide index, saponification index, iodine index, absorption coefficients in UV at 232 and 270 nm, and humidity.Acidity is an important factor in assessing the quality of an oil and is widely used both as a test of classification of olive and argan oils, and also a factor that informs the oil alteration by hydrolysis.The acidity of argan oil and olive oil are respectively 0.30% and 0.62%.The peroxide value, saponification value and iodine value are parameters depend by the physicochemical properties and stability of fatty acids.The peroxide value of argan oil and olive oil are respectively: 1.1 meq/ kg and 2.1 meq/ kg, saponification values are respectively: 189.9 mgKOH/ g and 194.5 mgKOH/ g, and the iodine value are respectively: 98.3 and 87.7.Other parameters studied are the absorption coefficients in UV at 232 and 270 nm, because the conjugated diene have a strong absorption band in the ultraviolet near 232 nm and the triene have a triple band at 270 nm.Determining the absorbance in the vicinity of two wavelengths allows for the detection and evaluation of primary and secondary oxidation products.The results obtained for argan oil are: K 232 = 1.19 and K 270 = 0.20 and for olive oil are: K 232 = 1.71 and K 270 = 0.16.Humidity is the moisture and volatile matters is the weight loss experienced by the product after heating to 103°C ± 2°C in the operating conditions, the results obtained of argan and olive oils are respectively: 0.06% and 0.04%.According to the parameters recommended in the literature and the authorized values (norm) [17], both vegetables oils used are fresh and they having a good quality.
From another side, vegetable oils are essentially defined by their major composition of fatty acids and their minor composition of sterols and tocopherols.The study of the fatty acid composition of argan oil and olive show that oleic acid (46.9 % and 74.6 %) and linoleic acid (33.3 % and 10.7 %) are the majority fatty acids followed by palmitic acid and stearic acid.The analysis of total sterol gives very interesting results, 169 mg/ 100g for argan oil and 207 mg/ 100g for olive oil, also tocopherols have an minor composition for both oils, where the total tocopherol for argan oil is 738 mg/ kg in which a predominant amount of γ-tocopherol, and the total tocopherol for olive oil is 182 mg / kg in which a predominant amount of α-Tocopherol.All results of analyzes of fatty acids, total sterols and tocopherols are displayed in (Table 3).

Analysis of essential oils
After the distillation of essential oils, the determination of yield of each oil was calculated and then the values found were: 1.12 ± 0.21% for Thymus vulgaris, 0.83 ± 0.03% for Nigellasativa, and 0.52 ± 0.17% for Allium sativum.Therefore, qualitative analysis of essential oils of Thymus vulgaris, Nigella sativa, and Allium sativum made by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry GC/ MS are shown respectively in (Table 4, Table 5 and Table 6).
The second analysis of essential oil of Nigella sativa shows the presence of p-cymen (60.5%) as the major compound of the oil, also, the analysis confirms existence the other compounds with remarkable percentages such as: α-thujene (6.9%), thymoquinone (3%), carvacrol (2.4%) and β-pinene (2.4%), and other compounds with low yields.All of the identified compounds of this essential oil a yield of the order of 87.5%.

Antibacterial activities
The vegetable oils and essential oils are the main products of the preparation of the formulation for the care of the hair.They are evaluated for antimicrobial activity against four strains Streptococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Table 7) gives the results obtained during the antibacterial tests of these four strains by well diffusion agar method with a concentration of 2 mg/ ml for all products.
All oils showed important activity against the four strains, except olive oil which doesn't present an activity against Streptococcus faecalis, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, also, no activity for essential oil of Thymus vulgaris against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.Altogether, formulation prepared during this work showed remarkable activity against four strains.Finally, the positive results of this antibacterial test are achieved by the constituents of the chemical composition of all the oils and formulation, particularly fatty acids, thymol, p-cymen and sulphides; they exhibit important activities according to the literature [20,[22][23][24].

Conclusion
This work was devoted under investigation of the chemical composition and the antibacterial activity of a formulation of the Moroccan tradition, for the care of the hair.This formulation was prepared of two vegetable oils: argan oil and olive oil, and three essential oils: Thymus vulgaris, Nigella sativa, and Allium sativum.The physicochemical analysis of vegetable oils shows that two oils had good qualities according to the international recommendations.Also, their chemical compositions give a majority composition of fatty acids and a minority composition of sterols and tocopherols.The chemical analyses of the components of essential oils shows that the three oils had interesting compounds bioactifs, from where the essential oil analysis of Thymus vulgaris gives a majority composition of thymol and p-cymen, the essential oil analysis of Nigella sativa gives a majority composition of p-cymen, and essential oil analysis of Allium sativum gives a majority composition of diallyl disulfide, methyl allyl trisulfide and diallyl trisulfide.
Finally, the antibacterial test of the formulation gives an important activity against Streptococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.The appearance of this activity is caused by bioactive compounds present in components of vegetable oils and essential oils.

Table 1 :
Origins of the medicinal plants used in formulation for the care of hair.

Table 2 :
Physicochemical parameters of argan oil and olive oil used in this study.

Table 3 :
Fatty acid, sterol, and tocopherol composition of argan oil and olive oil.

Table 4 :
Percentages of chemical compositions of the essential oil Thymus vulgaris.

Table 5 :
Percentages of chemical compositions of the essential oil Nigella sativa.

Table 6 :
Percentages of chemical compositions of the essential oil Allium sativum.

Moroccan Formulation of Oils for the Care of Hair: Chemical Composition and Antibacterial Activity Copyright: © 2016 Ainane et al.Table 7 :
Antibacterial activity of the vegetable oils, the essential oils, the formulation, the tetracycline and streptomycin.