Antibacterial properties of the essential oil of Pelargonium Graveolens L'Hér

Antibiotic resistance is a problem facing health professionals around the world. Faced with these resistances, a major interest is taken to aromatic and medicinal plants whose antibacterial properties are due essentially to the essential oil fraction. In the perspective of using the essential oil of Pelargonium graveolens in medical practice, we proposed to research, in vitro, its activity against bacterial strains from clinical infections. The antibacterial test was evaluated against five microorganisms using two different methods: the disc diffusion method and the macrodilution method which aims to determine the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC). The essential oil exhibited promising antibacterial power against the tested strains.