Cosmetic bio-product based on cinnamon essential oil “Cinnamomum verum” for the treatment of mycoses: preparation, chemical analysis and antimicrobial activity

The evolution of cosmetology is, in recent years, considerable, especially by the number of new substances that appear particularly natural substances. Hence, this paper presents the physicochemical analyzes and the biological activities of a cosmetic formulation based on the essential oil of Cinnamomum verum (bark of cinnamon). The first part of the work, and after the extraction of the essential oil of cinnamon by hydrodistillation, we analyzed all the constituents of this oil by GC-MS. The results of these analyzes showed that the main composition consists of three compounds: cinnamaldehyde (89.31%), cinnamyl acetate (2.44%), linalool (1.60%). the last part of this work aimed to investigate the antimicrobial activities in cinnamon essential oil by assessing each against mycotic microbes, then the antibacterial activity was done against: Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus, and Antifungal activity was done against yeast Candida albicans and Aspergillus niger. The data of these microbial activities have shown remarkable activity, which implies the use of this oil in the treatment of mycoses.