Rosemary (Rosemarinus officinalis L.) is a well-known medicinal and essential oil plant, utilized by humankind since ancient times. The objective was to determine the effect of steam distillation time (DT) and material (dry or fresh biomass) on essential oil yield, composition, and bioactivity; and to develop regression models that can predict oil yield and composition at specific DT. The oil y...

Background: Nitrogen is the most important nutrient requirement for plants. Nitrogen supplying affected the leaf area, carbon fixation, glandular trichomes formation, ATP and NADPH content which resulted to the terpenoids biosynthesis enhancement and essential oils accumulation. Objective: This study was aimed to evaluate changes of essential oil content and components by use different levels ...

background artemisia aerial parts are well known for antimicrobial activities including anti malaria. objectives this study was carried out to evaluate the antimicrobial activity and chemical composition of essential oil from the seeds of artemisia aucheri boiss (asteraceae). materials and methods essential oil was extracted from the powdered seeds of artemisia aucheri by hydrodistillation. ant...

In this study, aerial parts of Lippia citriodora Kunth were harvested at three phenological stages (i.e. vegetative, full flowering and fruit set). The essential oil isolated by hydro distillation for 3 h using a Clevenger-type apparatus and the oil was analyzed by GC and GC-MS. The yields of oils (w/w%) in different stages was in the order of: full flowering (0.9%), vegetative (0.48%) and frui...

background: in recent years, natural products, especially natural antioxidants, play an important role in various fields. in fact, lippia citriodora is one of the medicinal plants which is cultivated in iran and it may be has potential antioxidant activity. objective: the chemical composition of lippia citriodora essential oil (lceo) has been determined. the total phenolic content and antioxida...

background: satureja khuzistanica jamzad, with the common persian name “marzeh khuzestani”, is an endemic medicinal plant, distributed in the southwestern areas of iran. salicylic acid (sa) is a signaling molecule and a hormone-like substance that plays an important role in the plant physiological processes. objective: this study was conducted to determine the influence of foliar sa application...

background and objectives : the aim of this study was to evaluate the chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of satureja hortensis and trachyspermum copticum essential oils against different kinds of microorganisms in vitro. material and methods : the antimicrobial activity was evaluated by micro broth dilution assay and analysis of essential oils chemical composition by gc and gc/ms a...

the focus of the present study was to investigate the chemical composition of essential oil of salvia hydrangea dc. ex benth. growing wild in kiasar-hezarjrib, iran. in addition, effects of altitude and some soil properties on the essential oil quality and quantity of s. hydrangea was identified. the samples collected from two altitudes (1100 and 2000 m) in blossoming period, were analyzed by h...

The present study was investigated the effects of two elicitors methyl jasmonate (0, 125, 250 and 500 µM) and chitosan (0, 50, 150 and 250 mg L-1) on shoot and callus growth of Iranian Hypericum perforatumL. in vitro cultures in separate experiments. The experiment was done in the base of completely randomized design with five replications and five explants in each replication. Methyl jasmonate...

Background and objectives: Ducrosia anethifolia is one species which belongs to Apiaceae family that is used to improve the odor of foods and drinks. It is used also to treat catarrh, headache and backache in folk medicine. The herb is also reported to relax the mind and body and induce a peaceful sleep. The growing stage has an important role in quantity and quality o...