Introduction: In this study, the chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oil of Ziziphora clinopodiodes and its potential application as a natural preservative in reducing the indigenous microbial population of hamburger were investigated. Method: Essential oil of Ziziphora clinopodiodes cultivated in Iran was obtained by Hydro-distillation method (HDM). Chemical compositio...

OBJECTIVE This review focuses on the medicinal plants growing and having history of folk medicine in Iran and found effective as anti free radical damage in animal or human. DESIGN Embase, Scopus, Pubmed, Web of Science, Google Scholar, IranMedex, and SID databases were searched up to 2 February 2008. The search terms were antioxidant or "lipid peroxidation" and "plant, medicinal plant, herb,...

The goals of this study were to evaluate the effectiveness of Cuminum cyminum, Ziziphora clinopodioides and Nigella sativa essential oils to inhibit the growth of Aspergillus fumigatus and A. flavus and to evoke ultrastructural changes. The fungi were cultured into RPMI 1640 media in the presence of oils at concentrations of 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.5, 1.25, 1, 0.75 and 0.5 mg/ml in broth microdilut...

The studies were carried out on the territory of State National Natural Park «Kulsai Lakes», located northern macroslope Kungei Alatau ridge. main dominant species plant communities southern slopes mountains with bedrock outcrops at altitudes 1600-2000 m a. s. l. have been identified. These are shrubs - Juniperus sabina, Cotoneaster melanocarpus, Ephedra intermedia, Artemisia gmelinii. Dominant...

nowadays, using natural preservatives than synthetic ones is increasing. the present study was aimed to compare the effect of thyme (zataria multiflora boiss), onion (allium cepa) and ziziphora clinopodioides extracts on shelf-life extending of rainbow trout (oncorhynchus mykiss) salted, vacuum packaged fillet, kept at 4°c. for this purpose fish filets were kept in 4 treatment: salted in brine ...