background & aim: the world production and consumption of essential oils and perfumes are increasing very fast. lippia citriodora h.b.k. is an herbal species mainly used as a spice and medicinal plant. endogenous levels as well exogenous application of plant growth regulators (pgr) could affect essential oil production and chemical compositions. experimental: to study the effect of exogenou...

In this work, the essential oil of black pine (Pinus nigra J. F. Arnold) was used for first time as a natural, ecological, and sustainable corrosion inhibitor acid cleaning carbon steel. The extracted by hydrodistillation using Clevenger-type apparatus, analyzed gas chromatography–flame–ionization detection (GC–FID) chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS). most abundant components in were ?-pi...

although some alternative therapies like botanical and herbal therapies have shown promise for relieving menopause symptoms such as hot flashes, more research is needed. eighty-five percent of the women in the united states experience hot flashes of some kind as they approach menopause and for the first year or two after their periods stop. between 20 and 50% of women continue to have them for ...

background & aim: ziziphora l. genus belongs to the lamiaceae family, which has important medicinal and aromatic plant species. in current study, essential oil chemical compositions of two ziziphora l. species (z. tenuior l. and z. clinopodioides lam.) were investigated. experimental: the flowering branches of z. tenuior and z. clinopodioides were collected in spring and summer 2011. the ae...

the present study was carried out to determine the potential antibacterial effect of essential oil of origanumvulgare against antibiotic resistant e.coli. in this study, the essential oil of origanumvulgare obtained by hydrodistillation was analyzed by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (gc-ms) in order to determine their chemical composition. the minimum inhibitory concentrations ...

abstract in order to evaluate the effects of different organic and biological fertilizers on quantity and quality of essential oil of fennel an experiment was conducted in a completely randomized block design with three replications. the experimental treatments were two organic (compost and vermicompost) and two biological (pseudomonas putida and azotobacter chroococcum ) fertilizers, their all...

since the use of antibiotics in animal feeds has been banned, researches on alternative natural products that modulate ruminal fermentation have been intensified. natural compounds such as plant extracts have been considered to be replaced antibiotics as safe and sustainable alternatives. plant extracts especially essential oils and saponins have strong antimicrobial, antiparasitic, antiprotozo...

this experiment was conducted to determine the effects of dietary myrtle essential oil on small intestinal morphology and microbiology of broiler chickens. two hundred day-old broiler chickens (ross 308) were allocated to 5 treatments, 4 replications with a completely randomized design. the diets were supplemented with: no myrtle essential oil (control), each of myrtle essential oil at levels o...