The replacement of native Portuguese forests by Eucalyptus globulus is often associated with deleterious effects on terrestrial and aquatic communities. Several studies have suggested that such a phenomenon is linked with the leaf essential oils released into the environment during the Eucalyptus leaf degradation process. However, to date, the way these compounds affect leaf degradation in terr...

Some fragrance components of spices used for cooking are known to have an effect on human behavior. The aim of this investigation was to examine the effect of the essential oils of basil (Ocimum formacitratum L.) leaves, lemongrass (Cymbopogon citrates L.) herbs, ki lemo (Litsea cubeba L.) bark, and laja gowah (Alpinia malaccencis Roxb.) rhizomes on locomotor activity in mice and identify the a...

Aromatic and medicinal plants produce essential oils in the form of secondary metabolites. These essential oils can be used in diverse applications in food, perfume, and cosmetic industries. The use of essential oils as antimicrobials and food preservative agents is of concern because of several reported side effects of synthetic oils. Essential oils have the potential to be used as a food pres...

background: the aim of this study was to compare the antibacterial efficacy of endemic satureja khuzistanica jamzad (skj) essential oil as root canal irrigation versus 2.5% sodium hypochlorite and 2% chlorhexidine gluconate.     methods: in current in vitro experimental study, fifty four single-rooted teeth were randomly divided into 6 groups of 9 samples: 2.5% sodium hypochlorite (naocl), 2% c...

the essential oils and aromatic water, known as arak in traditional iranian medicine, comes from the aerial part of teucrium persicum boiss., which is grown in fars province located in iran. the samples were collected in summer and the oils and aromatic water were obtained through steam distillation. the chemical composition of the oils was analyzed using gc-ms. an analysis of the chemical prof...

in this study, the essential oil content in the aerial parts of cleome heratensis which is growing in the east of iran was investigated. the aerial parts of the plant were collected from the late august to october 2014, for a total of four harvests (s1-s4). essential oils were isolated by hydro-distillation. the oils were analyzed by gc-fid and 30 constituents, representing 84.93-92.9 % of the ...

the essential oil of rosa damascena mill. is one of the most valuable and important base material in the flavor and fragrance industry. the aim of this study was to determine the effects of different rates of cow manure on the essential oil of the rose petals. for this a field experiment was conducted on a clay loam soil at the research farm of alborz research station, karaj, iran. experimental...

background: nutritional strategies targeting improvement of poultry performance and disease prevention are currently being developed and in this respect the dietary intake of spiced essential oils and pre-biotics in raising broilers is receiving attention. objectives: this study was conducted to compare the effects of diet containing ginger essential oils (geo) and mannan-oligosaccharide (mos) ...

the purpose in this research was to study the effects of vermicompost and poultry manure on yield and yield components of the medicinal plant coriander (coriandrum sativum l.) in the shahr-e- ghods region. a factorial experiment using the randomized complete block design with three replications was conducted in the islamic azad university of shahr-e- ghods. the first factor was three levels of ...

this study aims to investigate the essential oils content of thymbr spicata l. in two times before flowering and full flowering in shirpenah area in ilam province. both samples were dried out in shade and without humidity. then 50 grams of each sample were powdered after obtaining the essential oils by hydro distillation using a clevenger apparatus for 2 hours. resulted oils were dried by anhyd...