Nowadays, the use of antimicrobial natural agents as alternative food preservatives represents an intriguing case. The purpose this study was to investigate possible activity Pistacia lentiscus and Fortunella margarita essential oils (EOs) evaluate their commercial potential in industry. main constituents identified by GC/MS EO were a-pinene (67.7%), myrcene (18.8%), β-pinene (3.0%), whereas li...

Pavement rutting is one of the most common and destructive pavement distresses being observed in flexible pavements, which is primarily due to axle loads that exceed legal limit and high ambient temperatures, and also poor mix design is one of the cause of rutting. The drastic increase in traffic volume during last few decades has resulted in premature pavement failures of almost the whole road...

OBJECTIVE In the recent years, herbal oral hygiene products have gained increasing attention. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of three types of mastic gums on the level of Mutans streptococci, Lactobacilli and pH of the saliva. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-two students in the age range of 20-30 years were divided into three parallel groups; each of them separately used pure mas...

Interacting effects of high light and drought on the performance of sun and shade phenotypes were experimentally undertaken following survival, chlorophyll fluorescence and gas exchange in 2-year-old saplings of four Mediterranean trees (Quercus ilex and Q. coccifera as water-saving species, and Pistacia lentiscus and P. terebinthus as water-spending species). Half of the saplings were grown in...

Mastic oil (MO) is extracted from the resin of bark Pistacia lentiscus var. chia, a tree abundantly grown in Greek island Chios. Various biological activities, such as antimicrobial, anticancer and antioxidant, have been associated with dietary intake MO. However, little known about MO’s potential anti-inflammatory effects, while some its main chemical constituents were reported to exert signif...