Essential oils of Eulcalyptus globulus, Lavender officinalis, Rosemarinus officinalis, and Thymus vulgaris were examined for their repellent activities against Culex pipiens pallens. All 4 essential oils effectively repelled adult mosquitoes on hairless mice. Essential oil of T. vulgaris (thyme) had potent repellent activity within the tested materials, with a protection rate of 91% at a concen...

We investigate, using the framework of Γ-convergence, a phase-field model proposed in [Torabi et al, Proc. R. Soc. A, 2009] for strongly anisotropic systems; in particular, we prove a full Γ-convergence result for an anisotropic Modica-Mortolatype energy.

Sir, The increasing resistance of head lice to established insecticides means that patients and parents are seeking alternative effective treatments (1). Essential oils, including tea tree oil and Biz Niz, are promoted as treatments for head lice by alternative medicine therapists. Tea tree oil is the essential oil steam distilled from the leaves and terminal branches of tea trees, in particula...

The intensive use of antibiotics in aquaculture has resulted increased resistance among fish pathogens, and this situation led researchers to investigate the antibacterial properties natural resources. present study focused on an essential oil isolated from leaves Eucalyptus camaldulensis as a potential that could be used against Aeromonas caviae. Eighteen compounds were identified oil, represe...

A triple-channel microreactor fabricated by means of a soft-lithography technique was devised for efficient biphasic gas-liquid reactions. The excellent performance of the microreactor was demonstrated by carrying out photosensitized oxygenations of α-terpinene, citronellol, and allyl alcohols.

The primary objective of this research work was to study the antibacterial effects Cupressus funebris essential oil (EO) against various drug resistant bacterial pathogens along with studying molecular docking interactions major components EO key proteins/enzymes. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry used analyse chemical composition EO. initial screening performed by using disc diffusion and m...

In this present study, it was aimed to determine the composition of essential oil obtained by water distillation from aerial parts Origanum acutidens. The analysed GC-FID and GC/MS. Carvacrol (69.3%), p-cymene (8.3%), y-terpinene (6.3%), β-caryophyllene (2.7%) borneol (2.2%) were found as main constituents. addition, headspace-solid phase microextraction using a Polydimethylsiloxane-Divinylbenz...

We characterize the macroscopic effective mechanical behavior of a graphene sheet modeled by a hexagonal lattice of elastic bars, using Γ-convergence.

We introduce new definitions of convergence, based on adding stability criteria to Γ-convergence, that are suitable in many cases for studying convergence of local minimizers.

We study the Γ-convergence of the power-law functionals