This study examines the intercropping system of wheat and mentha involves simultaneous cultivation two or more crops on same piece land for higher productivity. Japanese mint, a member Lamiaceae family, has potent essential oil. Oil extracted from leaves use in aromatherapy, food flavouring, medicine. Hence, field experiment was conducted to effect Row ratio Planting methods Growth, Yield Perfo...

BACKGROUND Quorum sensing is the key regulator of virulence factors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa such as biofilm formation, motility, productions of proteases, hemolysin, pyocyanin, and toxins. The aim of this study was to explore the effect of the extracts from some medicinal plants on quorum sensing and related virulence factors of P. aeruginosa. MATERIAL AND METHODS Quorum sensing inhibitory ...

The potential antifungal effects of Thymus vulgaris L., Thymus tosevii L., Mentha spicata L., and Mentha piperita L. (Labiatae) essential oils and their components against 17 micromycetal food poisoning, plant, animal and human pathogens are presented. The essential oils were obtained by hydrodestillation of dried plant material. Their composition was determined by GC-MS. Identification of indi...

Abstract An ethnobotanical study was conducted to document indigenous medicinal plants and their usage from knowledgeable elderly persons in Razzar Gadoon valley of Swabi Allai Tanawal Hazara region Pakistan during 2016-2019. Several systematic field visits questionnaire surveys were carried out selected sites the area gather relevant information local community. Rapid assessment method adopted...

Recent studies have suggested that Mentha longifolia L. extracts (ME) have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities. In this paper, we attempted to determine the effect of ME in a rat stroke model. Five groups of experimental animals were used (n=14); the first and second groups (control and sham, respectively) received intraperitoneal injections of daily-distilled water; the other three gr...

in this study, rainbow trout (oncorhynchus mykiss) eggs were treated with effective doses of  daenensis thyme, thymus daenensis (20, 10 and 5 mgl-1) and mentha, mentha longifolia (10, 5 and 2.5 mgl-1), during incubation period (20 days) until hatching for 30 minutes per every other day as constant flow bath treatment method. the mortality level in normal control (without any treatment) was sign...