Mikania laevigata leaves are used worldwide as herbal medicines. Our study investigates the production differences among three different genotypes of this herb: genotypes’ influence on essential oil yield, chemical composition, and plant tissues involved in secretion compounds produced by leaves. The performed analysis during summer winter seasons. Plants were grown under an organic cultivation...

Background: Fungi growing on wood cause deterioration of stored food materials or discoloration the itself, and search for new safe bioagents is recently needed. Methods: Essential oils (EOs) from aerial parts Mentha longifolia L. Citrus reticulata L., analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), were tested their antifungal activity vapor method against four common fungi, Aspergil...

In Brazil, Aedes aegypti mosquito is the most frequent vector of some arboviruses, such as dengue, yellow fever, Zika and chikungunya. The use synthetic insecticides to combat this has been compromised due development resistant populations collateral damage caused nature. Essential oils (EO) have studied an alternative insecticide. Thus, objective work was do a review EOs from Caatinga biome pl...

Objective: Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) is global pandemic which caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection. Mechanism of infection initiated attachment between viral glycoprotein with ACE2 receptor in human cells. Furthermore, Indonesia had a massive diversity plants high potency drugs, such as Pogostemon cablin Benth. In brief, it contained various volatile compounds many therapeutic properties. The...

bark extract of pinus pinaster contains numerous phenolic compounds such as catechins, taxifolin, and phenolic acids. these compounds have received considerable attentions because of their anti-inflammatory, antimutagenic, anticarcinogenic, antimetastatic and high antioxidant activities. although p. pinaster bark has been intensely investigated in the past; there is comparably less information ...

Leucas zeylanica is one of the most precious gifts nature to entire civilization. It offers folkloric system a dependable option heal numerous diseases like- burning urination, toothaches, common skin diseases, gout, inflammatory conditions, rheumatic abdominal pain, worms, anorexia, colic, flatulence, etc. Many these ancient practices have got their scientific resemblances using as an agent fo...

the essential oils of peucedanum ruthenicum m. bieb. (umbelliferae) leaves, flowers and fruits were prepared by hydrodistillation and analyzed by gc and gc-ms and the composition of the three essential oils were compared. thirty-three, thirty-seven and thirty-one compounds were identified in leaves, flowers and fruits essential oils representing 89.13%, 88.66% and 76.45% of total oils respectiv...

Spiranthera odoratissima A. St. Hil. (manacá) is used in folk medicine to treat renal and hepatic diseases, stomachache, headaches and rheumatism. A central nervous system (CNS) depressant effect of the hexane fraction from the ethanolic extract of this plant has been described. β-caryophyllene, the main component of this essential oil, is a sesquiterpene compound with anti-inflammatory propert...

This study aimed to identify the chemical composition (ash, cellulose, total chlorophylls, carotenoid, and essential oil (EO) content), antioxidant activity, mineral of lemon balm (Melissa officinalis L) obtained from Bulgaria. The EO was analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). major constituents were caryophyllene oxide (33.99%), n-hexadecanoic acid (14.28%), α-citral (6.6...