microwave-assisted hydrodistillation (mahd) method has been compared with hydrodistillation (hd) conventional technique for extraction of essential oil from achillea millefolium. microwave-assisted hydrodistillation were examined at three levels of microwave powers (300, 500, and 700 w) .   obtained results show that   mahd offers important advantages over hd in terms of energy savings and extr...

objective: results obtained from literature reviews and human studies have shown the analgesic effects of clove plant in toothache. the present work was undertaken in order to investigate the possible analgesic effect of clove oil in mice. materials and methods: fifty mice were divided into 5 groups: 1) saline; 2) essential oil (ess) 2%, 3) ess 5%, 4) ess10% and 5) ess 20%. the hot plate test (...

objectives: trichomoniasis is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases in humans and is caused by the protozoan trichomonas vaginalis. nowadays, increasing resistance to drugs such as metronidazole resulted in many problem, so new effective remedies are needed. in this study, we evaluate constituents of essential oil and anti-trichomonas activity of rheum ribes. materials and method...

background & aim: the genus thymus belonging to the family of lamiaceae and consist over 215 different species throughout the word. eighteen species grow naturally in iran of which four species are endemic. experimental: this reseach has been carried in medicinal plants research station in yazd province with the coordinates of longitude and latitude 55 31 49 northly, 27 15 54 east to heigh of 1...

prangos ferulacea (l.) lindl. (apiaceae) is a medicinal plant distributed in mediterranean regions, caucasia and southwest of asia. in the present study phytochemical constituents of the extract obtained from the aerial parts of p. ferulacea were investigated using various chromatographic and spectroscopic methods. essential oil of the plant aerial parts was also analyzed using gc-ms. five phen...

the purpose of this study was to elucidate some factors affecting the growth of salmonella typhimurium. these factors included carum copticum essential oil (0%, 0.015%, 0.03% and 0.06%), temperature (25 ˚c and 35 ˚c), ph (5, 6 and 7) and inoculum size (103 and 105  cfu ml-1). brain heart infusion broth was used as the growth medium. there were 48 treatment combinations and the experiment was ca...

in this work the chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of pelargonium roseum leaves essential oil that grown in southwest of iran were determined. the hydrodistilled volatile components were identified by gc/ms analysis. a total of 33 components have been identified in the oil, representing 99.38% of the total oil and citronellol (44.63%), citronellyl formate (14.22%), isomenthon (6.3...

abstract        background and objective: peroxidases catalyze protein oxidation and lipid peroxidation. the activity of these enzymes in nerve cells is involved in causing disorders such as alzheimer's and parkinson's disease. this study investigated the effect of citrus aurantium, foeniculum vulgare and rosmarinus officinalis essential oils on activity of peroxidase enzyme.       me...

background: alternaria alternata (aa) is a fungus that has wide range of plant host and can cause diseases in humans and produces a number of mycotoxins. exposure to high numbers of aa spores can trigger severe asthma exacerbations. resistance to antifungal drug has been shown in this species. trachyspermum copticum (ajowan) is an annual herbaceous essential oil )eo) bearing plant . the ripenin...

objective(s):various species of genus trigonella are important from medical and culinary points of view. the essential oil of trigonella torbatejamensis ranjbar as an endemic plant in iran has not been studied previously. the essential oil of this plant was analyzed by different methods for identification of its components. materials and methods: the essential oil composition of aerial parts of...