The volatile organic compounds (VOCs) of two Coronilla species (Coronilla orientalis Miller and Coronilla varia L.) obtained by hydrodistillation (HD) and solid phase microextraction (SPME) techniques were identified by GC-FID/MS. The major compounds identified in the SPME extracts were limonene (43.4%) in C. orientalis, (Z)-β-ocimene and (E...

Lavender essential oil is economically important and widely used in aromatherapy perfumery, food industry pharmacy. Bulgaria a global leader lavender cultivation overtaking countries such as France, UK, China, India, Spain during the last few years. The aim of this research is: 1) to characterize sample obtained from agricultural plantation near Pomorie, Bulgaria; 2) perform descriptive statist...

The volatile organic compounds (VOCs) of two Coronilla species (Coronilla orientalis Miller and Coronilla varia L.) obtained by hydrodistillation (HD) and solid phase microextraction (SPME) techniques were identified by GC-FID/MS. The major compounds identified in the SPME extracts were limonene (43.4%) in C. orientalis, (Z)-β-ocimene and (E...

Salvia sclarea L. is an important industrial crop, valued for its herbal-aromatic properties and high quality essential oils, that used in food, pharmaceuticals cosmetics. In this study, carried out from 2009 to 2010, the morphological production characteristics oil content composition of three Sicilian populations were studied. particular, oils extracted primary secondary inflorescences using ...

The aim of this research was to determine the chemical composition and insecticidal and repellent activity of the essential oil of Artemisia rupestris L. aerial parts against the booklice Liposcelis bostrychophila Badonnel and isolation of insecticidal and repellent constituents from the essential oil. The essential oil of A. rupestris was obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC-MS. A ...

the essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation of flowers of calycanthus floridus l. var.oblongifolius (nutt.) d.e. boufford & s.a. spongberg, planted in sabzevar, khorasan province(iran), was analyzed by gc and gc/ms. eighteen compounds representing 90.1% of theflower oil of calycanthus floridus l. var. oblongifolius were identified, among them 1,8-cineol(33.1%), bornyl acetate (14.1%), α-pin...

The genus Tanacetum L. belongs to the Asteraceae family and Anthemideae tribe is one of the most important medicinal plants that contains 26 species in Iran, 12 of them are endemic. This paper reports the essential oil composition of Tanacetum uniflorum (Fisch. & C.A. Mey. ex DC.) Sch.Bip. growing spontaneously in Salmas (North-West of Iran). Essentail oil extracted by water distillation and st...

Salvia desoleana Atzei & V. Picci is an indigenous species in Sardinia island used in folk medicine to treat menstrual, digestive and central nervous system diseases. Nowadays, it is widely cultivated for the pleasant smell of its essential oil (EO), whose antimicrobial and antifungal activities have already been screened. This study evaluated the in vitro anti-Herpes Simplex Virus-2 (HSV-2) ac...