cuminum cyminum linn. (umbelliferae) is a plant, which has been used as a toothache remedy in folk medicine of iran. in this study, the potential anti-nociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities of the fruit essential oil of c. cyminum has been evaluated in chemical (formalin test) and thermal (tail-flick test) models of nociception and formalin model of acute inflammation in rats and mice. th...

background: thymus daenensis is on e of the endemic aromatic species in iran that its essential oil is used in food and pharmaceutical industries. objective: in this study, the effects of plant growth stages and distillation methods on essential oil content and thymol percentage of this species were evaluated. methods: the aerial parts of th. daenensis were collected in three stages of plant gr...

in order to study the response of concentration and composition of essential oil of coriander (coriandrum sativum) to cattle manure and nitrogen fixing bacteria, an experiment was conducted as factorial experiment in the base of randomized complete blocks design with twelve treatments and three replications at homand research station in damavand of iran in 2010. the factors were cattle manure i...

b a ckground: application of plant derivatives have been suggested as alternative sources for mosquito control. m ethods: the root essential oil and methanol extract of c ionura erecta (l.) griseb was tested under laboratory conditions for larvicidal and skin repelleny activities against anopheles stephensi . the chemical compositions of essential oils were analyzed using gas chromatography- ma...

the chamomile species of anthemis triumfettii (l.) all is one of important medicinal plant belong to compositae family and it grows as wild species in zagros and alborz mountains, iran. the aim of this study was to evaluation of morphological and phenological traits and their relationships with essential oil. seeds of seven accessions were sown in jiffy pots and transferred to field using rando...

sagebrush genus (artemisia scoparia) is the one of the most important genus of asteraceae family. it has numerous values because of medicine properties. sagebrush genus has numerous application in traditional medicine from ancient times. in this research, the isolation and identification of essential oil and antibacterial activity of artemisia scoparia have been studied. samples were collected ...

Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is known to enhance liking for the flavor of savory foods, but whether associations between flavors and effects of MSG lead to changes in subsequent liking and intake for the flavor alone is unclear. To test this, 32 volunteers evaluated and consumed a novel savory soup with no added MSG before and after four training sessions where the same soup was consumed either u...

Umami taste is produced by glutamate acting on a fifth taste system. However, glutamate presented alone as a taste stimulus is not highly pleasant, and does not act synergistically with other tastes (sweet, salt, bitter and sour). We show here that when glutamate is given in combination with a consonant, savory, odour (vegetable), the resulting flavor can be much more pleasant. Moreover, we sho...

the fruit essential oil of ferula gummosa boiss., umbelliferae, which has been used as an antiepileptic remedy in iranian traditional medicine, was evaluated for anticonvulsant activity against experimental seizures. the essential oil had no effect against seizures induced by maximal electroshock. however, it protected mice against pentylenetetrazole-induced tonic seizures. the protective dose ...