Purpose: Suitable ratio of essential fatty acids has an important role in maintaining good health. There is no pure oil with an ideal fatty acid composition and oxidative stability. The main goal of the present study was to evaluate the physical, chemical and nutritional properties of oil obtained by blending flaxseed oil as a rich source of ω3 fatty acids with sesame and olive oils. Methods: T...

todays, essential oils from aromatic plants have been qualified as natural antioxidants and proposed as potential substitutes of synthetic antioxidants in food products. in this research chemical compositions and antioxidant activity of artimisia essential oil on oxidative stability of frying oil were analyzed. essential oil was extracted by hydro distillation and its chemical composition was d...

The seeds of Nigella sativa L., commonly known as black seed or black cumin, and its extracts are used in folk medicine in the Middle East and in Asian countries for the promotion of good health and as a remedy for many ailments. These seeds have many acclaimed medicinal properties such as broncho-dilatory, immunopotentiating, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and hypotensive. In the present study,...

abstract       background and objective: the aim of this study was to determine the chemical composition, antibacterial and antifungal effects of thymus vulgaris and cuminum cyminum essential oils against foodborne pathogens and candida species in vitro.       methods: the essential oils were extracted from the aerial parts of thymus vulgaris and dried cuminum cyminum seeds using a clevenger ap...

In this study, some properties and antioxidant capacity of anchovy (Engraulis encrasicholus) by-product protein films with added 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5% of thyme essential oil were investigated. The films with thyme essential oil had higher elongation at break, water vapour permeability and oxygen permeability, lower solubility and tensile strength than control film (p<0.05). The incorporation of thy...

Black staining of the teeth in children and adolescents does not cause pain or serious illness, but it can be socially debilitating for esthetic reasons. is easily removed through periodic professional mechanical tooth cleaning ultrasonic scaling, recur within few months. Using essential oil-containing mouth rinses diluted at 50% twice per day could prevent black from returning after removed, r...

Bu çalışmada timokinon benzeri pekçok biyoktif madde içeren çörek otu (Nigella sativa L. ) tohumu esansiyel yağının antioksidan özellikleri çeşitli in vitro yöntemlerle araştırıldı. Çörek yağı için toplam fenolik tayini, DPPH radikali giderme aktivitesinin linoleik asit sisteminde aktivite, Fe+2 iyonlarını şelatlama aktivitesi, süperoksit aktivitesi tayini ve indirgeme kapasitesi belirlendi. Bu...

A study was conducted to investigate the effect of different planting densities and nitrogen doses on essential oil content and yield in herb and leaves of basil (Ocimum basilicum L.). The research was conducted during 2007 and 2008 using split-plot randomized complete block design with four replications. The experiment consisted of four plant densities (30×20, 40×20 and 50×20 cm) as the main p...