Coleus aromaticus Benth (Lamiaceae) is known as a must-have plant in medicinal herb garden. The plant is well known for its antimicrobial and pharmacological activities. It is also reported to possess antioxidant and food additive properties. Antioxidant activity is reported to be mainly due to rosmarinic acid, chlorogenic acid and caffeic acid. The essential oil of Coleus aromaticus has great ...

Coriandrum sativum L. has a distinct flavour and aroma which is due to the essential oil present in it. The main component of the essential oil of the fruit is monoterpenoids and linalool. All parts of the plant are edible. The content and composition of essential oil is influenced by climatic conditions, agro technology and stage of maturity at time of harvesting, geography of growing region, ...

In the present study of phytochemical screening of the seed extract of Myristica fragrance essential oil using standard method of photochemical analysis. The solvents used for extraction of essential oil were methanol, dichloromethane, hexane and chloroform. The preliminary phytochemical investigation showed that Myristica fragrance essential oil to contain some secondary metabolites such as of...

The chemical composition of essential oils isolated from the leaves of Juniperus oxycedrus by hydrodistillation was analyzed by GC-MS. 42 compounds, representing 96.73% of total oil, were identified. J. oxycedrus oil was found to be rich in α-pinene (39.63%), manoyl oxide (12.34) and z-caryophyllene (4.1%) and characterized by relatively high amounts of monoterpenes hydrocarbons and sesquiterpe...

The seeds of many nondomesticated plant species synthesize oils containing high amounts of a single unusual fatty acid, many of which have potential usage in industry. Despite the identification of enzymes for unusual oxidized fatty acid synthesis, the production of these fatty acids in engineered seeds remains low and is often hampered by their inefficient exclusion from phospholipids. Recent ...

Sesamum indicum (black seasame) is a plant growing and cultivated in Africa, India and Asia including some parts of Iran. This plant was used in Iranian folk medicine for their digestive, carminative, antispasmodic, sedative, analgesic, tonic and diuretic as well as for functional gastrointestinal disorders. The aim of this study was to overview its bioactive properties. This review article was...

Vernonia galamensis Cass is a huge potential industrial crop with very high content of vernolic acid in the seed oil. The experiment was carried out to determine the effect of inter- and intra- row spacing on the yield and yield related traits of Vernonia galamensis Cas.The experiment was conducted for two years during 2014-2015 on experimental field of Wondo Genet Agricultural research center,...

to evaluate the effect of seeding rate on important agronomic traits in three winter rapeseed (brassica napus l.) cultivars, two field experiments were carried out as split plot arrangement in a complete block design with three replications during 2006-2008 growing seasons. three rapeseed cultivars (okapi, modena and licord) and three seeding rates (6, 8 and 10 kg/ha)) were randomized in main p...

results glandular trichomes composed of capitates and peltate trichomes. the essential oil composition differs. viridiflora and neryl acetate were not identified in yellow glandular trichomes. conclusions it seems that there is no relation between anatomical characteristics of the plant leaves and its essential oil composition. background perovskia abrotanoides karel. is a medicinal plant used ...