Background & Aims: Plant extracts and plant-derived compounds are valuable sources of new medicinal agents that are commonly used to treat infectious diseases. The purpose of this study was to evaluate, antiLeishmanial activity of three plant extracts on L.major promastigotes by colorimetric assay as compared to a trivalent antimonial compound (tartar emetic). Methods: Leishmania major promasti...

Considering the high prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) in women and the known side effects of metronidazol and giving importance to herbal drug therapy in order to reduce side effects in the recent decades, this study with the effect of essential oils of Artemisia aucheri Boiss., Zataria multiflora Boiss. And Myrtus communis L. in TV infection was done invitro condition This study has be...

the essential oils of zataria multiflora (labiatae) from four regions of iran were investigated by glc and gc-ms methods. the main constituents were carvacrol, thymol, linalool and p-cymene. the percentage of the constituents (in dry and wet plant) of different regions have been compared. antibacterial and antifungal effects of these essential oils have been studied. the essential oil with high...

BACKGROUND Over the past two decades, there has been a growing trend in using oral hygienic products originating from natural resources such as essential oils (EOs) and plant extracts. Seven aromatic plants used in this study are among popular traditional Iranian medicinal plants with potential application in modern medicine as anti-oral infectious diseases. OBJECTIVES This study was conducte...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the antifungal effects Zataria multiflora (ZEO) and Cinnamomum zeylanicum (CEO) essential oils in vapor phase against Aspergillus flavus Penicillium citrinum vitro cheese. activities vapors ZEO CEO were assessed by determining minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), fractional (FIC) index, inhibition zone diameters. Thymol (51.10%) cinnamaldehyde (77....