Introduction and Aim: Medicinal plants have shown to be effective in treatment of different stages addiction with lower side effects, including reducing the severity withdrawal symptoms that occur when an opioid-dependent patient stops using opioids. The current study aimed evaluate role Mentha piperita oil on alleviating oxycodone withdrawal, elucidate mechanisms by which it does so. Materials...

Efficacy of 25 essential oils was screened against filarial vector, Culex quinquefasciatus, for their larvicidal and knockdown effects in a preliminary study. Of these, 8 oils viz. calamus oil, cinnamon oil, citronella oil, clove oil, eucalyptus oil, lemon oil, mentha oil and orange oil exhibited 100% larvicidal activity at 1000 ppm and 100% knockdown effect at 10% concentration. These 8 oils w...

The present study investigated the potential of fresh peppermint (Mentha × piperita L.) and spearmint (Menthaspicata production on a floating raft system combined with commercial protein hydrolysate supplement (Amino16®) in nutrient solution aiming to improve plant product quality. Three levels (0, 0.25 0.50%) were added solution, plants harvested after twenty-four days. Plant growth characteri...

In this research, essential oils (EOs) were extracted through steaming from aerial parts of three plants: basil (Ocinum basilicum L.), peppermint (Mentha piperita L.) and oregano (Origanum vulgare form Sibiu County, Romania. The GC-MS analysis indicated that eugenol apiol the major compounds in EO. Timol, ɣ-terpinene, p-cymene volatile oil menthol methone main components first 48 h analysis, EO...