BACKGROUND Despite the medical discoveries of different medicines and advanced ways of treatment, statistics have shown that the number of patients is increasing. This may be due to chemical drugs used in healthcare, agriculture, and diets. This soaring demand in medicines urges us to look for natural sources such as aromatic plants and essential oils, which are rich in efficient compounds. M...

Cancer is the leading cause of death in world, accounting for nearly 10 million deaths 2020 alone and surpassing all other categories by a large margin. Several different strategies have been are still being deployed to combat types cancers among common clinical approaches use synthetic natural compounds as anticancer agents within chemotherapy regimens. Thymus cilicicus Boiss. & Bal spice ende...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The efficacy of Mentha piperita L, Zataria multiflora Boiss and Thymus vulgaris L essential oils (EOs) was evaluated for controlling the growth of Phytophthora drechsleri, the causative agent of damage to many crops that is consumed directly by humans. MATERIALS AND METHODS The EOs used in this study was purchased from Magnolia Co, Iran. The pour plate method in petr...

background and objective: considering the increasing tendency of public towards green consumption and the dangers of artificial additives, this study aimed to assess antibacterial activity of essential oils of cinnamomum zeylanicum, mentha piperita l., zataria multiflora boiss and thymus vulgaris against three important pathogenic and spoilage bacteria (pseudomonas fluorescens, erwinia carotovo...

From ancient times to the present, plants have been used in many different areas. One of most striking these areas use is alternative medicine. Turkey a country rich both terms location and other favorable conditions. This wealth reveals importance In this context, it very important determine pharmacological properties plants. our study, total antioxidant status (TAS), oxidant (TOS), oxidative ...

Free radical scavenging and cell aggregation inhibitory activities of 36 secondary metabolites isolated from the methanolic extracts of Verbascum cilicicum Boiss., V. lasianthum Boiss. ex Bentham, V pterocalycinum var. mutense Hub.-Mor., and V. salviifolium Boiss. (Scrophulariaceae) were investigated. The isolated compounds, 6-O-vaniloyl ajugol (1), ilwensisaponin A (2), ilwensisaponin C (3), v...

BACKGROUND Since ancient times, various infectious diseases have been treated using herbal drugs. Today, efforts regarding the discovery of the effectual components of plants possessing antimicrobial properties are advanced. Herbal essential oils are widely used for treatment of various diseases, and they play an important role in health care considerations. METHODS The antibacterial activity...

BACKGROUND The Candida species are the most important factors of fungal infections in humans and animals. It is necessary to prepare antifungal or antimicrobial drugs because of increasing drug resistance. The natural treatment of diseases of bacterial origin using medicinal plants is important. In this study the effect of antimicrobial medicinal herbal essential oils and conventional antifunga...