Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) rhizomes are mostly used as spice and medicine due to their high aroma intensity medicinal bioactive compounds. However, the volatile compounds of ginger, partly responsible for its properties, can be affected by pretreatment, drying method, extraction processes employed. The objective this study was assess effects pretreatment on yellow ginger variety at nin...

the genus hypericum is one of the most important medicinal plants that contain 17 species in iran, three of them are endemics. this paper reports the essential oil composition of six hypericum species from iran. the essential oil analysis of a number of the studied plants has already been reported but their report from iran may be valuable for scientists.  samples collected between june and aug...

Background and objectives: The genus Artemisia contains over 250 species all over the world. A. biennis Willd is one of the species which grows wildly in Iran. Camphor and (E)-beta-farnesene have been reported as the major components of the essential oil from A. biennis. In spite of the presence of a rather wide range of reported bioactivities there i...

The species Syzygium cumini, malaccense and jambos, belong to the family Myrtaceae are popularly known, respectively, by jambolan, red jambo yellow jambo. These used in traditional medicine treat diabetes mellitus, asthma, bronchitis, diuresis, gastrointestinal respiratory infections, properties antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, antirheumatic several other uses. objective of this work is identify...