background: essential oils of medicinal plants such as chamomile are very complex natural mixtures which can contain compounds at quite different concentrations and some of their components have antioxidant and antimicrobial activities in foodstuff. objective: the antioxidant and antimicrobial effects of chamomile essential oil in cake preparation were evaluated during 75 days of storage. metho...

BACKGROUND The reporting of the medicinal plants and their traditional uses is important in order to prevent this knowledge from being lost. The aims of this study were to collect information concerning the traditional use of medicinal plants in the region of Tafila; identify the most important medicinal plants; determine the relative importance of the species surveyed; and calculate the inform...

Medicinal plants have become an important source for the treatment of various diseases. In Costa Rica, a survey conducted with 132 people identified use 107 medicinal plants, which only 34% are native. The health disorders mainly used gastrointestinal and respiratory problems. most commonly plant species Matricaria chamomilla, Lippia alba, Zingiber officinale. family highest number as medicine ...

As plantas medicinais têm se tornado cada vez mais utilizadas na recuperação da saúde população. Foi analisado o uso das medicinais, seus fins terapêuticos e perfil dos consumidores do município de Dom Pedrito, no Estado Rio Grande Sul. Os dados foram coletados por meio um questionário estruturado. resultados obtidos nos retornam que maioria respondentes caracteriza-se ser sexo feminino, com en...

Matricaria chamomilla L., known as "chamomile", has been used as an herbal tea or supplementary food all over the world. We investigated the effects of chamomile hot water extract and its major components on the prevention of hyperglycemia and the protection or improvement of diabetic complications in diabetes mellitus. Hot water extract, esculetin (3) and quercetin (7) have been found to show ...