Bees are the most important pollinators of agricultural plants. The decline bee colonies is caused by a multitude factors which diseases, pesticides, and climate change seem to be important. Losses can huge when several act together. In recent years, there has been growing interest in use alternative sources such as medicinal plants form extracts or essential oils. purpose our research was eval...

Sensory and physical properties of organic oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) prepared by the sous-vide culinary method (50–90°C, 10′) were investigated compared with cooking (80°C, 30–60′) to analyze effects different temperature time regimes. To promote mushroom's nutritional benefits improve its taste, oregano thyme added in percentages, exposed treatments at 60°C for 20′ 30′. evaluation...

Essential oils (EOs) are well-known for their anti-fungal, anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory and relaxing activities. Steroid hormones, especially glucocorticoids, also activities control of the hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis glucose homeostasis. The biological glucocorticoids render them most widely prescribed drugs, despite adverse side effects. In this study, comparative studies i...

Porcine pancreatic alpha-amylase (PPA) was allowed to react with herbal extracts containing rosmarinic acid (RA) and purified RA. The derivatized enzyme-phytochemical mixtures obtained were characterized for residual amylase activity. These in vitro experiments showed that the amylase activity was inhibited in the presence of these phytochemicals. The extent of amylase inhibition correlated wit...

The essential oils isolated from basil (Ocimum sp.), chamomile (Chamomilla recutita L.), thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.) and oregano (Origanum sp.) were analysed rapidly and non-destructively applying different vibrational spectroscopic methods (ATR-IR, NIR and Raman spectroscopy). Whereas NIR spectroscopic data can be interpreted only by application of chemometric algorithms, IR and Raman spectra o...