rating medicinal plants based on the total number of drug shows that the mint plant species, withgeneral name mentha, among the most consumption herbs that are used in various industries such aspharmaceutical, food, cosmetics and health. drying process, in order to maintain the quality andquantity of essential oil extraction have a great role in the processing medicinal plants. importantaspects...

introduction: pain during colonoscopy, especially in children, including the challenges faced by the medical team. the aim of study was investigation the analgesic effect supermint oil (peppermint oil) on pain in children during colonoscopy. methods and materials: in this clinical trial study, 101 children (7-14 years old) candidate colonoscopy were randomly divided into two groups, respectivel...

The Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel (Panel) reviewed the safety of 13 Panax spp root-derived ingredients as used in cosmetics. Panax "spp" indicates that multiple species within the genus are used in cosmetics, but not all species within that genus. Four species are being considered in this safety assessment. These ingredients function mostly as skin-conditioning agents-miscellaneous, f...

The ornamental trade is a worldwide industry worth >15 billion USD with a problem of rampant product misidentification. Minimizing misidentification is critical in the face of overexploitation of species in the trade. We surveyed the peppermint shrimp ornamental marketplace in the southeastern USA, the most intense market for peppermint shrimps worldwide, to characterize the composition of spec...

Objective: Effect of peppermint on exercise performance was previously investigated but equivocal findings exist. This study aimed to investigate the effects of peppermint ingestion on the physiological parameters and exercise performance after 5 min and 1 h. Materials and Methods: Thirty healthy male university students were randomly divided into experimental (n=15) and control (n=15) groups. ...

In this study, it was aimed to determine the anti-bacterial activities of plant essential oils such as thyme, rosemary, sage, linden, black seed, bay leaf, peppermint, parsley, cinnamon and oleagen on vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) pathogenic microorganisms clinical importance. inhibition zones extract 10 plants prepared at 2.5 5 mg / mlconcentrations VRE various were detected by Disk D...

Background & Aim:Peppermint known for its healing properties is a plant from the Labiatae family. Currently, different rates of nitrogenous fertilizers are used in production of peppermint while there is no precise information available about how much of nitrogen fertilizer is the optimum rate for this plant. The main purpose of this research was to evaluate the response of pep...