background & aim: the genus thymus belonging to the family of lamiaceae and consist over 215 different species throughout the word. eighteen species grow naturally in iran of which four species are endemic. experimental: this reseach has been carried in medicinal plants research station in yazd province with the coordinates of longitude and latitude 55 31 49 northly, 27 15 54 east to heigh of 1...

prangos ferulacea (l.) lindl. (apiaceae) is a medicinal plant distributed in mediterranean regions, caucasia and southwest of asia. in the present study phytochemical constituents of the extract obtained from the aerial parts of p. ferulacea were investigated using various chromatographic and spectroscopic methods. essential oil of the plant aerial parts was also analyzed using gc-ms. five phen...

the purpose of this study was to elucidate some factors affecting the growth of salmonella typhimurium. these factors included carum copticum essential oil (0%, 0.015%, 0.03% and 0.06%), temperature (25 ˚c and 35 ˚c), ph (5, 6 and 7) and inoculum size (103 and 105  cfu ml-1). brain heart infusion broth was used as the growth medium. there were 48 treatment combinations and the experiment was ca...

in this work the chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of pelargonium roseum leaves essential oil that grown in southwest of iran were determined. the hydrodistilled volatile components were identified by gc/ms analysis. a total of 33 components have been identified in the oil, representing 99.38% of the total oil and citronellol (44.63%), citronellyl formate (14.22%), isomenthon (6.3...

abstract        background and objective: peroxidases catalyze protein oxidation and lipid peroxidation. the activity of these enzymes in nerve cells is involved in causing disorders such as alzheimer's and parkinson's disease. this study investigated the effect of citrus aurantium, foeniculum vulgare and rosmarinus officinalis essential oils on activity of peroxidase enzyme.       me...

background: alternaria alternata (aa) is a fungus that has wide range of plant host and can cause diseases in humans and produces a number of mycotoxins. exposure to high numbers of aa spores can trigger severe asthma exacerbations. resistance to antifungal drug has been shown in this species. trachyspermum copticum (ajowan) is an annual herbaceous essential oil )eo) bearing plant . the ripenin...

objective(s):various species of genus trigonella are important from medical and culinary points of view. the essential oil of trigonella torbatejamensis ranjbar as an endemic plant in iran has not been studied previously. the essential oil of this plant was analyzed by different methods for identification of its components. materials and methods: the essential oil composition of aerial parts of...

background: essential oils, as secondary plant compounds, present a safer alternative to conventional insecticides in insect control programs. so five essential oils including eucalyptus, mint, yarrow, oregano and rosemary oils were evaluated against the brown-banded cockroach supella longipalpa . methods : evaluation was done against the 3 rd and 4 th instar nymphs using three bioassay methods...

conclusions based on these observations, wide variation is detected in the chemical composition of the oil obtained from the same plant in different seasons. materials and methods the oil was extracted by hydro-distillation from two samples collected in different seasons, and analyzed by gc-fid and gc-ms. results in total, 18 and 20 components were identified and quantified in the oil of summer...