most essential oil extraction from medicine plant have shown the properties of antimicrobial of parasites, bacteria, fungi and viruses. the fungus from genus of fusarium is one of the prevalent crop disease that infect a wide range of crops. fusarium solani is one of the species of this fungus genus that various crops are host for it. a lab experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of ...

Background: Drying is the most common way to preserve quality of aromatic and medicinal plants. Chosen drying methods can affect on the essential oil content and composition of medicinal plants. Objective: This study aimed to assess the changes in essential oil constitutes of catnip aerial part under various drying methods. Methods: The experiment was performed as the randomized complete ...

in order to investigate the effects of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (pgprs) inoculation on the growth, yield and quality of eesetial oils of summer savory (satureja hortensis l .) a pot experiment based on randomized complete block design with three replication were conducted in field of research institute of forests and rangelands at 2012. bacterial treatments include suspension of thr...

lisianthus (eustoma grandiflorum cv. ‘mriachii blue’) is one of the most important and marketable cut flowers in the world. however, a relatively limited vase life reduces its marketability. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of essential oils in extending vase life of cut flowers of lisianthus. for this purpose a factorial experiment based on a completely randomized desig...

Background: Spermatogenesis is the major factor of male fertility which is pendent on hormones specially testostrone. Testostrone signalling leads to activation of some kinases which are required for progression and maintaining of spermatogenesis. On the other hand, oxidative stress, as the most prevalent factor, influences on fertility. Also, it was shown that chronic oxidative stress in rat t...

Objective: The use of medicinal plants in diabetic patients is rising, it is essential to increase knowledge about the effects of medicinal plants and subsequently perform evidence-based action, so, review studies are a helpful way for the present purpose. Current study was conducted to investigate the clinical trials of medicinal plants used in the treatment of diabetes in Iran. Materials an...

fumigant toxicity of various doses of essential oils (185.2, 370.4, 555.5, 740.7, 925.4, 1111.1, and 1296.3 µl/l water) from five officinal plants, including rosemary (rosmarinus officinalis), lavender (lavandula vera), fennel (foeniculum vulgare), tarragon (artemisia dracunculus)and summer savory (satureja hortensis)on two stored products pests, cowpea weevil (callosobruchus maculatus) and red...

essential oils are volatile mixtures of hydrocarbons with diverse functional groups. in the current study the effect of essential oils from five medicinal plants including zataria multiflora and nepeta cataria (lamiaceae), tagetes minuta and artemisia sieberi (asteraceae), and trachyspermum ammi (apiaceae) were analyzed using gc-mass spectrometry. the toxicity of these plant essential oils agai...