The evaluation of 10 essential oils of geranium, Pelargonium graveolens (Geraniaceae), were all shown to have repellent activity against nymphs of the medically important lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum (L.). The biological tests were carried out using a vertical filter paper bioassay, where ticks must cross an area of the paper treated with repellent to approach host stimuli. One of the e...

The species Thymus comosus grows spontaneously in the Romanian flora, at altitudes of 400-700 m, and it is harvested for obtaining the collective herbal drug Serpylli herba. The content of essential oil of this species was assessed and the chemical composition of the essential oil was analysed by gas-chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. A content of 0.09 0.1 % essential oil was establ...

<span>This paper gives precise summary on the application of stepwise regression model based upon pre-process analysis boxplot for four chemical compounds into different qualities agarwood oil. In global market, oil is acknowledged as a pricey and valuable nature product owing to its benefits. Unfortunately, there no standard grading method grade classification. Intelligent in quality cru...

Eucalyptus has become one of the most widely planted genera in world because its tolerance to a wide range soil types and climates, as well for many industrial, commercial medicinal uses. torquata Luehm. is plantation species frequently semi-arid arid regions ecological, forestry, ornamental melliferous interests. Based on literature, drought this was mostly directed adaptation mechanisms. Phys...

Background & Aim: Family Zingiberaceae is worldwide in   distribution. Plants of the zingiberaceae family are used in traditional   herbal folk medicine besides their uses in spices, cosmetic, ornamental, food   preservatives etc. In Uttarakhand the herbs grow from sub-tropical to   temperate region. Globba sessiliflora Simsrhizomes were collected at maturity stage in ...

Background & Aim: Family Zingiberaceae is worldwide in   distribution. Plants of the zingiberaceae family are used in traditional   herbal folk medicine besides their uses in spices, cosmetic, ornamental, food   preservatives etc. In Uttarakhand the herbs grow from sub-tropical to   temperate region. Globba sessiliflora Simsrhizomes were collected at maturity stage in ...

The use of natural products as medicinal agents presumably predates the earliest recorded history. Ocimum sanctum L., is a plant which is used in several traditional medicine systems to cure various diseases. In this study aerial parts of Ocimum sanctum were collected on august 2014 from Shahr-e-Rey in Iran. Fresh and dry partsof plants essential oils were extracted with hydro-distillation and ...

The genus Goniothalamus is belonging to the Annonaceae family, consists of ca. 2500 species and found in tropical Southeast Asia. essential oils were recognized possess considerable biological activities with varied chemical composition. This article aims overview medicinal uses, compositions, Malaysian considered as a plants, widely used traditional herbal medicines treatment various diseases....

The volatile compounds from Maclura pomifera (Osage orange fruit) peel have been studied by GC-FID and GC–MS. Volatiles fraction proportion was estimated to 60 mg/kg. Identified compounds consist on aliphatics (52.6%), monoterpenes along with sesquiterpenes (27.3%), phenylpropane derivatives along with related compounds (10.0%) and other compounds (10.6%). Among the 60 identified compounds, 1-h...

The Adolpho Ducke Forest Reserve is a fragment of the Amazon Rainforest that has highest density collections deposited in INPA herbarium, and this characterized, vascular flora been an important basis for chemical studies. This paper describes composition volatiles aerial parts four species Protium occurr Reserve. essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation were analyzed using GC-FID GC-MS. P....