background: herbal medicine has been used for many years by different cultures around the world for the treatment of diabetes. objective: the hypoglycemic effect of caraway ethanolic extract (carum carvi l.) was investigated in normal and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. methods: intraperitoneal administration of caraway ethanolic extract seeds (0.1, 0.2, 0.4 and 0.6 g/kg body wt.) on the ...

Twelve essential oils from Mediterranean aromatic plants were tested for their phytotoxic activity, at different doses, against the germination and the initial radicle growth of seeds of Raphanus sativus, Lactuca sativa and Lepidium sativum. The essential oils were obtained from Hyssopus officinalis, Lavandula angustifolia, Majorana hortensis, Melissa officinalis, Ocimum basilicum, Origanum vul...

carum carvi (cc) is a grassy plant which is believed to have several therapeutic effects, including anti-asthmatic properties. we have therefore studied the bronchodilatory and anticholinergic effects of this plant. the bronchodilatory effects of the aqueous extract (ae), macerated extract (me), essential oil (eo), and 4µm theophylline (t) in comparison with saline (s) were examined by their re...

This survey was undertaken in the Errachidia province in south-eastern Morocco in order to inventory the main medicinal plants used in folk medicine to treat arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Four hundred individuals who knew about and/or had used the medicinal plants for the indicated diseases, including some herbal healers, were interviewed throughout different regions of the provi...

Ultrasonic assist with headspace solid phase microextraction (UA-HS-SPME) have been applied, for the first time, for the extraction of volatile organic compounds of Carum carvi L. from Iran. The oils obtained were analyzed by GC–MS. Different experimental parameters such as fiber's coating type, sonication time, extraction time and temperature, and desorption time were investigated. Results sho...

Fungal plant diseases are considered one of the most destructive for plants. In this current study, Neoscytalidium dimidiatum as a fungal pathogen was isolated from an infected Carum carvi L. (C. carvi) first time and controlled it using clove essential oil nanoemulsion (CEONE). This identified morphologically genetically, then deposited in gene bank under accession number OQ338188. CEONE prepa...

results the results revealed the formation of spherical silver nanoparticles with an average size of 10 nm. moreover, concentration of snps in a 25 ml sample containing both snps and plant extract biomass was 2.934 mg/l on average. serial microdilution test showed that snps at the concentration of 50 μg/ml can inhibit growth of the pathogen. conclusions the present study extends the existing li...