background ducrosia anethifolia (da) is a medicinal plant traditionally used to treat a wide spectrum of illnesses. da contains a series of antioxidant compounds, including alpha-pinene, which give it a sedative and relaxing effect. in spite of these effects of da, the effects of da essential oil on anxiety and locomotor activity in open field tests have not yet been studied. in the present stu...

Tinh dầu từ lá và cành của loài Thông tre ngắn (Podocarpus pilgeri) thu mẫu tại Khu bảo tồn thiên nhiên (KBT TN) Xuân Nha, Vân Hồ, Sơn La, được chưng cất bằng phương pháp lôi cuốn hơi nước. Hàm lượng tinh tương ứng đạt 0,057% 0,073% (theo nguyên liệu khô không khí). có màu vàng nhạt, nhẹ hơn Bằng sắc ký khối phổ (GC/MS) đã xác định 38 cấu tử ngắn, chiếm 99,87% tổng dầu, những thành phần chính g...

Essential oils extracted from the foliage of Mentha longifolia (L.) (Lamiales: Lamiaceae) and Pulicaria gnaphalodes Ventenat (Asterales: Asteraceae), and flowers of Achillea wilhelmsii C. Koch (Asterales: Asteraceae) were tested in the laboratory for volatile toxicity against two storedproduct insects, the flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum Herbst (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) and the cowpea weevi...

Mersin (Myrtus communis L.) çoğunlukla Akdeniz ikliminde gelişen aromatik, yaprak dökmeyen fundalıklardır. Polifenoller, antosiyaninler, polifenolik asitler ve flavonoidler gibi çeşitli biyoaktif molekülleri içeren mersin bitkisi antioksidan antimikrobiyal aktivitelere sahiptir. Yapılan çalışmalarda, uçucu yağlarının içerdiği başlıca bileşenlerin 1,8-sineol, α-pinen, linalol, limonen mirtenil a...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), is the most notified disease in the world. Development of resistance to first line drugs by MTB is a public health concern. As a result, there is the search for new and novel sources of antimycobacterial drugs for example from medicinal plants. In this study we determined the in vitro antimycobacterial activity of n-Hexane sub...

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...