BACKGROUND This study characterized the botanical knowledge of artisanal fishers of the Lami community, Porto Alegre, southern Brazil based on answers to the following question: Is the local botanical knowledge of the artisanal fishers of the rural-urban district of Lami still active, even since the district's insertion into the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre? METHODS This region, which ...

Gri küf hastalığına neden olan Botrytis cinerea aralarında turunçgil meyvelerininde bulunduğu oldukça geniş konukçu dizisine sahip fungal bir hastalık etmenidir. Bu çalışmada farklı kekik türleri (Origanum onites L., Origanum syriacum Holm., Thymbra spicata L.) ve rezene (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) bitkilerinden elde edilen uçucu yağların cinerea’nın misel gelişimi, spor çimlenmesi hiflerinin mo...

The quality of minced kilka (Clupeonella cultriventris caspia) with gum arabic encapsulated (0.3% and 0.5% w/w) and unencapsulated fennel extract (FE) (0.3% and 0.5% w/w) stored at 4°C was examined over a storage period of 15 days. The control and the treated fish samples were analyzed periodically for microbiological (total viable count [TVC] and total psychrotrophic count [TPC]) and chemical ...

In the present study, the essential oils (EOs) of some officinal plants from Abruzzo territory (Italy) were evaluated for their antimicrobial and antioxidant activities and their volatile fraction chemical characterization. The EOs were extracted from Rosmarinus officinalis, Origanum vulgare, Salvia officinalis, Mentha piperita, Allium sativum, Foeniculum vulgare, Satureja montana, Thymus vulga...