The use of “purified” cooling agents in pharmaceutical and cosmetic preparations only dates back to the late 1880s with the commercial production of menthol from Japanese peppermint (Mentha arvensis) oil in Japan (1). The cultivation of peppermint in Japan before the Christian era appears to predate any other country, and menthol is reputed to have been used medicinally for almost as long (2). ...

It was shown earlier that the monoterpene ketone, piperitenone (I) is one of the major metabolites of R-(+)-pulegone, a potent hepatotoxin. In the present studies, the metabolic disposition of piperitenone (I) was examined in rats. Piperitenone (I) was administered orally (400 mg/kg of the b. wt./day) to rats for 5 days. The following urinary metabolites were isolated and identified by various ...

The study was aimed to investigate essential oil chemical composition (gas chromatography/flame ionization detection [GC-FID] and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry [GC-MS]) and antioxidant (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl free radical (DPPH) and 2,2'-azinobis-3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonate [ABTS] assays) and antimicrobial (Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, fungi, and yeast) activi...

In this study, the development of Lasioderma serricorne (F.) (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) was investigated on five different foods (Mentha piperita, Thymus vulgaris, Salvia officinalis, Rosmarinus, officinalis and flour). Trials were carried out at a temperature 28±2°C 70-75% relative humidity. Effects adult longevity egg hatching ratio investigated. As result, all larvae left Rosmarinus plant have ...

Essential oils of peppermint Mentha piperita L. (Lamiaceae), which are used in flavors, fragrances, and pharmaceuticals, were investigated for their antimicrobial properties against 21 human and plant pathogenic microorganisms. The bioactivity of the oils menthol and menthone was compared using the combination of in vitro techniques such as microdilution, agar diffusion, and bioautography. It w...

Onikişubat yöresinde (Kahramanmaraş) doğal olarak yetişen ve gıda tüketilen bazı bitki taksonlarına ait yöresel tarifleri tespit etmek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Çalışmada veri toplama aracı 10 soruluk anket formu kullanılmıştır. Anket uygulaması kırsal kesimde yaşayan 101 kişiyle sonucunda 9 taksonu belirlenmiştir. Belirlenen bitkiler 2019 yılı vejetasyon döneminde toplanmıştır. Çalışma yemek yapım...

Stored products are among the most important foods in human nutrition. However; these under pressure of many harmful organisms.One pests is Tribolium confusum Jacquelin du Val. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). In this study, effects two essential oils (Mentha rotundifolia and Satureja calamintha) an enthomopathogenenic fungi on has been tried laboratory conditions, contact repellent effect dry plan...

Piedra, is an asymptomatic fungal infection of the hair shaft, resulting in the formation of nodules of different hardness on the infected hair. The infection also known as Trichomycosis nodularis is a superficial fungal infection arising from the pathogen being restricted to the stratum corneum with little or no tissue reaction. The nodules are a concretion of hyphae and fruiting bodies of the...