background and objective: edible, biodegradable films, by acting as barriers to control the transfer of moisture, oxygen, lipids, and flavours, can prevent quality deterioration and increase the shelf life of food products. on the other hand, regarding edible film capacity in transferring food additives, extending shelf-life of food products could be considered. so by adding antimicrobial-antio...

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate and assess the capability of Zataria multiflora, Geranium herbarium, and Eucalyptus camaldolensis essential oils in treating Saprolegnia parasitica-infected rainbow (Oncorhynchus mykiss) trout eggs. A total of 150 infected eggs were collected and plated on glucose-pepton agar at 24°C for 2 weeks. The antifungal assay of essential oils against S. ...

BACKGROUND Adherence and colonization of Candida species particularly C. albicans on denture surfaces, forms a microbial biofilm, which may result denture stomatitis in complete denture users. OBJECTIVES The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the antifungal effect Zataria multiflora essence in removing of Candida albicans biofilms on experimentally contaminated resin acryl plates. ...

background and objective: considering the increasing tendency of public towards green consumption and the dangers of artificial additives, this study aimed to assess antibacterial activity of essential oils of cinnamomum zeylanicum, mentha piperita l., zataria multiflora boiss and thymus vulgaris against three important pathogenic and spoilage bacteria (pseudomonas fluorescens, erwinia carotovo...

in this study, antimicrobial activity of chitosan and whey protein isolate edible films incorporated with different concentrations of zataria multiflora boiss essential oil ;zeo (1%, 2%, 3% and 4% v/v) and zataria multiflora boiss essential oil nanoliposome (0, 1, 2, 3 and 4%) against  listeria monocytogenes (atcc 19118), bacillus cereus (atcc 11778), staphylococcus aureus (atcc 65138), escheri...

conclusions our findings did not support the use of zataria multiflora boiss in premenstrual syndrome. results thirty-eight students in intervention and 37 students in placebo group completed the study. the groups had no significant difference regarding the severity of pms. both groups showed a significant improvement in pms severity score after the intervention. the repeated-measure analysis o...