Several Cymbopogon species such as C. citratus, C. flexuosus, C. nardus and C. khasianus×C. pendulus are extensively used for flavors, fragrance and as folk medicines worldwide due to their volatile essential oils (VEOs). Direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry (DART-MS) method was developed for identification of VEOs from the intact plant parts of ten Cymbopogon species. Total sixteen c...

Isabelle Olivieri passed away on Saturday 10 December at 4 a.m. She passed away quietly after having fought not only with an admirable courage against her cancer but also against a paraneoplastic syndrome, which heavily handicapped her for the last years of her life. Isabelle would have passed 60 years in March 2017. She entered the Agronomic College (AgroParisTech) in Paris in 1977, specialize...

The genus Cymbopogon (Poaceae) is most important from the point of view of their essential oils. Essential oils from these species are widely used in flavours, fragrances, cosmetics, soaps, detergents and perfumery owing to their typical lemon and rose-like aroma. Cymbopogon essential oils and constituents present therein e.g. citral, geraniol, citronellol, citronellal and piperitone, have been...

1Rheumatology Department of Lucania, San Carlo Hospital of Potenza and Madonna delle Grazie Hospital of Matera, Potenza, Italy; 2Rheumatology Unit, Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy. Ignazio Olivieri, MD Nicolò Pipitone, MD, PhD Salvatore D’Angelo, MD Angela Padula, MD Carlo Salvarani, MD Please address correspondence to: Dr. Ignazio Olivieri, Rheumatology Department of Lucania, ...

Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of exotic plants essential oils to potentially control Paenibacillus larvae, the causal agent of American foulbrood disease (AFB) were determined. AFB represents one of the main plagues that affect the colonies of honeybees Apis mellifera L. with high negative impact on beekeepers worldwide. Essential oils tested were niaouli (Melaleuca viridiflor...