Familiar fragrances usually induce positive mood states and elicit favorable evaluation. Relaxation is also widely thought to improve mood state. Yet experimental evidence on the effect of two different stimuli, fragrance smelling and breathing relaxation, on mood state, and fragrance evaluation is lacking. This study aimed to test (1) the effect of two familiar fragrances, lavender and myrtle,...

This study carried out based on a randomized completely design with 10 treatments geranium, eucalyptus and myrtus extraction, in 3 levels (2, 6 and 10 ml in 600 ml of distilled water) and control (distilled water) with 3 replications in 30 plots and each plot with 4 cut flowers. In this experiment traits such as vase life, water absorbtion, fresh weight, dry matter percent, petal protein conten...

because of inappropriate use of antibiotics and prevalence of resistant bacteria, there is urgentneed for antibacterial drugs that have fewer side effects than antibiotics. myrtus communis is amedicinal plant which had many uses in traditional medicine. in this study, ethanol leave extractof this plant is tested on acinetobacter baumannii. in the case of antimicrobial evaluation ofplants, one o...

In this study, fruits of black Myrtus communis L. were subjected to different preservation methods (frozen, sun and microwave dried) and, its biochemical properties examined. It was observed that the vitamin levels decreased in (MW) dried samples (p

materials and methods the subjects included 27 male and 3 female patients with advanced chronic periodontitis. the mean age of the patients was 47.6 ± 2.0 years old. p. gingivalis was isolated from the samples and identified by various diagnostic tests, including gram staining, indol test, and fluorescent test. minimum inhibitory concentration (mic) of the essential oil against isolated p. ging...

An in vitro investigation was carried out to determine the antifungal activity of 10 methanol extracts of medicinal herbs which are commonly used in Iranian traditional medicine.these include:Myrtus communis,rheum ribes,rosa faetida,lawsonia inermis,juniperus sabina,achillea millefolium,zizyphus spina-christi,malva silvestris,arctium lappa and utrica dioica.the fungi tested in vitro were three ...

To investigate the effect of drugs other than metronidazole, 3 non-pregnant women infected with Trichomonas vaginalis were treated with doxycycline, 2 x 200 mg/day for 1 week. Another 3 women were treated with praziquantel, single dose, 40 mg/kg body weight. No therapeutic effect was detected for either drug. In vitro, oxytetracycline led to death of T. vaginalis at a concentration of 15 mg in ...

objective: due to the high incidence of bacterial vaginosis (bv) and its resistance to chemical medications and considering the anti-bacterial and anti-fungal effects of myrtus communis, the present study aimed to compare the therapeutic effects of the vaginal gel of m. communis 2% (in metronidazole base) with metronidazole vaginal gel 0.75% alone on bv.materials and methods: this research was ...

introduction   heavy metal contamination has disastrous effects on plant productivity and threatens human and animal health. among metals, cadmium (cd) is commonly released into the environment from industrial processes. cd is known to cause cellular damage in plants by producing oxidative stress via the over-production of reactive oxygen species (ros). to combat oxidative damage, plants have d...