BACKGROUND Mesembryanthemum edule is a medicinal plant which has been indicated by Xhosa traditional healers in the treatment HIV associated diseases such as tuberculosis, dysentery, diabetic mellitus, laryngitis, mouth infections, ringworm eczema and vaginal infections. The investigation of the essential oil of this plant could help to verify the rationale behind the use of the plant as a cure...

The hydro distilled essential oil of fresh leaves of Platycladusorientalis (L) Franco [Thujaorientalis] Family: cupressaceae was analysis by gas chromatography and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.(GCMS). The oil yield is (1.25%) w/w. Thirty two compounds representing 96.62% of the total oil were identified. The main constituents are IR-αpinene (15.92%), α-caryophyllene (10.42%), trans-β oc...

Two species belonging to the genus Salvia (Salvia brachyodon Vandas and Salvia officinalis L.) from Dalmatian region were studied for their essential oil composition, genome size and base composition. These species showed the same chromosome number (2n 1⁄4 14), similar genome size (0.95 and 0.97 pg/2C) and base composition (38.52 and 38.55 GC%), respectively. This is the first estimation of DNA...

Aframomum K.Schum is a genus native to Africa belonging Zingiberaceae. Members of the are aromatic and perennial rhizomatous herbs. Many plant parts species contain essential oils, including fruits, seeds, leaves, stems, rhizomes, pods, husks, pericarps, limbos leaf sheaths. The major constituents plants mainly composed sesquiterpene hydrocarbons, oxygenated monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes monoter...

Article history: Received on: 20/05/2013 Revised on: 03/06/2013 Accepted on: 17/06/2013 Available online: 30/07/2013 Salvia essential oils isolated by hydrodistillation from the plant’s commercial dried aerial parts(Fig.1),have powerful biological activity and pharmacological properties. The oils contain more than 100 different bioactive compounds, which mainly include Monoterpene hydrocarbons,...

OBJECTIVES Various species of genus Trigonella are important from medical and culinary points of view. The essential oil of Trigonella torbatejamensis Ranjbar as an endemic plant in Iran has not been studied previously. The essential oil of this plant was analyzed by different methods for identification of its components. MATERIALS AND METHODS The essential oil composition of aerial parts of ...

Several studies involving the family Verbenaceae, occurring in the Brazilian Cerrado, have emphasized the popular use of many aromatic species. We highlight the use of Lippia sidoides Cham., known as "alecrim pimenta," native to northeastern Brazil and northern Minas Gerais. Leaves of this species were collected in antropized Brazilian Cerrado area, in Hidrolândia, Goiás, and their essential oi...

The essential oil constituents of rhizomes of Hedychium forrestii var. palaniense were analyzed by gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. A total of 26 constituents comprising 68.20% of the oils were identified. The volatile fraction was characterized by monoterpene hydrocarbons (42.31%), oxygenated monoterpenes (38.46%), sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (15.38%) and oxygenated ...

background & aim: myrtle (myrtus communis l.), is an important medicinal plant that is used for pharmacological uses and conservation of environments (for example preventing the soil erosion) regards to its specific condition habitat.experimental: in this research, phytochemical variations of the essential oils from different populations of myrtle collected from fars (saydan, cheshme-ali, a...

The essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation of flowers of Calycanthus floridus L. var.oblongifolius (Nutt.) D.E. Boufford & S.A. Spongberg, planted in Sabzevar, Khorasan Province(Iran), was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Eighteen compounds representing 90.1% of theflower oil of Calycanthus floridus L. var. oblongifolius were identified, among them 1,8-cineol(33.1%), bornyl acetate (14.1%), α-pin...