Anti-Planktonic and Anti-Biofilm Formation Activities of the Essential Oil Hydroalcoholic Extract Myrtus communis L. Leaves Fruits Against Clinical Candida species

oxidative stress and protein glycation play pivotal roles in the pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus and its vascular complications. the present study aimed to investigate the anti-glycation properties of essential oils obtained from different parts of juniperus communis subsp. hemisphaerica . the branchlets of male tree (bmt) and branchlets of female (bft) tree, and fruits of j. communis subs...

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...

background sinusitis is one of the most prevalent infectious diseases among those who visit doctor, which requires antibiotic intervention. the most common types of bacteria causing this disease are streptococcus pneumonia, streptococcus pyogenes, staphylococcus aureus and pseudomonas aeroginosa. nonetheless due to dangerous side effects of chemical drugs on body and increased drug resistance o...

Four commonly used spices plants in Iran were evaluated for cytotoxicity effect using Brine Shrimp Lethality (BSL) assay. Essential oils and various extracts of Heracleum persicum, Nigella arvensis, Cinnamomum zeylanicum and Zingiber officinale were assessed by two methods of disk and solution of BSL. Data were processed in probit-analysis program to estimate LC50 values. All of the tested frac...

Castor oil plant seeds (Ricinus communis L.) were grown in spent lubricating oil (SLO) contaminated soil at concentrations of 1-6% (w/w, oil/soil). Plant height and stem girth were depressed by spent lubricating oil at concentrations of 2% (w/w) and above. One percent (1%) spent lubricating oil in soil promoted growth of plants when compared with control. Fresh and dry weights of R. communis pl...

Chemical composition of the essential oils extracted from the leaves, stems, flowers and seeds of  Heracleum rechingeri Manden. were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Twenty-four components were characterized for the leaf oil with Octyl acetate(47.2%), Octanol(15.2%) and E-caryophyllen (5.7%) as the main constituents. 25 compounds were identified in the stem oil with Elemicin (65.3%), Octyl acetate (13...

Castor oil plant seeds (Ricinus communis L.) were grown in spent lubricating oil (SLO) contaminated soil at concentrations of 1-6% (w/w, oil/soil). Plant height and stem girth were depressed by spent lubricating oil at concentrations of 2% (w/w) and above. One percent (1%) spent lubricating oil in soil promoted growth of plants when compared with control. Fresh and dry weights of R. communis pl...