We translated two Latin texts about scurvy. One is by Ambrosius Rhodius, who in 1635 published his doctoral thesis on scurvy. This contains aspects of 16th- and 17th-century folklore medicine. The other is a 1593 letter by Henrik Høyer (Hoierus), a German physician in Bergen, Norway. The letter states that in Norway grew a plant, Chamaemorus Norvegicus, whose berries had curative abilities agai...

Deeper knowledge of the potentiality of aromatic plants can provide results of economic importance for food and pharmacological industry. The essential oils of seven Lamiaceae species were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and assayed for their antibacterial, antifungal and mutagenic activities. Monoterpenes in the oils ranged between 82.47% (hyssop oil) and 97.48% (thyme oil), b...

Common hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis L.) is widely used as an aromatic and medicinal plant. In the component composition of essential oil from above-ground mass H. f. cyaneus, collection Nikita Botanical Garden, bicyclic monoterpene ketones isopinocamphone (50.99–64.41%) pinocamphone (3.95–18.88%) predominate, which allows us to attribute this form chemotype for use in pharmacology. An sample wi...

Seed-borne pathogens reduce the quality and cause infections at various growth stages of horticultural crops. Some best-known are fungi genus Alternaria, that destructive vegetable other crop diseases, resulting in significant yield losses. Over several years, much attention has been paid to environmentally-friendly solutions for disease management regarding environmental damage caused by chemi...

Interest is arising in the possible use of higher plants as the source of naturally occurring antibiotic substances. The use of higher plants in the treatment of disease is as old as the art of healing itself. Isaiah of Biblical times suggested that a plaster of figs be placed on boils as a treatment of this form of infection. Hyssop and cedarwood were used in the cleansing of lepers. The Orien...