The use of chemical pesticides to protect agricultural products is a global concern because their adverse effects on the environment and public health. To avoid dangers synthetic herbicides, research has turned natural alternatives. This study was conducted evaluate allelopathic effect essential oil (EO) extracted from Origanum syriacum, onites, majorana. In addition, composition elucidated by ...

The antimicrobial properties of volatile aromatic oils and medium-chain fatty acids derived from edible plants have been recognized since antiquity. To give examples, Origanum oil, used as a food-flavoring agent, possesses a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity due, at least in part, to its high content of phenolic derivatives such as carvacrol and thymol. Similarly, lauric acid, present in...

Despite the fact that cisplatin is an important anticancer drug, its clinical utilization is limited by nephrotoxicity during long term medication. Combined cisplatin chemotherapy with plant extracts can diminish toxicity and enhance the antitumor efficacy of the drug. This study evaluated the effect of Originum majorana ethanolic extract (OMEE) on cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity. Eighteen mal...

salinity is one of the environmental stresses that have limited influence on the crop growth. oxidative process is a secondary stress due to salinity. oregano is enumerated as one of the most important of medicinal plant that its production and development is possible in iran. in order to study the effect of exogenous application of hydrogen peroxide on salt tolerance in oregano (origanum major...

the present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of ascorbic acid (asa) as an important antioxidant in alleviation of salt damage in oregano (origanum majorana l.). this research work was carried out at the research greenhouse of ferdowsi university of mashhad. foliar application of asa (0, 100, 200 mg/l) was carried out on the plants that were under salt stresses of 0, 50, 100 and 150 mm...

O. majorana shoots were investigated for their essential oil (EO) composition. Two experiments were carried out; the first on hydroponic medium in a culture chamber and the second on inert sand in a greenhouse for 20 days. Plants were cultivated for 17 days in hydroponic medium supplemented with NaCl 100 mmol L⁻¹. The results showed that the O. majorana hydroponic medium offered higher essentia...

Schistosomiasis has been classified as a category II disease after malaria in importance targeted tropical disease. Praziquantel (PZQ) which is the chemotherapeutic agent of choice against adult worms, already faces drawback drug resistance some Schistosoma isolates. Therefore, searching for new alternative drugs intention many researchers. In current study, effect different doses 6.25, 12.5, 2...