Fusarium avenaceum, Botrytis cinerea, Penicillium expansum, and Neofabraea vagabunda, represent postharvest diseases which cause significant apple losses. The aim of this study was therefore to evaluate the effects organic essential oils (EOs) (Thymus vulgaris, Lavandula angustifolia, Rosmarinus officinalis) against pathogens both in vitro vivo, as an integrated management tool. By GC–MS analys...

The essential oils from twenty-two plants grown in the highlands were isolated by hydrodistillation. with an oil yield above one percent, including Achillea millefolium, Asparagus plumosus, Matricaria chamomilla, Mentha piperita, pulegium, and Thymus vulgaris, tested for antibacterial activity total antioxidant capacity. Their activities against three most common foodborne pathogens opportunist...

Prolongation of life expectancy and improvement phenotypes directly related to the aging process have been objects many studies. Some known methods increasing expectancy, including dietary restrictions genetic manipulation, are difficult apply all people, their side effects predict. It is for this reason that it becomes important find those biologically active compounds can act as anti-aging ag...

In this study, we evaluate the olfactory responses of Mahanarva spectabilis adults to aqueous extracts from following non-host plants for pest insect: garlic (Allium sativum L.), rue (Ruta graveolens cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum J. Presl), lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus Stapf.), clove (Syzygium aromaticum star anise (Illicium Hook.f), eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus Labill.), tobacco (Nicotiana ...

Thymus vulgaris L. commonly known as thyme or garden belonging to family Lamiaceae is a pleasant smelling flowering perennial shrub, cultivating all over the world. Thyme has great importance due possibility of its use in various applications, food additives, medicines and cosmetic industry. leaves are highly aromatic therefore used fresh dried seasoning variety culinary applications including ...

Thymus hyemalis L. and Spanish Thymus vulgaris L. shrubs are characterized by a large chemical intraspecific variability among he plants. This fact makes it difficult to detect real changes occurring in their essential oil composition during the vegetative cycle. ased on this, the clones of T. hyemalis and Spanish T. vulgaris were used in this present work to monitor seasonal variations in the ...