Human cystic echinococcosis remains a major public health problem on several countries and the treatment strategies are not solved. The aim of the present work was to determine the in vitro effect of thymol and Mentha piperita, M. pulegium, and Rosmarinus officinalis essential oils on the proliferation of E. granulosus larval cells. Isolated cells and cellular aggregates were obtained from hyda...

The aim of the present work was to determine the in vitro effect of T. vulgaris and O. vulgare essential oils against E. granulosus protoscoleces and cysts. Essential oils were added to the medium resulting in thymol final concentrations of 10 μg/mL. The essential oils had a time-dependent effect provoking the complete loss of protoscolex viability after 72 days of postincubation. The results w...

The effect of essential oils, eugenol, thymol and menthol, on erythrocytes, hepatocytes, dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPPC)-liposomes and surface tension were studied at various concentrations. Maximal inhibition of eugenol, thymol and menthol on the hypotonic hemolysis in rat erythrocytes were observed at a concentration of 2 mM, 1 mM and 1 mM, respectively. Eugenol at 4 mM and thymol at 2...

Background and objectives: Herbal aromatic waters are one of the products used in the Iranian traditional medicine. These products have small amount of essential oil. The purpose of this study was to identify the effective substances of herbal aromatic waters by various techniques (GC/FID and GC/MS). It is hoped that with assessment of these compounds by mentioned techniques a ...

the essential oils of peucedanum ruthenicum m. bieb. (umbelliferae) leaves, flowers and fruits were prepared by hydrodistillation and analyzed by gc and gc-ms and the composition of the three essential oils were compared. thirty-three, thirty-seven and thirty-one compounds were identified in leaves, flowers and fruits essential oils representing 89.13%, 88.66% and 76.45% of total oils respectiv...

Considering the high prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) in women and the known side effects of metronidazol and giving importance to herbal drug therapy in order to reduce side effects in the recent decades, this study with the effect of essential oils of Artemisia aucheri Boiss., Zataria multiflora Boiss. And Myrtus communis L. in TV infection was done invitro condition This study has be...

A simple and rapid Fourier Transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy method was developed to determine the main essential oil components (carvacrol, thymol and p-cymene) in the antimicrobial LDPE films incorporated with oregano (Origanum vulgare) and thyme (Thymus vulgaris) essential oils. The ATR-FTIR spectrum of pure active components (carvacrol, thymol and p-cymene) was characterized, and the r...

Muhammad Shaiq Ali*, Muhammad Saleem, and Viqar Uddin Ahmad H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan Z. Naturforsch. 54b, 807Ð810 (1999); received July 22, 1998 Lamiaceae, Zataria multiflora, Isopropyl Benzene Constituents, Structure Elucidation, NMR Data A new isopropyl benzene derivative named as zatatriol (5) and two synthetically known compoun...