This study investigated the in vitro anticancer activities of a total of 14 wild angiosperms collected in Saudi Arabia. The cytotoxic activity of each extract was assessed against human breast adenocarcinoma (MCF-7) cell lines by using the MTT assay. Among the plants screened, the potential cytotoxic activity exhibited by the extract of Lavandula dentata (Lamiaceae) was identified, and we analy...

This study aimed to evaluate the in vitro antibacterial and antifungal activities of Lavandula × intermedia Emeric ex Loisel. ‘Budrovka’, an indigenous Croatian cultivar of lavandin. For that purpose the activity of ethanolic extracts of flowers, inflorescence stalks and leaves against thirty one strains of bacteria, yeasts, dermatophytes and moulds were studied using both the agar well diffusi...

Introduction: Epilepsy is the second most common nervous disorder after brain strok. In spite of present anticonvulsant drugs, researchers need to search for drugs with better efficacy and less side effects. Medicinal plants with various natural components so that different properties are suitable field for investigation. In this study, anticonvulsant effect of Lavandula vera DC. and Cuscuta ep...

abstract: chemical composition of lavandula angustifolia was studied by solvent free microwave extraction (sfme) and hydrodistillation (hd) methods. 1, 8-cineole (42.7% and 37.9%), camphor (26.1% and 21.3%) and borneol (31.2% and 21.6%) were the major compounds that obtained by sfme and hydrodistillation, respectively. the antibacterial activity of extracted oils was investigated against gram-p...

Lavandula angustifolia Mill. syn. Lavandula officinalis Chaix was commonly known as lavender is a species of the genus Lavandula from Lamiaceae family is among the top 10 pharmaceutical plant. Lavender species are grown worldwide primarily for their essential oils, which are used in the food processing, aromatherapy products, cosmetics and perfumes. The purpose of this study was to investigate ...

In this work in vitro culture conditions for three species belonging to the Labiatae family were studied. In particular, a micropropagation protocol of Lavandino cv Grosso (Lavandula officinalis Chaix × Lavandula latifolia Villars) was developed. As regards this species it was verified that the hyperhydricity symptoms of axillary shoots were related to the agar concentration in the culture medi...

results before the intervention, there were no significant differences between mothers in two groups (p > 0.05). after 8 weeks follow up, a significant improvement appeared in mothers’ sleep quality in the intervention group. aromatherapy increased sleep quality mean score (±sd) from 8.2911 (± 2.1192) to 6.7975 (± 2.3663) (p < 0.05), but in the control group sleep quality mean score (±sd) chang...