Free radicals and oxidative stress are involved in variety of disorders including atherosclerosis, chronic renal failure, diabetes mellitus, cancer, immune dysfunction, anxiety and aging (1). So in recent years there is an increasing interest in attraction of natural antioxidant derived from aromatic medicinal plants, which could be relevant in relation to their role in health disease and their...

Fungi produce a large variety of extracellular proteins, organic acids, and other metabolites and can adapt to several environmental conditions. Mycotoxin-producing moulds of the genera Aspergillus and Penicillium are common food contaminants. One of the natural ways to protect food from mould contamination is to use essential oils. In this study, we evaluated the effect of essential oils of ci...

Lavandula angustifolia is the most widely cultivated Lavandula species. The extraction of its flower and leaves has been used as herbal medicine. In this study, the in vitro antitumor activities were tested on human prostate cancer PC-3 and DU145 cell lines. Flow cytometry technology was applied to study apoptosis induction and cell cycle arrest. The PC-3 cell line was used to establish subcuta...

to study the effect of chemical and biological fertilizers on growth and essential oil content of lavender (lavandula angustifolia mill.), the present work was conducted in 2012-2013 at the experimental field of alborz research station of the research institute of forests and rangelands, karaj, iran. the experiment was conducted in factorial in the form of a randomized complete block design wit...

Based on many years of experience, packaging is considered as an inactive barrier that protects materials and goods from environmental factors. The applicability native chemical additive such essential oils in wrapping papers can be used the forms films, treatments, coatings or others. Essential extracts different aromatic plants are bioactive substances for antimicrobial activity. In this rese...

Prevalensi penurunan produksi ASI pada ibu nifas menurut WHO adalah sebesar 35,6 % perempuan di dunia. Salah satu upaya yang dapat dilakukan untuk meningkatkan pijat oksitosin menggunakan essential oil lavender. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui lavender Desa Kemiri Kebak Kramat. Jenis penelitian kuantitatif dengan pre-experiment design dan rancangan one group pre test-post test design. Penel...

four in vitro experiments (exp.) were conducted to evaluate lavender essential oil (leo) effects at 0 (control), 250 (low dose), 500 (medium dose), 750 and 1000 µl per l(high doses) of incubation medium on rumen gas production kinetics (exp.1), ruminal digestibility and fermentation (exp.2), methane production (exp.3) and rumen acidosis (exp.4). the asymptote of gas production (a) increased qua...

OBJECTIVE Lavender is used in herbal medicine for different therapeutic purposes. Nonetheless, potential therapeutic effects of this plant in ischemic heart disease and its possible mechanisms remain to be investigated. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this experimental study, lavender oil at doses of 200, 400 or 800 mg/kg was administered through gastric gavage for 14 days before infarct-like myocar...

Background. The treatment of candidiasis infections is an important problem in the health care system. This study aimed to investigate the in vitro effect of lavender essential oil and clotrimazole on isolated C. albicans from vaginal candidiasis. Materials and Methods. In this clinical trial, C. albicans isolated from the vaginal discharge samples was obtained. Results. The pairwise comparison...