PURPOSE To investigate the protective effect of β-myrcene (MYR) on oxidative and histological damage in mice heart tissue caused global cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (IR) in C57BL/J6 mice. METHODS Animals(n=40) were randomly divided into four groups: (1)control, (2)IR, (3)MYR and (4)MYR+IR. The control group was received 0.1% carboxymethyl cellulose as a vehicle following a medial incision wi...

The volatile compounds obtained from the different organs of Houttuynia cordata (Saururaceae) and Litsea cubeba (Lauraceae) were analyzed by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS), Headspace Solid Phase Micro Extraction-Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (HS-SPME-GC/MS), and GC/olfactometry (GC/O). The major component of all parts of H. cordata is assigned as 4-tridecanone. Each organ p...

background: the genus lagochilus, family lamiaceae consists of 44 species, 33 of which grow in central asia. only one report on the analysis of essential oil of lagochilus species has been published. objective: aim of this study is to determine the chemical composition and antimicrobial activities of the hydrodistilled oil of flower and leaves of lagochilus kotschyanus boiss. of iranian origin ...

Being widely used, medicinal products based on vegetable oils require strict regulation and evaluation of quality attributes, determination shelf-life periods, monitoring storage conditions. The most common testing method for unsaturated compounds in is the iodine value determination, which has a range limitations. An alternative determining degree unsaturation epoxidation. aim study was to eva...

AIMS To investigate the in vitro antifungal activity of the components of Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree) oil. METHODS AND RESULTS Activity was investigated by broth microdilution and macrodilution, and time kill methods. Components showing the most activity, with minimum inhibitory concentrations and minimum fungicidal concentrations of < or =0.25%, were terpinen-4-ol, alpha-terpineol, lin...

Lippia sidoides Cham is a typical herb species of Northeast Brazil with widespread use in folk medicine. The major constituents of the essential oil of L. sidoides (EOLs) are thymol, p-cymene, myrcene, and caryophyllene. Several studies have shown that the EOLs and its constituents have pharmacological effects, including antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and neuroprotective activity...