background: malaria and leishmaniasis are two most significant parasitic diseases which are endemic in iran. over the past decades, interest in botanical repellents has increased as a result of safety to human. the comparative effi- cacy of essential oils of two native plants, myrtle ( myrtus communis ) and marigold ( calendula officinalis ) collected from natural habitats at southern iran was ...

0308-8146/$ see front matter 2008 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.06.018 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +216 71 430 855; fax E-mail address: [email protected] (W. Aidi Wa The essential oil and fatty acid composition of Myrtus communis var. italica fruit during its ripening was determined. The effect of the harvesting time on some physical properties of Myrtus fruits, fruit weight a...

Myrtus communis L. young and mature Leaves were collected in Fars (the southern province of Iran). The aim of this research was to investigate essential oil content and composition of myrtle leaves which were at different ontogeny stages. Essential oil was extracted by hydrodistillation method using Clevenger apparatus, the oils were analyzed by GC–MS. Highest content of essential oil were reco...

Two different extraction methods were used for a comparative study of algerian myrtle leaf essential oils: solvent-free-microwave-extraction (SFME) and conventional hydrodistillation (HD). Essential oils analyzed by GC and GC-MS presented 51 components constituting 97.71 and 97.39% of the total oils, respectively. Solvent-Free-Microwave-Extract Essential oils SFME-EO were richer in oxygenated c...

Background: Microbial infections and the resistance to antibacterial drugs are on the rise, and scientists are in search of the safest and most effective approach to overcome them. Medicinal plants are potentially effective against many microorganisms. Therefore, this study was planned to examine the antibacterial properties and cytotoxicity of the extracts of Allium sativum and Myrtus communis...