The paper focuses on the in vitro antimicrobial activity of Lavandula angustifolia Mill. (lavender) essential oil in combination with four commercial antimicrobial agents. Stock solutions of chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin, nystatin, and fusidic acid were tested in combination with L. angustifolia essential oil. The antimicrobial activities of the combinations were investigated against the Gram-...

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...

(1) Background: Natural antioxidants are health products found in many plants and may have a therapeutic effect on various diseases caused by oxidative stress. The purpose of this research is the antioxidant analysis some kefir samples enriched with volatile oils extracted from three aromatic plants; (2) Methods: were lavender, fennel mint. Four made: encapsulated lavender oil, mint oil control...

Essential oil components were extracted from Lavandula angustifolia (Lavender) flowers using pressurized fluid extraction (PFE). A Box-Behnken design was used to optimize the effective extraction variables. The chemical composition of extracted samples was analyzed by gas chromatograph-flame ionization detector column. For achieving maximum % extraction yield the temperature, pressure, and dyna...

this study evaluated the effects of inhalation of lavender essential oil on vital signs in icu open-heart surgery. this study is a clinical single-blind trial. the study was conducted on 40 patients who had open-heart surgery in the cardiac icu of two hospitals of tehran university of medical sciences, 2012. criteria included: full consciousness, lack of hemorrhage, lack of heart rate reduction...

The metabolic cross-talk between the mevalonate (MVA) and the methylerythritol phosphate (MEP) pathways was analyzed in spike lavender (Lavandula latifolia Med) on the basis of 13CO₂-labelling experiments using wildtype and transgenic plants overexpressing the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA reductase (HMGR), the first and key enzyme of the MVA pathway. The plants were labelled in the presence o...

Background and aims: common invasive angiography is a diagnostic test that is useful in the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease patients often experience anxiety and increase their vital signs before angiography. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of lavender essential oil on hemodynamic parameters in patients before angiography is inhaled. Methods: This study is a randomized clin...

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...

The inhibitory effects of essential oils including clove, lavender and geranium extracted from Eugenia caryophyllata, Lavandula officinalis and Pelargonium graveolens on multidrug resistant isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were investigated. The main constituents of clove, lavander and geranium oil were eugenol (80-90%), 1,8-cineol (13%) and citronellol (45%) respectively. Clove had the most ...