Sodium alginate, irradiated by Co-60 gamma rays in solid state, elicits plant growth promoting responses in various plants. Irradiated sodium alginate (ISA) was applied as a foliar spray on mint (Mentha arvensis L.) to investigate its effect on plant growth, physiological attributes and herbage yield as well as on content and yield of essential oil and its components (menthol, L-menthone, isome...

The chemical composition of the essential oils was influenced by many factors including extraction methods. In this study, the effect of extraction methods; hydrodistillation, microwave assisted hydrodistillation and solvent free microwave extraction of Mentha piperita L. growing in Taif, KSA, on the yield and chemical composition of their essential oils were investigated. Furthermore, the oils...

background & aim: satureja khuzistanica jamzad. is an aromatic and medicinal perennial plant belongs to family mint (lamiaceae). it is also an iranian exclusive endemic species, its essential oil components are widely used in medicinal, culinary, and perfume industries. experimental: flowers were collected in 10 regions in khuzistan and lorestan provinces, iran at early anthesis during 2009...

We report on the design, first observing season, and analysis of data from a new prototype millimeterwave interferometer, MINT. MINT consists of four 145GHz SIS mixers operating in double-sideband mode in a compact heterogeneous configuration. The signal band is subdivided by a monolithic channelizer, after which the correlations between antennas are performed digitally. The typical receiver se...