background and objective: considering the increasing tendency of public towards green consumption and the dangers of artificial additives, this study aimed to assess antibacterial activity of essential oils of cinnamomum zeylanicum, mentha piperita l., zataria multiflora boiss and thymus vulgaris against three important pathogenic and spoilage bacteria (pseudomonas fluorescens, erwinia carotovo...

background and objectives : the aim of this study was to evaluate the chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of satureja hortensis and trachyspermum copticum essential oils against different kinds of microorganisms in vitro. material and methods : the antimicrobial activity was evaluated by micro broth dilution assay and analysis of essential oils chemical composition by gc and gc/ms a...

background and objectives: the chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of bitter orange (citrus aurantium) leaf, ripe and unripe peel essential oils, cultivated in southwest of iran, were investigated. materials and methods: the analysis of chemical composition of hydro-distilled essential oils was carried out by gc-ms. the disc diffusion and broth micro-dilution were used to assay the ...

in this study, the aerial parts of pimpinella puberula were collected from ramhormoz and mashhad (khuzestan and khorasan provinces) at the vegetative, flowering and seeding stages. essential oils from the whole aerial parts as well as stem/leaf, inflorescence, unripe and ripe seeds, were isolated by hydro-distillation. the yields of essential oil obtained from the ramhormoz samples were 0.49%, ...

Background and Objectives: The chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of bitter orange (Citrus aurantium) leaf, ripe and unripe peel essential oils, cultivated in southwest of Iran, were investigated. Materials and Methods: The analysis of chemical composition of hydro-distilled essential oils was carried out by GC-MS. The disc diffusion and broth micro-dilution were used to assay t...

background and objectives: essential oils are volatile compounds that have been used since middle ages as antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, sedative, local anesthetic and food flavoring agents.in the current study, essential oils of pelargonium graveolens l’her and vitex agnus-castus l . were analyzed for their antibacterial activities. materials and methods: the chemical compositions of essent...

background: essential oils and their major constituents are useful sources of antimicrobial compounds. there are a few reports on the decontamination and antimicrobial activity of essential oils towards shigella spp. m aterials and methods: in this study, the antimicrobial and decontamination potentials of essential oils at different concentrations, belonging to plants such as thymus vulgaris, ...

background & aim: the major aim of this study was to determine the antibacterial activity of the essential oils from five medicinal plants. experimental: the hydro-distillation essential oils from five plant species, including satureja bachtiarica, zataria multiflora, thymus daenensis, thymus carmanicus, and ziziphora tenuior (lamiaceae) which are endemic in iran. in-vitro antibacterial tes...

background artemisia aerial parts are well known for antimicrobial activities including anti malaria. objectives this study was carried out to evaluate the antimicrobial activity and chemical composition of essential oil from the seeds of artemisia aucheri boiss (asteraceae). materials and methods essential oil was extracted from the powdered seeds of artemisia aucheri by hydrodistillation. ant...