background :  a large number of plants are used for treatment of diseases because of their antimicrobial activities. this study aims to investigate the antimicrobial effects of some plants on the food pathogenic bacteria.   methods : plant extracts were obtained using the rotary system, the minimum inhibitory concentration (mic) by diluting method against bacteria was determined.   results :   ...

for centuries, aloe vera has been used by many different cultures. the ancient greeks, the romans, the babylonians, indians and the chinese have all used aloe vera as a medicinal plant. one of the common experimental cancer models is sarcoma-180. when aloe was administered to mice bearing s-180 tumors, the tumor growth was inhibited. aloe vera is a dietary supplement and not a regulated drug. t...

background: antioxidant activities of plant extracts are being studied to increase the shelf life of fish products. some plants such as urtica dioica l. (nettle) can be a good source of antioxidants. the objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of hydroalcoholic and water extracts of nettle leaf on the chemical properties of superchilled minced meat of the common kilka fish (clupeone...

background: due to high content of unsaturated fatty acids, trout is susceptible to oxidative spoilage. in this study, the effects of thymus vulgaris essential oil (eo) and extract on oxidative stability of cooked rainbow trout fillet during four months frozen storage period were investigated. methods: three groups of fish fillets were treated with thyme eo and three other groups were treated w...

Plant antimicrobials fulfil the needs of today’s consumer looking for wholesome food without chemical preservatives. These can be classified as novel compounds obtained from plants that delay microbial growth of pathogens and spoilage organisms in food. The antimicrobial activity of plant extracts that is observed in in-vitro conditions is quite different to its effect in complex food systems. ...

Nitrogen (N) cycling is a fundamental process central to numerous ecosystem functions and services. Accumulating evidence suggests that species within detritus- and plant-based food chains can play an instrumental role in regulating this process. However, the effects of each food chain are usually examined in isolation of each other, so it remains uncertain if their effects are equally importan...