objective: origanum vulgare l. is rarely cultivated in iran but it is the only species of the origanum genus growing wild in this country. o.vulgare l. is widely spread all over the country. in this study, parameters of content, composition and antioxidant activity of the essential oils of domestic and wild iranian oregano populations were compared  with one another. materials and methods: the ...

Objective: Origanum vulgare L. is rarely cultivated in Iran but it is the only species of the Origanum genus growing wild in this country. O.vulgare L. is widely spread all over the country. In this study, parameters of content, composition and antioxidant activity of the essential oils of domestic and wild Iranian Oregano populations were compared  with one another. Materials and Methods: The...

OBJECTIVES Considering the increasing prevalence of depression in modern societies and the positive effects of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on depression, this study aims to investigate the omega-3 and omega-6 content of various foodstuffs, prescribed or prohibited by Iranian Traditional Medicine (ITM). MATERIALS AND METHODS Firstly, reliable sources of Iranian Traditional Medicine wer...

BACKGROUND Considering the increasing prevalence of depression in contemporary societies, general tendency for safer treatments with fewer side effects has recently been a subject of interest. OBJECTIVES Food-based strategies, which are one of the outstanding medical solutions in Complementary and Alternative Medicine including Iranian Traditional Medicine have been investigated. MATERIALS ...

The study was carried out to evaluate the dietary supplementation of oregano essential oil on performance and antimicrobial activity of broilers. A total of 250 day-old male were distributed in a completely randomized design divided into five groups with five replicates, each given a basal diet with avilamycin plus salinomycin (positive control) or a basal diet without added avilamycin and sali...

The goal of present study was to investigate kinetics of supercritical carbon dioxide (SC CO2) extraction of essential oils from dried clove buds and oregano leaves. Total extract yields after exhaustion of plant material at 10 MPa and 40°C (after consumption of 94.3 kgCO2/kg plant material) were 18.2% and 1.0 %, respectively. Synergistic effect in the extraction process was also investigated u...

O regano is an herb that has been cultivated for centuries in the Mediterranean region, although now it can be found in most continents. The name oregano translates roughly into ‘‘mountain joy,’’ which explains in part its association for ancient Greeks and Romans with joy and happiness. Actually there is not simply one ‘‘oregano,’’ but rather several species that may contribute to the oregano ...

The effect of combinations of sage, oregano and honey on lipid oxidation in cooked chicken meat during refrigeration at 4°C for 96h was determined. Chicken samples (thigh and breast) were then separated into five groups: control; butylated hydroxytoluene; oregano+sage; oregano+sage+5%honey and oregano+sage+10%honey. Quantitative measurements of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, conjugate...

Materials and methods: One hundred eighty 21-day-old Yorkshire-Landrace pigs were randomly assigned to five treatments. Treatments were the unsupplemented, unmedicated basal diet (Control) and the basal diet supplemented with either 4.41 g per tonne flavomycin (Huvepharma, Inc, Peachtree City, Georgia; Flavomycin), 1.5 kg per tonne oregano oil (Van Beek Scientific, Orange City, Iowa; Oregano), ...

Essential oils (EOs) are excellent antimicrobial agents sometimes used in active food packaging. This work studies the susceptibility of 48 clinical isolates and 12 reference strains of Gram-negative bacilli to oregano essential oil, cinnamon essential oil, and combinations of both. Furthermore, the tendency of the clinical isolates to develop resistance to these EOs and to different antibiotic...