Background and objectives: Ziziphora clinopodioides is a perennial herb and grows widely in west and northwest of Iran. The aerial parts are used as appetizer, carminative and antiseptic as well as for the treatment of medical conditions such as high blood pressure, asthma hyperhidrosis, palpitation and insomnia Methods: The aerial parts of Z...

It has been well established that the formation of reactive metabolites of drugs is associated with drug toxicity. Similarly, there are accumulating data suggesting the role of the formation of reactive metabolites/intermediates through bioactivation in herbal toxicity and carcinogenicity. It has been hypothesized that the resultant reactive metabolites following herbal bioactivation covalently...

This study aims to evaluate the benefits of some herbs such as antioxidant, antibacterial, and anti-cancer activities Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus), peppermint (Mentha longifolia), wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) essential oils (EOs). The chemical composition was identified using GC-MS technique. total phenolic content antioxidant were monitored by radical scavenging assay (DPPH). Furthermor...

Natural derivatives, such as essential oils, are presented an alternative to classical biocides the treatment of biocolonization. Thus, in this work, cleaning and biocidal potential some natural derivatives towards two biofilms’ growth on same granite wall, with different microbial composition, was evaluated. For purpose, three oils (EOs) (from Origanum vulgare, Thymus vulgaris Calamintha nepet...

Background & Aim: Ziziphora clinopodioides Lam (Kakuty-e-Kohi) is an aromatic and medicinal plant belonging to the family Labiaceae. The essential from this species contains pulegune that having effects such as sedative, stomach tonic, to treat colds, depression, diarrhea, cough, migraine, fever, and antiseptic. This study aimed to identify the chemical composition of essential oil <em...

Background & Aim: Ziziphora clinopodioides Lam (Kakuty-e-Kohi) is an aromatic and medicinal plant belonging to the family Labiaceae. The essential from this species contains pulegune that having effects such as sedative, stomach tonic, to treat colds, depression, diarrhea, cough, migraine, fever, and antiseptic. This study aimed to identify the chemical composition of essential oil <em...

Essential oils (EOs) are acclaimed for their antimicrobial properties, leading to multiple applications in various fields. In this work, four aromatic plants were used, namely thyme (Thymus mastichina L.), everlasting (Helychrysum stoechas Moench), European pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium L.) and fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.). Hydrodistillation was the extraction method obtained extracts compos...

The title compound, C13H19N3OS, is a new thia-zolidin-4-one derivative prepared and isolated as the pure (3aS,6R)-diastereisomer from (R)-thio-semicarbazone pulegone. It crystallized with two independent mol-ecules (A and B) in the asymmetric unit. The compound is composed of a hexhydro-indazole ring system (viz. a five-membered di-hydro-pyrazole ring fused to a cyclo-hexyl ring) with a thia-zo...

Peppermint has considerable commercial value and widely cultivated for essential oil production, especially menthol. The aim of this study was to determine the quantitative expression of pulegone reductase (pr), menthofuran synthase (mfs) and limonene synthase (ls) genes in menthol biosynthesis pathway in Mentha x piperita , using semiquantitative RT-PCR analysis and evaluating menthol producti...