background: most of the population in the different areas of world is affected by bacterial infections responsible for dental caries. due to the importance of traditional medicines derived from herbs used for dental problems, this study investigated in vitro antibacterial activity of mentha longifolia essential oil from ardabil, iran, on streptococcus mutans, lactobacillus rhamnosus and actinom...

BACKGROUND Olive oil provides a mixture of lipids and antioxidant nutrients which may help preventing age-related diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD). However, little is known about the associations between olive oil consumption and the risk of AMD. OBJECTIVE To examine associations between olive oil use and AMD prevalence in elderly subjects. METHODS Alienor (Antioxydan...

A novel longitudinal feeding design was used to investigate the controlling influence of dietary fatty acids on the dynamic incorporation of fatty-acyl chains into phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine and cardiolipin in inner membrane of cardiac mitochondria. Rats were fed a polyunsaturated-fatty-acid-rich oil (soya-bean oil) for 12 days, crossed-over to a monounsaturated-fatty-acid-ri...

Refined rice bran oil (RBO) was blended with PUFA rich Soybean oil (SBO), MUFA rich Mustard oil (MO) and SFA rich Palm Olein oil (POO) to make a blend that had sufficient amount of Omega-3 fatty acid by mixing two or more oils in the ratio of 60:40 and 60:20:20 respectively. RBO and its blends were subjected to deep fat frying of potato chips at 180±10C for 24h. Oil samples were withdrawn after...

Long-chain EPA/DHA omega-3 fatty acid supplementation can be co-preventative and co-therapeutic. Current research suggests increasing accumulated long chain omega-3s for health benefits and as natural medicine in several major diseases. But many believe plant omega-3 sources are nutritionally and therapeutically equivalent to the EPA/DHA omega-3 in fish oil. Although healthy, precursor ALA bio-...

The leaf essential oil of Croton zambesicus growing in Odogbolu, Ogun State, Nigeria, was obtained and analyzed by GC-MS. The leaf oil was dominated by the sesquiterpenoids -caryophyllene (8.8%) and caryophyllene oxide (21.7%), the monoterpenoids linalool (6.2%) and camphor (5.9%), and the diterpenoident-trachyloban-3-one (8.1%). A numerical cluster analyses has revealed at least two chemotype...

Controversies have emerged regarding the beneficial v. detrimental effects of dietary n-6 PUFA. The alteration of the intestinal microbiota, a phenomenon termed dysbiosis, occurs during several chronic inflammatory diseases, but has not been well studied in an aged population. With present ‘Western’ diets predominantly composed of n-6 PUFA, we hypothesised that PUFA-rich diets cause intestinal ...

Introduction:  Plants are a rich source of phenolic compounds that as natural antioxidants prevent oxidative stress and are very good for health. Ziziphora clinopodioides belongs to Lamiaceae family and its aerial parts are used in pharmaceutical and food industries. It is effective in the treatment of heart disorders, cold, depression, diarrhea, coughing, migraine and...