Two field experiments were conducted in Aly Mubark experimental Farm in sandy soil at El-Bustan Sandy soil irrigated by drip irrigation, during 2003 and 2004 seasons. The experiments aimed to study the effect of three irrigation treatments with three different kinds of fertilizers and its concentration on sage growth, yield, essential oil yield and components, macro-nutrients content in dry her...

The production of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines, as well adipocyte differentiation fat accumulation in the 3T3-L1 mouse embryo fibroblast cell line human monocytic THP-1 were measured to determine antiadipogenic effects ethanolic extracts verjuice (unripe grape juice (Vitis vinifera L.)), Salvia officinalis L., Alchemilla vulgaris L. On both lines, three had much greater cyto...

Background: Essential oils (EOs) are recommended by some veterinarians to treat otitis externa in pets, but data about their efficacy in scientific literature are very scant. Methods: Nine commercial EOs, from roman chamomile (Anthemis nobilis L.), star anise (Illicium verum), lavender (Lavandula hybrida), litsea (Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Pers.), basil (Ocimum basilicum L.), oregano (Origanum vulg...

Chemical composition and antibacterial activity of aqueous (ethanolic and methanolic) extracts from herbs often used in Polish cuisine and traditional herbal medicine including thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.), rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.), oregano (Origanum vulgare L.), peppermint (Mentha piperita L.) and sage (Salvia officinalis L.) were compared. The aqueous ethanolic extracts contained sl...

Garlic (Allium sativum L., Alliaceae), Persian shallot (Allium ascalonicum L., Alliaceae ) and Sage (Salvia officinalis L., Lamiaceae) are believed to have hypoglycemic properties and have been used traditionally as antidiabetic herbal medicines in Iran. In this study, diabetes was induced by subcutaneous injection of alloxan monohydrate (100 mg kg(-1)) to male Wistar rats. Antidiabetic effects...

background & aim: sage (salvia officinalis l.) is a perennial medicinal herb which belongs to lamiales order and lamiaceae family. this plant has economical value for four years. nowadays the use of plant growth regulators (pgr) has an important role for increasing the secondary metabolites in plants. among pgrs jasmonic (ja) and salicylic acid (sa) have many applications in medicinal plant...

Salvia divinorum is a hallucinogenic herb that is internationally regulated. In this study, salvinorin A, the active compound in S. divinorum, was extracted from S. divinorum plant leaves using a 5-min extraction with dichloromethane. Four additional Salvia species (Salvia officinalis, Salvia guaranitica, Salvia splendens, and Salvia nemorosa) were extracted using this procedure, and all extrac...