there is a growing interest in food industry to replace the synthetic chemicals by the natural products with bioactive properties from plant origin. the aim of this study was to determine the chemical composition of mentha pulegium essential oil and to characterize the antimicrobial activities of the essential oil. the essential oil of mentha pulegium was analyzed by gc-ms. the evaluation of th...

Medicinal plant is very important one in human health, it will act as an antibactericide activity against the bacterial pathogens, that is followed from ancient times (Zaikaa, 1988). Plant can serve as a source of innovation therapeutic agents against the infectious diseases (Singh, 2013). The natural products derived from medicinal plants have been used for years in traditional medicine to tre...

NATURE | VOL 411 | 14 JUNE 2001 | www.nature.com 843 Collectively, plants produce a remarkably diverse array of over 100,000 low-molecular-mass natural products, also known as secondary metabolites. Secondary metabolites are distinct from the components of intermediary (primary) metabolism in that they are generally nonessential for the basic metabolic processes of the plant. Most are derived f...

BACKGROUND The cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries have an increasing interest in replacing synthetic antimicrobials in dermatological products due to increased microbial resistance to conventional antimicrobial agents. Pequi (Caryocar brasiliense) is a native fruit tree of the Brazilian Cerrado, specifically used in cosmetics, in the food industry, and for medicinal purposes. Leishmanicidal...

There is a disinfectant showing up in hundreds of common consumer products that is raising serious cause for concern. The chemical, triclosan, is a synthetic, broad-spectrum antimicrobial agent that in recent years has exploded onto the consumer market in a wide variety of antibacterial soaps, deodorants, toothpastes, cosmetics, fabrics, plastics, and other products. Studies have increasingly l...

Cationic antimicrobial peptides are molecules with potential applications for treating infections due to their and immunomodulatory properties. The aim of this work was explore the activity mechanisms action a porcine neutrophil cathelicidin mixture (MPPN). Gram-positive Gram-negative bacteria were used determine minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) experiments both time–kill kinetics effects...