background & aim: the world production and consumption of essential oils and perfumes are increasing very fast. lippia citriodora h.b.k. is an herbal species mainly used as a spice and medicinal plant. endogenous levels as well exogenous application of plant growth regulators (pgr) could affect essential oil production and chemical compositions. experimental: to study the effect of exogenou...

A total of 23 volatile constituents was identified and characterized by GC and GC-MS in the volatile essential oil extracted from intact (juvenile and adult) and fallen (senescent and leaf litter) leaves of lemon-scented eucalyptus (Eucalyptus citriodora Hook.). The leaves differed in their pigment, water and protein content, and C/N ratio. The oils were, in general, monoterpenoid in nature wit...

Together with olive and soybean, canola is one of the most important and diffuse oilseed crops. Due to high oleic acid and antioxidant contents, canola oil shows positive effects on cholesterol, glycemic control, blood pressure and cancer. For these reasons, canola oil can be considered an important food-resource: future scientific research is expected to provide further evidence on adoption of...

In this paper we describe the development of the first multiclass pesticide residue method applied to essential oils. A total of 70 pesticides covering a wide range of polarity and currently used on essential oil crops have been included in the method. The procedure consists of a 10-fold dilution of lavandin essential oil followed by a direct injection analysis by liquid chromatography/tandem m...

Farming activity severely impacts the invertebrate food resources of farmland birds, with direct mortality to populations of above-ground arthropods thorough mechanical damage during crop harvests. In this study we assessed the effects of phenological periods, including the timing of harvest, on the composition and biomass of prey consumed by three species of aerial insectivorous birds. Common ...

background & aim: ziziphora l. genus belongs to the lamiaceae family, which has important medicinal and aromatic plant species. in current study, essential oil chemical compositions of two ziziphora l. species (z. tenuior l. and z. clinopodioides lam.) were investigated. experimental: the flowering branches of z. tenuior and z. clinopodioides were collected in spring and summer 2011. the ae...

the present study was carried out to determine the potential antibacterial effect of essential oil of origanumvulgare against antibiotic resistant e.coli. in this study, the essential oil of origanumvulgare obtained by hydrodistillation was analyzed by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (gc-ms) in order to determine their chemical composition. the minimum inhibitory concentrations ...