Whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) is an important insect pest, causing severe damage to agricultural crops. The pest was recorded in a commercial rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis, Lamiaceae) field, colonizing rosemary variety (var.) '2', but not '11'. A series of field and controlled laboratory choice bioassays confirmed the observed phenomenon. Mature potted plants of the two varieties were randomly o...

OBJECTIVE Leishmaniasis is one of the most important parasitic infectious diseases in the world. Since last century, many efforts have been made to control and treat the disease, but appropriate vaccines, pesticides and medicines are not available or even eligible. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of hydro-alcoholic extract of Seidlitzia rosmarinus on the lesions of experime...

The adsorption mechanism of Rosmarinus officinalis L. as corrosion inhibitor for Al AA8801 alloy in 1.0M HCl was studied using gravimetric method and thermodynamics studies at 303, 313, 323 333K. Inhibitor concentrations ranged between 0 1000mg/L. Results show that the is via physisorption, generally endothermic accompanied by a resulting decrease disorder. efficiency largely decreased with inc...

Los hidrogeles son redes tridimensionales con gran contenido de agua, tienen diferentes propiedades acuerdo al material el que se obtengan. Estos materiales a base polímeros naturales presentan biocompatibilidad, biodegradabilidad, entre otras. Sin embargo, estas pueden mejorarse utilizando tecnología plasma, cual es un procedimiento la capacidad modificar superficies para funcionalizar, esteri...

Antioxidants are widely used in food products to preserve deterioration of their lipid components. Lately the nutraceutical properties of such compounds have driven much attention for their relationship with human health, and then natural antioxidants are preferred. Among natural antioxidants, rosemary (rosmarinus officinalis L.) has been described as one of the spices with higher antioxidant a...