background & aim: the use of herbs in traditional medicine to treatment of diseases and other purposes in the food industry and cosmetics has since long been considered.  considering that heracleum lasiopetalum, thymus carmanicus and myrtus communis have many health benefits therefore this research were performed to investigate the chemical composition of essential oils from these plants. e...

The present study describes DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) radical scavenging activity and antimutagenic properties of the essential oil of myrtle (Myrtus communis L.). Plant samples were collected from the two distant localities (southernmost and northern point) of the Montenegro coastline. Chemical profiles of the two samples were evaluated by GC-MS. In both of the samples monoterpenes ...

Oxidative stress resulted from free radicals and reactive oxygen species (ROS) are associated with many diseases. Phytotherapy has known a great evolution all the world some medicinal plants important remedies of Myrtle (Mrytus communis L.) is plant Myrtaceae family which common in Mediterranean region, flowering, always green leaves fruit. This study aims to investigate vitro antioxidant capac...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to assay the antifungal activity of selected essential oils obtained from plants against both fluconazole (FLU)-resistant and FLU-susceptible C. albicans strains isolated from HIV positive patients with oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC). MATERIALS AND METHODS The essential oils were obtained by hydrodistillation method from Myrtus communis (My. communis),...

Fenolik bileşikler gibi bazı fitokimyasallar, antioksidan özellikleri nedeni ile iltihaplanma, kalp damar hastalıkları ve belirli kanser türlerine karşı olası koruma sağladıklarından büyük ilgi görmektedir. Murt meyvesi (Myrtus communis L.) içerdiği biyoaktif bileşiklerden dolayı insan sağlığı üzerinde potansiyel pozitif etki göstermektedir. Bu çalışmada, murt meyvesinin bileşikleri ultrasonik-...

This study was conducted to determine the insecticidal activity of essential oils from oregano, Origanum onites L. (Lamiales: Lamiaceae), savory, Satureja thymbra L. (Lamiales: Lamiaceae), and myrtle, Myrtus communis L. (Rosales: Myrtaceae) against three stored-product insects. Essential oils from three species of plants were obtained by Clevenger-type water distillation. The major compounds in...