Today, natural colorants are emerging globally due to the fact that they are safer and more environmentally-friendly. Natural dyes have been employed in dyeing Persian carpet piles for many years. In this study, the dried Achillea was used for dyeing wool yarns. The Iranian wool yarn was scoured, mordanted using Cu, Sn, Al salts and then dyed with different amounts of dried Achillea powder. Tag...

Background & Aim: Achillea (Fam. Asteraceae) is a medicinal plant and different species of it have several uses in the folk medicine all around the world. Achillea species are used for feverish conditions, common cold, digestive complaints, slow healing wounds and skin inflammations. This study aims to investigate the essential oil composition and antioxidant activities from t...

Background: The use of medicinal plants is an option for livestock farmers who are not allowed to use allopathic drugs under certified organic programs or cannot afford to use allopathic drugs for minor health problems of livestock. Methods: In 2003 we conducted semi-structured interviews with 60 participants obtained using a purposive sample. Medicinal plants are used to treat a range of condi...

objective: achillea is a traditional medicinal herb which contains different phenol and flavonoid compounds that are responsible for achillea pharmacological effects. we aimed to determine phenol and flavonoid contents, besides antioxidant activities of different extracts from achillea eriophoraa (a. eriophora) dc. and achillea biebersteinii (a. biebersteinii) afan. (endemic species in iran) an...

This study reports the essential oil composition and antioxidant activity of the essential oil extract of aerial parts of Achillea Wilhelmsii. GC/MS analysis identified thirty compounds representing 94.48% of the oil. The main components comprising 86.99% of the oil were α-thujene (6.11%), α-pinene (5.11%), sabinene (5.23%), p-cymene (7%), 1,8-cineole (6%), linalool(10%), camphor (8.43%), thymo...

The paper reviews the results of detailed revision herbarium material genus Piptatherum from Poaceae collection kept in Herbarium National Museum Bosnia and Herzegovina (SARA). Revision P. Beauv. is presented, with brief nomenclature citations key for identification. original photographs distributional map, accompany synopsis each taxon: holciforme (M. Bieb.) Roem. & Schult. subsp. , mi...