BACKGROUND Since ancient times, various infectious diseases have been treated using herbal drugs. Today, efforts regarding the discovery of the effectual components of plants possessing antimicrobial properties are advanced. Herbal essential oils are widely used for treatment of various diseases, and they play an important role in health care considerations. METHODS The antibacterial activity...

background & aim: by increasing resistance of fish pathogens to chemical drugs, using herbal plants with antimicrobial properties is necessary.in this study, the composition of the essential oil and antimicrobial activity of aerial parts of achillea wilhelmsii c.koch growing wild in zagross mountain (southwest of iran) was analyzed against common bacterial and fungal pathogens of fish. expe...

The aim of this research was to determine the chemical composition and insecticidal activity of the essential oils derived from flowering aerial parts of Artemisia giraldii Pamp. and A. subdigitata Mattf. (Family: Asteraceae) against the maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais Motsch.). Essential oils of aerial parts of A. giraldii and A. subdigitata were obtained from hydrodistillation and investigat...

conclusions results have shown that a. spicigera eo before and after flowering has antioxidant properties and therefore can be used in combination with other preservatives to protect food materials against a variety of oxidative systems. background essential oils (eo), also called volatile odoriferous oil, are aromatic oily liquids extracted from different parts of plants. in general, the const...