background: an essential oil is a liquid that is generally distilled from the leaves, stems, flowers or other elements of a plant. objective: cumin (cuminum cyminum l.) essential oil (ceo) was analyzed to determine oil component. antifungal effect of ceo was determined by in vitro technique. in second stage, effect of different concentrations of ceo by pdm on postharvest life of strawberry (fra...

coumarins are bioactive secondary metabolites and could be found in the fruits of umbelliferae. prangos asperula boiss. is an iranian native plant which is found wild in many regions of iran. osthol, a prenylated coumarin, was isolated from the hexane extract of the fruits of p. asperula and its structure was elucidated using 1 hnmr, 13 cnmr, ir and ms spectra. the essential oil of the aerial p...

conclusions according to antioxidant activity outcomes, the amount of ic50s of aqueous extracts of flower and stem and also butylated hydroxyl toluene (bht) as standard were 232.34, 63.25 and 45.59 ppm respectively. ultimately, it was highlighted that antioxidant activity of aqueous extract of flower was weaker than stem. results sixty one compounds were identified in the essential oil of the f...

the essential oil of stachys lavandulifolia vahl (lamiaceae) was isolated by hydrodistillation of the aerial parts of the plant, with a yield of 0.25%. the chemical composition of volatile oil was analyzed by capillary gc and gc/ ms. the main components were germacrene-d (13.2%), ?-phellandrene (12.7%), ?-pinene (10.2%), myrcene (9.4%), ?-pinene (8.4%) and z-?-ocimene (5.8%).

background: mentha longifolia is one of the aromatic medicinal plant belongs to lamiaceae family. there are some active ingredients in the essential oil of m. longifolia, which potentially could impair the hepatic function. the aim of this study was to find the maximum dose of essential oil of m. longifolia (eoml) that does not show any hepatic deterioration. methods: adult wistar rats fed diff...

introduction: essential oils are used as flavoring agents in various foods. layer-by-layer (lbl) technique is a method in which the material is dipped into a series of different solutions containing oppositely charged polyelectrolytes. the aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of a multilayered edible coating with an antimicrobial compound (lemon and peppermint) in enhancing the...

background and objectives: dorema ammoniacum d. don (apiaceae) is a monocarpic plant endemic to central iran. the gum resin of this species is a known therapeutic agent in iranian, indian and western traditional medicines. the aim of the present study was to investigate essential oil constituents and evaluation of antioxidant and antibacterial activities of the essential oils and extracts of d....

in order to investigate the effect of urea, azocompost and cutting on growth characteristics of oregano, a factorial split-plot experiment was conducted based on randomized complete block design with three replications at yazd and mashhad, iran, during 2012-2013 growing season. four urea levels and four azocompost levels (to provide 0, 40, 80 and 120 kg n.ha-1 each) for yazd location )0, 43.5, ...

differentiation among populations of the iranian teucrium polium l.was analyzed on the basis of morphological and phytochemical variability, to evaluate the level and distribution of diversity among four distant populations from arid, semi-arid, and sub-humid regions of fars province. morphological analysis included 11 characters related to the plant, leaf, and stem morphology. analyses of vari...

background & aim: matricaria aure is one of medicinal plants belonging to asteraceae family. they naturally grow in some regions of the country and have different medical properties and various applications in medicine production and traditional medications. ecological conditions have a significant impact on growth, performance, and quality of medical plants. the aim of this research is to ...