b a ckground: the efficacy of essential oil of chenopodium ambrosioides flowering aerial parts and its three main active ingredients was evaluated against blattella germanica male adults. m e t hods: composition of essential oil was determined by gc-ms. topical application bioassay was used to evalu- ate contact toxicity of essential oil and three main components. fumigant toxicity of essential...

Background: Edible film is a food packaging that can be eaten directly and have protection function of outside contamination. The purpose of this research is to know how about the effect of using a glycerol plasticizer to film whey-konjac edible films that enriched with clove essential oil. Methods: A completely randomized design was used by different clove essential oil including P10, 0% clov...

background & aim: eucalyptus l'her. [an aromatic genera of the family (myrtaceae)] is native to australia and other tropical species is planted worldwide. the purpose of this study is to extract and identify the essential oils components of four species of eucalyptus l'her. cultivated in botanical garden of kashan, central iran. experimental: leaves of e. largiflorens, e. intertexta, ...

the focus of the present study was to investigate the chemical composition of essential oil of salvia hydrangea dc. ex benth. growing wild in kiasar-hezarjrib, iran. in addition, effects of altitude and some soil properties on the essential oil quality and quantity of s. hydrangea was identified. the samples collected from two altitudes (1100 and 2000 m) in blossoming period, were analyzed by h...

in this research, the effects of organic fertilizers (bovine, sheep, leaf mould and vermicompost fertilizers) combined with foliar application of salicylic acid (sa) at the rate of 0, 10-2, 10-4 and 10-6 m on essential oil percentage and some secondary metabolites of lemon balm were investigated. the experiment was conducted as complete randomized block design with factorial arrangement in pots...

A major problem associated with the development of medicinal plant products is lack quick, easy, and inexpensive methods to assess monitor product quality. Essential oils are natural plant-derived volatile substances used worldwide for numerous applications. The important uses these valuable often induce producers create fraudulent or lower quality products. As a result, consumers place high va...

background and objectives: pseudomonas aeruginosais an important opportunistic pathogen. the mucoid strains of p. aeruginosa produce hyper viscous substances consisting mainly of alginate which have important roles in formation of biofilm.we investigated the effect of essential oil of matricaria chamomilla l. on biofilm production in p. aeruginosa. material and methods: p. aeruginosa 8821m was ...

background & aim: echinophora cinerea is a plant of the apiaceae family, which reaches to a height of 30 to 100 cm. the essential oil of echinophora cinerea contains alkaloids and flavonoids etc. phenolic composition is one of the best sources of natural antioxidants. the goal of this study is to examine the antibacterial and antioxidant activities of the essential oil of e. cinerea. experi...