Abstract Piroxicam is a popular anti-inflammatory drug that displays palliative and antipyretic activity. Peppermint oil common flavoring used in foods drinks. To investigate the defensive action of against hepatic renal histological damage induced by mice. Forty healthy adult Swiss albino mice both sexes were categorized into 4 groups (10 each group): Control group (I); Treatment (II) – inject...

Menthol is one of the most widely consumed essential oils. In vitro and in vivo studies indicate that menthol induces or inhibits drug metabolizing activities of liver or gut; thus it could decrease or increase serum drug concentrations. In vitro studies demonstrate that menthol has a relaxant effect on the gastrointestinal tract, thus it could influence the rate of drug absorption. Also in vit...

Previous studies have shown that the monoterpene ketone l-[G-(3)H]-menthone is reduced to the epimeric alcohols l-menthol and d-neomenthol in leaf discs of flowering peppermint (Mentha piperita L.), and that a portion of the menthol is converted to menthyl acetate while the bulk of the neomenthol is transformed to neomenthyl-beta-d-glucoside (Croteau, Martinkus 1979 Plant Physiol 64: 169-175). ...

We present here a detailed conformational analysis of menthyl acetate, one the constituents peppermint oil. Two conformers acetate were observed in broadband rotational spectrum 2–12 GHz frequency range. The structure lowest energy conformer was obtained from experiment based on assignment singly-substituted 13C-isotopologues. Additionally, internal dynamics methyl top acetyl side group charact...

AIMS To investigate the antimicrobial activity of various natural products against Clostridium difficile in vitro. METHODS AND RESULTS The antibacterial activity of 20 natural products was determined by the agar well diffusion and broth microdilution assays against four C. difficile strains, three comparator organisms and four gastrointestinal commensal organisms. Of the raw natural products,...

Jasmonate compounds are known as new plant hormones that play important roles in the regulation of plant growth and development. Mints have been used and valued as aromatic herbs for thousands of years. Peppermint (Mentha piperita L.) is used for medicinal and food purposes and its essential oil is considered industrially important. Peppermint plants were grown in a greenhouse in pots. At flowe...

Seventeen mint accessions representing the three species grown for commercial oil production in the United States were characterized using randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis. The RAPD profiles readily identified the different Mentha species; calculation of genetic distance, based on the number of shared bands, indicated that M. spicata L. is more closely related to M. x gracilis...

The bed bug, (Cimex lectularius L.), is a difficult pest to control. Prevalence of insecticide resistance among bed bug populations and concerns over human-insecticide exposure has stimulated the development of alternative bed bug control materials. Many essential oil-based pesticides and detergent insecticides targeting bed bugs have been developed in recent years. We evaluated the efficacy of...

Abstrak. Pengolahan susu menjadi permen karamel dengan penambahan ekstrak kulit manggis dan peppermint oil sebagai antioksidan flavor minty sangat menarik, pembuatan penggabungan dua komponen bahan tersebut menjadikan produk bernilai gizi menyehatkan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mempelajari oil, mengetahui pengaruh terhadap mutu fisik kimia dari susu. Rancangan Acak Lengkap (RAL) faktorial 2...

Despite recent advances in food production technology, food-borne diseases (FBD) remain a challenging public health concern. In several countries, including Brazil, Clostridium perfringens is among the five main causative agents of food-borne diseases. The present study determines antimicrobial activities of essential oils of six condiments commonly used in Brazil, viz., Ocimum basilicum L. (ba...