The study was aimed at investigating the antimelanogenic and antioxidant properties of essential oil when extracted from the leaves of Artemisia argyi, then analyzing the chemical composition of the essential oil. The inhibitory effect of the essential oil on melanogenesis was evaluated by a mushroom tyrosinase activity assay and B16F10 melanoma cell model. The antioxidant capacity of the essen...

introduction: in this study, the chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oil of ziziphora clinopodiodes and its potential application as a natural preservative in reducing the indigenous microbial population of hamburger were investigated. method: essential oil of ziziphora clinopodiodes cultivated in iran was obtained by hydro-distillation method (hdm). chemical compositio...

the main objective of this study was to determine the effects of biofertilizers on quantity and quality of essential oil of basil essential oil content, geranial, caryophyllene, caryophyllene oxide and methyl chavicol in essential oil. the experiment was carried out as randomized complete blocks design with eight treatments and three replications at research field of agriculture company of ran ...

the aim of our work was to compare cytotoxic and membrane-damaging effects of o. majorana l. essential oil and linalool on hep g2 and to investigate their possible protective (antioxidant) effects against h2o2 induced membrane damage. the oils were investigated by gc and gc-ms and antioxidant activity was evaluated by dpph and -carotene–linoleic acid assays. assessment of cell viability was ma...

the essential oils of peucedanum ruthenicum m. bieb. (umbelliferae) leaves, flowers and fruits were prepared by hydrodistillation and analyzed by gc and gc-ms and the composition of the three essential oils were compared. thirty-three, thirty-seven and thirty-one compounds were identified in leaves, flowers and fruits essential oils representing 89.13%, 88.66% and 76.45% of total oils respectiv...

the impact and cost of synthetic fertilizers as well as their associated risks on the environmental safety was becoming unaffordable. to alleviate these problems, integrating this synthetic fertilizers with easily available and an environment friendly compound like bio-char is of very high significance towards meeting our goal of increasing agricultural production and ensuring food security. th...

objective: vanillosmopsis arborea baker (asteraceae) has high economic value from chapada to araripe and its bark essential oil is a potential source of alpha-bisabolol. the present study aimed to elucidate the antinociceptive and antipruritic properties of the essential oil of v. arborea baker (eova) in mice. materials and methods: the antinociceptive activity was assessed using the capsaicin,...

objective: the aim of this experiment   was to observe and study the effects of two anti-fungus essences. methods: thymus vulgaris and thymus kotschyanus, against two fungi pathogens botrytis cinerea and rhizopus stolonifere, and the quality of strawberries after cropping. this study is performed in two assays, in vitro and in vivo.  a treatment consists: control, 200, 400, 600, 800, 1000 µl/l....

mastitis is one of the most costly diseases in the dairy industry. the use of antibiotics in the treatment of mastitis leads to bacterial resistance and health problems for consumers. this study aimed to determine the antibacterial properties of essential oil of thymus vulgaris on the bacteria staphylococcus aureus, escherichia coli and staphylococcus were agalactia. antibacterial properties of...

the effect of inclusion of garlic essential oil (eo) at 33, 66 and 100 μg ml-1, raw garlic (gar) at 5, 10 and 15 mg ml-1 and monensin (mon) at 7.5 μg ml-1 of incubation medium on organic matter digestibility (omd) was studied with in vitro gas production, ankom daisyii and conventional in vitro (ivomd) methods. the material was incubated with sheep ruminal fluid and the experimental design was ...