Background & Aim: The use of herbs in traditional medicine to treatment of diseases and other purposes in the food industry and cosmetics has since long been considered.  Considering thatHeracleum lasiopetalum, Thymus carmanicus and Myrtus communis have many health benefits therefore this research were performed to investigate the chemical composition of essential oil...

Because of inappropriate use of antibiotics and prevalence of resistant bacteria, there is urgentneed for antibacterial drugs that have fewer side effects than antibiotics. Myrtus communis is amedicinal plant which had many uses in traditional medicine. In this study, ethanol leave extractof this plant is tested on Acinetobacter baumannii. In the case of antimicrobial evaluation ofplants, one o...

Aromatic plant species present in the natural Park of Tuscany Archipelago are used as flavoring agents and spices, as dietary supplements and in cosmetics and aromatherapy. The plants are usually collected from wild stands, inducing a depletion of the natural habitat. Therefore, micropropagation of these aromatic plants can play a role in the protection of the natural ecosystem, can guarantee a...

Fenolik bileşikler gibi bazı fitokimyasallar, antioksidan özellikleri nedeni ile iltihaplanma, kalp damar hastalıkları ve belirli kanser türlerine karşı olası koruma sağladıklarından büyük ilgi görmektedir. Murt meyvesi (Myrtus communis L.) içerdiği biyoaktif bileşiklerden dolayı insan sağlığı üzerinde potansiyel pozitif etki göstermektedir. Bu çalışmada, murt meyvesinin bileşikleri ultrasonik-...

Climate change has strongly increased the fire frequency in Mediterranean forests causing changes soil bacterial, fungal and microarthropod communities. Fire impacts on properties depend vegetation covers. In this framework, aim of research was to evaluate effects communities community soils under trees shrubs a area. Surface cores were sampled unburnt burnt (three years since occurrence) patch...