The aim of the present work was to determine the in vitro effect of T. vulgaris and O. vulgare essential oils against E. granulosus protoscoleces and cysts. Essential oils were added to the medium resulting in thymol final concentrations of 10 μg/mL. The essential oils had a time-dependent effect provoking the complete loss of protoscolex viability after 72 days of postincubation. The results w...

Background: The pathogenesis of psoriatic plaque lesions is related to the overexpression of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). We investigated changes in circulating and skin CGRP content, and their impacts on T lymphocyte infiltration and acitretin therapy in psoriasis vulgaris. Methods: CGRP expression was examined through immunohistochemistry of skin biopsies, and its serum levels were...

objective: microorganisms are responsible for many problems in industry and medicine because of biofilm formation. therefore, this study was aimed to examine the effect of thymus vulgaris (t. vulgaris) extracts on the planktonic form and biofilm structures of six pathogenic bacteria. materials and methods: antimicrobial activities of the plant extracts against the planktonic form of the bacteri...

Objective: Microorganisms are responsible for many problems in industry and medicine because of biofilm formation. Therefore, this study was aimed to examine the effect of Thymus vulgaris (T. vulgaris) extracts on the planktonic form and biofilm structures of six pathogenic bacteria. Materials and methods: Antimicrobial activities of the plant extracts against the planktonic form of the bacteri...

In previous papers (Y. Ikeda and T. Nishino, Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 32:1073-1077, 1988; Y. Ikeda, T. Nishino, and T. Tanino, Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 31:865-869, 1987), we reported that many of the 7-aminothiazolyl cephalosporins, such as cefmenoxime, showed paradoxically reduced activity against Proteus vulgaris at higher concentrations, whereas these paradoxical effects were not o...

background & aim: staphylococcus aureus is one of the bacterial pathogens and the most important factor in hospitalized infections in human community. this bacterium is becoming resistance to chemical drugs quickly. lots of countries are trying to find new compositions as a suitable replacement for these antibiotics. the aim of this study was antibacterial activity and chemical composition ...

Thymus with more than 200 species is known for its medicinal and culinary uses. There is an increasing demand for thyme and its products, requiring cultivation under different conditions, including drought. To understand the response of thyme to water deficit and its variation across the genus, eleven populations from a range of species (Thymus daenensis, T. kotchyanous, T. vulgaris, T. serpyll...

BACKGROUND Recently, we reported high in vitro antibacterial efficacy of Althaea officinalis, Ziziphus jujuba, Cordia latifolia and Thymus vulgaris out of a total 21 plants against wide range of bacteria including MRSA. This study was therefore, designed to confirm efficacy of these four herbs against MRSA in an animal model. METHODS A pilot study was conducted to establish the dose of S. aur...