background & aim: ziziphora clinopodioides lam (kakuty-e-kohi) is an aromatic and medicinal plant belonging to the family labiaceae. the essential from this species contains pulegune that having effects such as sedative, stomach tonic, to treat colds, depression, diarrhea, cough, migraine, fever, and antiseptic. this study aimed to identify the chemical composition of essential oil ziziphor...

The evolution and spread of antibiotic resistance, as well as the evolution of new strains of disease causing agents, is of great concern to the global health community. Our ability to effectively treat disease is dependent on the development of new pharmaceuticals, and one potential source of novel drugs is traditional medicine (Frey and Ryan, 2010). The use of traditional medicine to treat in...

Cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) is an annual plant belonging to the Apiaceae family is one of the oldest and economically most important medicinal spices. This study was conducted to determination of threshold kanamycin concentration in cumin for the purpose of gene transfer in a completely randomized design with three replications. Percentage of regenerated plants was recorded to study kanamycin ef...

The prevalence and population density of the mycobiota of 50 samples belonging to 10 kinds of spices (anise, black pepper, red pepper, black cumin, peppermint, cardamom, clove, cumin, ginger and marjoram) which collected from different places in Jeddah Governorate were studied. The natural occurrence of mycotoxins in those samples was also investigated. Fifteen genera and thirty - one species o...

results the chemical analysis of s. khuzestanica essential oil revealed the presence of carvacrol (94.1%) as its main component. the inhibition zone diameters of s. khuzestanica essential oil and carvacrol dose-dependently increased. the minimum inhibitory concentration (mic) values of s. khuzestanica essential oil and carvacrol were 0.14 ± 0.08 µl/ml and 0.09 ± 0.04 µl/ml, respectively. s. khu...

to study the effect of chemical and biological fertilizers on growth and essential oil content of lavender (lavandula angustifolia mill.), the present work was conducted in 2012-2013 at the experimental field of alborz research station of the research institute of forests and rangelands, karaj, iran. the experiment was conducted in factorial in the form of a randomized complete block design wit...

essential oils from aerial parts of mentha spicata, was obtained by steam destillation using a clevenger-type system. these oils were screened for antibacterial and anti-candida albicans activity using bioautographic method. a fiel experiments was laid out in agricultural research farm, city namin, ardabil province, iran in 2013. experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block with seve...

background & aim: the world production and consumption of essential oils and perfumes are increasing very fast. lippia citriodora h.b.k. is an herbal species mainly used as a spice and medicinal plant. endogenous levels as well exogenous application of plant growth regulators (pgr) could affect essential oil production and chemical compositions. experimental: to study the effect of exogenou...

This study was to assess the nutritional quality and bioactive properties of black cumin (Nigella sativa L.) seeds oil commonly found in Chinese market. The results showed that contain 5.02, 21.07, 39.02, 3.02, 6.01, 25.86% moisture, crude proteins, fat, ash, fiber, carbohydrates, respectively. It also contains substantial amounts minerals, namely calcium, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodi...