BC (BC), as the most common malignancy in women worldwide, is associated with high morbidity and mortality. However, chemoresistance and toxicity are the main causes that limit the success of treatment in aggressive BC cases. Thus, there is a vital need to identify and develop novel therapeutic agents. Frankincense, pine needle and geranium essential oils have been reported to play critical bio...

Acinetobacter sp. represent an important cause of nosocomial infections. Their resistance to some antibiotics, their ability to survive on inanimate surfaces in the hospital environment and their ability to produce biofilms contributes to their virulence. The aim of the study was to determine the antibacterial properties of cinnamon, lavender and geranium essential oils against bacteria of the ...

Patchouli, tea tree, geranium, lavender essential oils and Citricidal (grapefruit seed extract) were used singly and in combination to assess their anti-bacterial activity against three strains of Staphylococcus aureus: Oxford S. aureus NCTC 6571 (Oxford strain), Epidemic methicillin-resistant S. aureus (EMRSA 15) and MRSA (untypable). The individual essential oils, extracts and combinations we...

Geranium oil is known as a floral substitute of rose essential with its pungent rose-like odor and one the most valuable oils. Favorable quality properties make geranium exigible for food industry applications. This study determined chemical fingerprint using robust vibrational spectroscopy techniques (Fourier transform infrared Raman spectroscopy). The mid-infrared characterization was accompl...

BACKGROUND In aromatherapy, essential oils are used as anti-inflammatory remedies, but experimental studies on their action mechanisms are very limited. AIMS OF THE STUDY To assess their anti-inflammatory activities, the effects of essential oils on neutrophil recruitment in mice were examined in vivo. METHOD The effect of essential oils on leukocyte and neutrophil recruitment induced 6 h a...

The study of the chemical constituents of the whole plant of Geranium wallichianum (Geraniaceae) has resulted in the isolation and characterization of six compounds. These six compounds were identified as ursolic acid (1), β-sitosterol (2), stigmasterol (3), β-sitosterol galactoside (4), herniarin (5), and 2,4,6-trihydroxyethylbenzoate (6) which were isolated for the first time from Geranium wa...

the aim of this study is investigation on effect of stem end splitting and geranium essential oil on vase life on quality of cut chrysanthemum (dendranthema grandiflorum l.). this experiment arranged as factorial based on rcd with 2 factors of stem end splitting at 2 levels (with splitting and without splitting) and geranium essential oil at 6 levels (0, 1, 2, 4, 8 and 10 %), with 12 treatments...

The inhibitory effects of essential oils including clove, lavender and geranium extracted from Eugenia caryophyllata, Lavandula officinalis and Pelargonium graveolens on multidrug resistant isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were investigated. The main constituents of clove, lavander and geranium oil were eugenol (80-90%), 1,8-cineol (13%) and citronellol (45%) respectively. Clove had the most ...

1,3 dimethylamylamine or methylexaneamine (DMAA) is a synthetic pharmaceutical patented in the 1940s as a nasal decongestant which can be used as a recreational stimulant. Alleged to occur in nature, DMAA has become a widely used ingredient in sports food supplements, despite its status as a doping agent and concerns over its safety. There is now some doubt as to whether it can be sourced natur...