Essential oils have been used since ancient times in traditional medicine and agri-food science to preserve food, combat human diseases. (EOs) from clove rosemary, obtained by hydro-distillation, were analyzed GC/MS evaluated for their antifungal activity against strains of Aspergillus tubingensis A. luchuensis effect on ochratoxin A (OTA) production these fungi. The major constituent EO was eu...

The effects of drought on the photosynthetic characteristics of three Mediterranean plants (olive, Olea europea L.; rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis L.; lavender, Lavandula stoechas L.) exposed to elevated UV-B irradiation in a glasshouse were investigated over a period of weeks. Drought conditions were imposed on 2-year-old plants by withholding water. During the onset of water stress, analyse...

conclusions the administration of hydro-alcoholic leaf extract of c. colocynthis had a significant anti-hyperglycemic and anti hyperlipidemic effect and improved diabetic complications. in addition, citrullus c. leaf extract may have a protective effect on the liver, kidneys, and pancreas. results the results indicated that fasting blood sugar (fbs), triglycerides (tg), low-density lipoprotein ...

The ripening durations and ingredients for the Salchichon sausages were modified to increase pork rear leg consumption by Korean consumers. The salchichon, a ripened pork sausage, was produced to evaluate the efficacy of two different ripening durations with and without rosemary powder on salchichon sausage quality, and the treatments were: i) 45 days of ripening without rosemary, ii) 60 days o...

ecosystem pollution and weed resistance to herbicides have led researchers to pay more attention to natural herbicides. to examine allelopathic effects of liquorice, rosemary, chamomile and eucalypt on germination characteristics and early growth of wheat (triticum aestivum l.) and wild oat (avena fatua l.), a factorial experiment based on completely randomized design with 20 treatments and fou...

Aerial parts of Citrus aurantium L. were subjected to headspace (HS) and hydro-distillation (HD) techniques after drying, and then headspace volatiles and the essential oil were analyzed by GC/MS. Results of GC/MS analysis led to identification seventeen (99.8%) and sixteen (99.9%) constituents in samples extracted by HS methods in leaf and flower, respectively. (E)-β-ocimene (2.5%), Linalool (...

Climate change poses a threat to sorghum production systems by shifting the onset of the rainy season to a later date, increasing the risk of crop failure during crop establishment. The effects of drought on sorghum during seedling establishment have not been determined. Coating seeds with a water absorbing substance offers a way to buffer the seed against insufficient moisture in the surroundi...

OBJECTIVES Ethnopharmacological field surveys demonstrated that many plants, such as Gentiana olivieri, Helichrysum graveolens, Helichrysum plicatum ssp. plicatum, Juniperus oxycedrus ssp. oxycedrus, Juniperus communis var. saxatilis, Viscum album (ssp. album, ssp. austriacum), are used as traditional medicine for diabetes in different regions of Anatolia. The present study was designed to eval...

Background: Diabetes produces free radicals and damages the liver. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Rosmarinus Officinalis leaf hydroalcoholic extract on histopathology and enzymes activity of liver in alloxan induced diabetic rats. Methods: In this study, 50 adult male Wistar rats weighing 200 to 250 grams, were divided randomly into 5 groups of 10; non-diabetic control...

Active packaging based on chitosan (Ch) incorporated with six different natural hydro-alcoholic extracts (HAE) (rosemary, green tea, black ginger, kenaf, and sage) were developed tested to extend the shelf life of fresh poultry meat. The quality meat packaged was assessed through physical-chemical microbiological characterization over 15 days refrigerated storage. In vitro antimicrobial activit...