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...

background: fleas are important vectors of human and animal disease, and control measures for protection against their bites and flea-borne diseases are necessary. methods : the essential oils (eos) of four native medicinal plants, ziziphora tenuiore , myrtus communis , achillea wilhelmsii and mentha piperita were isolated by hydrodistillation technique and analyzed by gc-mc. the repellent acti...

BACKGROUND Ziziphora tenuior L. known as Kakuti in Persian, is used in traditional medicine for fever, dysentery, uterus infection and as an analgesic. It is used also in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders as carminative, or remedy of diarrhea or nausea. Major components of plant essential oil including pulegone, isomenthone, thymol, menthone, and piperitone are suggested to be respons...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of Ziziphora clinopodioides essential oil (0.1 and 0.2%) and nisin (250 and 500 IU/mL) separately and in combination on survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 inoculated in Doogh (Iranian yoghurt drink) during storage under refrigerated temperature (4 ± 1°C) for 9 days. Viability of Lactobacillus casei at different concentrations of Z. clin...

background & aim: ziziphora l. genus belongs to the lamiaceae family, which has important medicinal and aromatic plant species. in current study, essential oil chemical compositions of two ziziphora l. species (z. tenuior l. and z. clinopodioides lam.) were investigated. experimental: the flowering branches of z. tenuior and z. clinopodioides were collected in spring and summer 2011. the ae...

Different biological methods are gaining recognition for the production of silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) due to their multiple applications. The use of plants in the synthesis of nanoparticles emerges as a cost effective and eco-friendly approach. In the present study, the synthesis of silver nanoparticles by using Ziziphora tenuior L of water extraction was carried out. For this purpose the wa...