Antimicrobial activity of the essential oils obtained from leaves, root and the seeds of Diplotaenia damavandica Mozaffarian, Hedge & Lamond, an endemic plant to Iran, was determined against 10 microorganisms using the disk susceptibility test as well as measuring minimum inhibitory concentrations. The results showed that all three oils had antibacterial activity against Bacillus subtilis, Stap...

The waterdistilled essential oil from dried aerial parts of one of the Algerian thymes, Thymus fontanesii Boiss. & Reut. grown in Setif province, Algeria, was analyzed by GC/MS. Fifteen components were characterized representing 99.4% of the total components detected. The major components of the oil were thymol (67.8%), gamma-terpinene (15.9%) and p-cymene (13.0%).

Salvia L. has a wide variety of traditional usages as digestive, appetizer, carminative, antiseptic, stimulant, pain reliever, antipyretic, diuretic, antitussive and for bronchitis, asthma cold. Anatomical features are extremely important the taxonomy species, especially leaf stem represent many specific characteristics. The aim this study is to determine distinctive anatomical structures S. au...

In Turkey, the genus Chrysophthalmum Sch.Bip. ex Walp. is represented by 3 taxa, namely montanum (DC.) Boiss., C. dichotomum Boiss. & Heldr. and gueneri Aytaç Anderb.. herbaceous plant that grows on rock cracks limestone cliffs, in eastern southeastern regions of Turkey. this study, pollen cypsela morphology species was investigated with light microscope (LM) scanning electron (SEM). Furthe...