Natural products, known for their medicinal properties since antiquity, are continuously being studied for their biological properties. In the present study, we analyzed the composition of the volatile preparations of essential oils of the Greek plants Ocimum basilicum (sweet basil), Mentha spicata (spearmint), Pimpinella anisum (anise) and Fortunella margarita (kumquat). GC/MS analyses reveale...

We describe a method for searching the optimal hyper-parameters in reservoir computing, which consists of a Gaussian process with Bayesian optimization. It provides an alternative to other frequently used optimization methods such as grid, random, or manual search. In addition to a set of optimal hyper-parameters, the method also provides a probability distribution of the cost function as a fun...

EFFECT OF PROHEXADIONE-CALCIUM ON SPEARMINT (Mentha spicata L.) FEBRUARY 2009 MD J. MEAGY, B. Sc. Ag., BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY M.S., BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY M.S., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST Directed by: Prof. Lyle E. Craker Prohexadione-calcium (Pro-Ca), a plant growth regulator used primarily in fruit trees to suppress excessive vegetative growth and to inhibit d...

The equation of state Soave-Redlich-Kwong (SRK) and its modification (predictive SRK or PSRK) are applied to simulate multicomponet distillation, which separate main component of spearmint essential oil. The simulation model is based on bubble point method, and the Wang-Henke algorithm. Spearmint essential oil is considered in the study and the original experimental data were obtained f...

In the present study effort have been made to find the anti-bacteria effect of six medicinal plant essential oil namely, Ocimum bascilicum (Basil oil), mentha arvensis (Cormint oil),Zingiber officinale(ginger oil),citrus limon(lemon oil), thymus mastichina (Marjoram oil) and mentha spicata (Spearmint oil) were assessed for anti bacterial activity against therefore pathogenic bacteria such as B....

Japanese cornmint (Mentha canadensis L., synonym M. arvensis L.) is a subtropical plant with major producers India, China, Vietnam, and Brazil (Chand et al., 2004; Clark, 1998; Kumar et al., 2000; Lawrence, 2007; Singh and Saini, 2008). Th ere is no production of Japanese cornmint in the United States despite some incorrect reports (Pandey et al., 2003; Singh and Saini, 2008). Japanese cornmint...

Spearmint has one major monoterpene, (-)-carvone, that constitutes up to 90% of all the monoterpenes present. Likewise, the major phenylpropanoid-rosmarinic acid-in spearmint accounts for up to 70% of the phenylpropanoids produced from the plant. These two compounds are each produced by separate distinct biosynthetic pathways which provide an excellent opportunity to study the influence of a wi...

The Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana contains the United States' largest coal reserve. The area produces large amounts of natural gas through extraction from water-saturated coalbeds. Determining the impacts of coalbed natural gas-produced efflux water on crops is important when considering its potential use as supplemental irrigation water. We hypothesized that coalbed natural gas wat...