Mersin (Myrtus communis L.) çoğunlukla Akdeniz ikliminde gelişen aromatik, yaprak dökmeyen fundalıklardır. Polifenoller, antosiyaninler, polifenolik asitler ve flavonoidler gibi çeşitli biyoaktif molekülleri içeren mersin bitkisi antioksidan antimikrobiyal aktivitelere sahiptir. Yapılan çalışmalarda, uçucu yağlarının içerdiği başlıca bileşenlerin 1,8-sineol, α-pinen, linalol, limonen mirtenil a...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the etiological agent of tuberculosis. The World Health Organization has estimated that 8 million of people develop active TB every year and the situation is complicated by an increase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains resistant to drugs used in antitubercular therapy: MDR and XDR-TB. Myrtle leaf extracts, used as an antiseptic in Sardinian traditional medicine...

The antifungal properties of some commercial plant waters obtained as side products in producing distilled oils were investigated. Paper disc samples were impregnated with various plant waters and exposed to wood decay fungi for 3 months in Petri dishes. Ten types of plant water (Laurus nobilis, Calluna vulgaris, Lavandula stoechas, Thymus vulgaris, Myrtus communis, Eucalyptus globulus, Mentha ...

Introduction: Exposure to ionizing radiation can be through direct hit or water radiolysis lead to oxidation in biological systems. In this study, the protective effect of Myrtus Communis aqueous extract on structural changes and oxidative stress in red blood cells and plasma proteins was examined after receipt of ionizing radiation. Materials and Methods: wis...

pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important opportunistic pathogen causing widespread infections by numerous virulence factors. increasing resistance to antibiotics makes the pseudomonas infections treatment further difficult. the purpose of this study was to evaluate antimicrobial characteristics of essential oils from matricaria chamomilla, artemisia persica, zataria multiflora, myrtus communis, r...

Mirta (Myrtus communis L.) je tipična samonikla voćna vrsta mediteranske flore, čije plodove već stoljećima lokalno stanovništvo koristi u prehrani i narodnoj medicini. Plodovi mirte najčešće se koriste prerađevinama, kao što su marmelade, džemovi, vina likeri, a danas takvi proizvodi plodovi samoniklog voća sve više upotrebi zbog velike zainteresiranosti potrošača za konzumacijom prirodnih pro...

conclusions the active compound may be a flavonoid. existence of flavonoids in tested fractions could be the important medicinal properties of m. communis leaves. further work is required to evaluate the exact effect of these biological compounds on animal model or human volunteers. results ethyl acetate and total methanolic extracts respectively had the best antifungal effects against three te...

background & aim: the use of herbs in traditional medicine to treatment of diseases and other purposes in the food industry and cosmetics has since long been considered.  considering that heracleum lasiopetalum, thymus carmanicus and myrtus communis have many health benefits therefore this research were performed to investigate the chemical composition of essential oils from these plants. e...