Plant essential oils from 20 plant species were tested for their insecticidal activity against larvae of Lycoriella ingenua (Dufour) (Diptera: Sciaridae) by using a fumigation bioassay. Good insecticidal activity (>90%) against larvae of L. ingenua was achieved with essential oils of caraway seed Carum carvi (L.)], lemongrass [Cymbopogon citratus (D.C.) Stapf.], mandarine (Citrus reticulate Bla...

Cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) is an important seed spice crop, having good medicinal properties and grown predominately in arid semi-arid region of the world. India leading country with share 70% world production cumin. Two states (Rajasthan Gujarat) cover nearly 80% total area under cumin cultivation. The current scenario status area, productivity has been reviewed to identify various factors aff...

Swiss albino mice were exposed to profenofos (25mg/kg b.w) alternately for 30 days, thereafter the test animals were orally administered with curcumin (120mg/kg b.w) and cumin (150mg/kg b.w) to observe the medicinal effect on hematological parameters i.e., leucocytes, erythrocytes, platelets count, differential count and hemoglobin level. It was noticed that profenofos exposed mice showed consi...

cumin is an annual plant suitable for dry and semi-dry regions. it is harvested at two stages to prevent seed shedding. first, the cumin bushes are harvested by hand or using a scythe. after drying, the cumin bushes are beaten with a stick or trampled using animals or a small tractor. this harvesting method is time consuming, requires intensive labor and is an incomplete threshing process resul...

Spices are normally used for flavor to make food aromatic, hot, savory and sweet. not only add aroma the but also give a lot of health benefits nutritional values. Some spices in Egypt cinnamon, cumin, turmeric, black cumin etc. Many people do know importance its effect on immune system. The main aim is high light role commonly immunity. In this review we list some bakery products that use can ...

The present study applied the microscopic powder identification technique to determining the adulterated seasoning powders from several plant origins, such as chili, pepper, cumin and mustard. The microscope observation results showed that the chili powder were adulterated with the fragments of plant straws, foliage and other substances; the pepper powder were adulterated with starch, straws an...

In our study, it was aimed to investigate the antimicrobial effect of 6 plant extracts obtained with methanol by using maceration and soxlet methods from 3 species Nigellla sativa (Black seed), Cuminum cuminum (cumin) Pimpinella anisum (anise) grown in Kırıkkale province liquid microdilution method against Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 25923) Escherichia coli 25922). All (black cumin), (Cuminum) ...

Background: Cumin (Cuminum cyminum L. [family Apiaceae]) seed essential oil is reported to have antiseptic activity. Until now the antiviral properties of cumin seed extracts on viruses such as herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) have not been studied. The objective of this study was to investigate the in vitro effects of aqueous, methanolic and hydroalcoholic extracts of cumin seed on HSV-1 growth ...

introduction: the aims of this study were i) to define the chemical constituents of cuminum cyminum (cumin) essential oil, ii) to compare the antimicrobial activity of this oil to that of chlorhexidine (chx) and co-trimoxazole on planktonic and biofilm forms of bacteria isolated from the teeth with persistent endodontic infection and iii ) to compare the cytotoxicity of these medicaments on l92...

Most of the bacterial pathogens are resistant to existing synthetic antibacterial agents demanding an increasing effort to seek effective phytochemicals as antibacterial agents against such pathogens. Nigella sativa L. (black cumin) seeds play an important role in folk medicine and some of its major constituents are reported to be pharmacologically active. In this present work, black cumin seed...