Background: The use of medicinal plants is an option for livestock farmers who are not allowed to use allopathic drugs under certified organic programs or cannot afford to use allopathic drugs for minor health problems of livestock. Methods: In 2003 we conducted semi-structured interviews with 60 participants obtained using a purposive sample. Medicinal plants are used to treat a range of condi...

Self-incompatible (SI) plants are able to form ideal mother lines for hybrid crossing in hermaphroditic plants, assuring fertilization from the desired father line. To find out suitable ways to maintain SI was the aim of this study. Among 220 plants of German chamomile (Matricaria recutita (L.) Rauschert) within six accessions SI-genotypes were selected. SI was determined as staying seedless in...

In this study investigated the effect of putrescine sprayed (0.5 & 1mM) on Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.) and the changed of Anthocyanin, Phenolic compounds, POX & CAT Antioxidative enzymes were examined. The results show that Putrescine treatments increased hydrogen peroxide in seedlings to compare control. Phenolic compound content under putrescine treatments are different. Phenolic com...

In this study, the in vitro antimicrobial activities of four plant essential oils (T. schimperi, E. globulus, R. officinalis, and M. Chamomilla) were evaluated against bacteria and fungi. The studies were carried out using agar diffusion method for screening the most effective essential oils and agar dilution to determine minimum inhibitory concentration of the essential oils. Results of this s...

Reduction in herbage production and plant diversity on rangelands on the coastal part of croatia, due to invasion of terpene-rich shrubs has been recorded during the recent period. therefore, there is a strong need to understand ecological relationships between plant and animal components of these shrubby ecosystems. through four consecutive experiments, we investigated the potential of two wel...

Antioxidants prevent the reaction of free radicals with biomolecules and can promote the nutritional values and physiological properties of foodstuffs. There are synthetic and natural kinds of antioxidants and nowadays there is a trend to replace the natural kinds instead of the synthetic kinds. Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L. ) is a well known and valuable medicinal plants that is used wid...