Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) is an evergreen bushy shrub which grows along the Mediterranean Sea, and sub-Himalayan areas. In folk medicine, it has been used as an antispasmodic, mild analgesic, to cure intercostal neuralgia, headaches, migraine, insomnia emotional upset, and depression. Different investigations have highlighted rosemary neuropharmacological properties as their main top...

plant extracts are rich sources of natural antioxidant and antibacterial compounds. in recent decades, the need for using natural antioxidants in foods, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics has promopted extensive scientific research. the purpose of this study was to investigation of effect of different percentages of rosemary extract (0, 1, 2.5 and 5%) on the quality, chemical and microbial of the pr...

Chrpová D., Kouřimská L., Gordon M.H., Heřmanová V., Roubíčková I., Pánek J. (2010): Antioxidant activity of selected phenols and herbs used in diets for medical conditions. Czech J. Food Sci., 28: 317–325. The antioxidant capacity of some herbs used in dietology practice was determined by the DPPH free radical method, which was calibrated with ascorbic acid. Partially hydrophilic phenolic comp...

Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) has been used since ancient times in traditional medicine, while nowadays various rosemary formulations are increasingly exploited by alternative medicine to cure or prevent a wide range of health disorders. Rosemary's bioproperties have prompted scientific investigation, which allowed us to ascertain antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, cytostatic, and cytotoxic...

The potent antioxidant properties of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) extracts have been attributed to its major diterpene, carnosic acid. Carnosic acid has received considerable attention in food science and biomedicine, but little is known about its function in the plant in vivo. We recently found that highly oxidized diterpenes increase in rosemary plants exposed to drought and high light s...

The objective of our work was the valorisation four aromatic plants growing spontaneously in Kabylia (Algeria) by evaluation their insecticidal activity against black bean aphid Aphis fabae Scopoli, 1763. These are oregano, thyme, rosemary and lavender. were subjected to a phytochemical analysis determine secondary metabolites composition. results obtained showed that extracts toxic A. can sign...

We studied the root distribution and the effects of leachates from the dominant shrub in rosemary scrub, Florida rosemary (Ceratiola ericoides), on germination of seven subordinate rosemary scrub species. For rosemary scrub specialists, (Eryngium cuneifolium and Hypericum cumulicola), germination was suppressed by the leaf and litter leachates. For species that are not found exclusively in rose...

The effect of adding 0.05% natural herb extracts obtained from rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis), thyme (Thymbra spicata), and basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) on mackerel balls during 10 months frozen storage (-18oC) were investigated concerning sensory (raw cooked), biochemical (PV- peroxide value, FFA- free fatty acids, TVB-N -total volatile basic nitrogen, TBA- thiobarbituric acid pH) microbiolo...

Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) is a culinary and medicinal plant used in food pharmaceutical industry. The wide range of biological activities mainly related to phenolic terpenic compounds; like carnosic acid (CA), carnosol (CS) rosmarinic (RA), reported rosemary leaf extracts, recently described callus extracts. aim this work was investigate the chemical profile cell lines evaluate their an...

The relative proportions of chemical classes (hydrocarbons, oxides, alcohols, ketones, esters) in the essential oil of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L., Lamicaeae) and in the volatile fraction of the infusion extracts were examined and showed remarkable differences.The volatile compounds of the infusion were isolated by two different methods, hydrodistillation and solid phase extraction (SPE...