OBJECTIVE To conduct a systematic review of evaluated treatments for recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) in children. METHODS Online bibliographic databases were searched for the terms "recurrent abdominal pain," "functional abdominal pain," "children," or "alternative therapies" in articles classified as randomized controlled trials. The abstracts or full text of 57 relevant articles were examine...

BACKGROUND Still there is no consensus on the best treatment for abdominal pain-related functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (FGIDs). OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of a synbiotic Lactol (Bacillus coagulans + fructooligosaccharide (FOS)), peppermint oil (Colpermin) and placebo (folic acid) on abdominal pain-related FGIDs except for abdominal migraine. PATIE...

introduction: essential oils are used as flavoring agents in various foods. layer-by-layer (lbl) technique is a method in which the material is dipped into a series of different solutions containing oppositely charged polyelectrolytes. the aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of a multilayered edible coating with an antimicrobial compound (lemon and peppermint) in enhancing the...

Essential oils are natural liquid products obtained from plants by hydroor steam distillation. Oils contain from dozens to hundreds of components – secondary plant metabolites. The essential oils are used as natural aromas in food and toiletry, and due to medicinal properties, many of them are used in conventional medicine and aromatherapy. Components of the essential oils are first of all mono...

Peppermint, (Mentha ×piperita), aromatic perennial herb of the mint family (Lamiaceae). It is a natural hybrid Mentha spicata and aquatica found wild with its parent species in central as well southern Europe. holds various types ingredients including menthol, menthone cineol. Menthol, which extracted from peppermint, play an important role inhibition pathogenesis. Peppermint oil also acts mild...

Background: Nitrogen is the most important nutrient requirement for plants. Nitrogen supplying affected the leaf area, carbon fixation, glandular trichomes formation, ATP and NADPH content which resulted to the terpenoids biosynthesis enhancement and essential oils accumulation. Objective: This study was aimed to evaluate changes of essential oil content and components by use different levels ...

peppermint (mentha piperita l.) is one of the most important plants producing essential oil. an experiment was carried out using a randomized complete block design with 3 replications to study the effect of salinity stress on growth parameters, essential oil percent of peppermint. 4 levels of salinity solution containing 0, 50, 100 and 200 mmol nacl was applied in irrigation plantings in a gree...

Circumstantial evidence based on ultrastructural correlation, specific labeling, and subcellular fractionation studies indicates that at least the early steps of monoterpene biosynthesis occur in plastids. (4S)-Limonene synthase, which is responsible for the first dedicated step of monoterpene biosynthesis in mint species, appears to be translated as a preprotein bearing a long plastidial trans...