background: the hazardous nature of aflatoxins to human and animals necessitate the establishment of control measures. objectives: the effect of two medicinal plants, satureja khozistanica and satureja macrosiphon, was studied on inhibiting aspergillus flavus growth and reducing aflatoxin b1-content in the liquid medium. methods: essential oils were isolated by hydrodistillation method, using a...

Essential oils have increasing importance in flavour and fragrance industries. They are obtained by distillation techniques. In order to produce an oil with market potential its optimum production parameters have to be well known prior to its commercial production. Determination of the steam distillation parameters of commercially available Laurel leaves oil in pilot plant scale is described. T...

zhumeria majdae rech.f. & wendelbois the medicinal, endomic and endangered plant that has been distributed in the south of iran. this plant is seen on very sharp slope of mountains at 520-1450 meters altitude of sea level. it has noticed by natives and is used for digestion painful as swelling, diarrhea, stomatchache and coolness. in this research, the leaves of plant and soil samples were coll...

The essential oils are frequently used in food processing industry, perfumery, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Most of the oils obtained by steam distillation and water distillation. It is necessary to specify the best conditions of essential oils production to get much more major compound(s) and higher yield oil. So, fennel oil was selected in this study. The objective of this work was to ident...

The anti-inflammatory activity of the essential oil from C. longepaniculatum was evaluated by three experimental models including the dimethyl benzene-induced ear edema in mice, the carrageenan-induced paw edema in rat and the acetic acid-induced vascular permeability in mice. The influence of the essential oil on histological changes and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), histamine and 5-hydroxytryptami...

background & aim:peppermint known for its healing properties is a plant from the labiatae family. currently, different rates of nitrogenous fertilizers are used in production of peppermint while there is no precise information available about how much of nitrogen fertilizer is the optimum rate for this plant. the main purpose of this research was to evaluate the response of peppermint chemical ...

This study aimed to identify chemical composition of Thymus kotschyanus essential oil (TKEO) and to evaluate the effects of different doses of TKEO on in vitro gas production, fermentation parameters, acidosis and protozoal population using a completely randomized design with four replicates. Two diets (D1: 100% forage and D2: 30% forage+70% concentrate) were incubated with buffered rumen fluid...

background: the production of waste pollutants has become a major problem for many food and oil industries. however, oil wastes can provide alternative substrates for industry, which could help to solve environmental pollution problems. furthermore, oil wastes can be used as substrates to produce unsaturated fatty acids, which are important for health.objectives: the production of fatty acids i...