background food born pathogenic bacteria are the most important agents of infections in humans, and food spoilage also results in economic losses in food industry. objectives the aim of this study was the evaluation of chemical components, total phenolic content, antioxidant and antibacterial activities of artemisia dracunculus essential oil. materials and methods the essential oil of tarragon ...

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of exogenous application of salicylic acid concentrations on the physiological and biochemical traits and essential oil content of chamomile under normal and heat stress conditions as induced by delayed sowing. The experiments were conducted during 2011–2012 as a factorial using a randomized complete block design with three replications,...

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of exogenous application of salicylic acid concentrations on the physiological and biochemical traits and essential oil content of chamomile under normal and heat stress conditions as induced by delayed sowing. The experiments were conducted during 2011–2012 as a factorial using a randomized complete block design with three replications,...

background & aim: essential oil of pennyroyal (mentha pulegium l.) has many applications in food, perfume and pharmaceutical industries. the aim of this study was to determine the content and chemical constituents of pennyroyal essential oil growing wild in southern iran. experimental: the aerial parts of the plant were collected around hajiabad, hormozgan province in 2013. the essential oi...

background: rosemary (rosmarinus officinalis l.) as a member of the lamiaceae family is a valuable aromatic and medicinal plant which is cultivated in large scale in iran. therefore, it is necessary to determine influence of factors affecting plant growth and drug metabolite production. objectives: this experiment was carried out to evaluate the effects of bio-stimulators compounds on growth an...

this research had been carried out to ecological characters, phytochemical, anti bacterial and antioxidant activity of thymus carmanicus jalas. in golestan  province .in several field observation, the aerial parts of plant in blooming were collected from deraznoo mountain inseptember 2013 (2700 m). essential oil was obtained by hydro distillation and  analyzed by gc/ms. phytochemical assay incl...

Yarrow (Achillea spp.) belonging to the family of Asteraceae with useful properties, such as anti-diaphoretic, anti-hemorrhagic, anti-inflammation, anti-biotic, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, Carminative and anti-oxidant effects. The present investigation assessed the morphological diversity of Achillea aucheri, which is indigenous plant from Damavand mountain of Iran. The samples were collected ...

Present study was conducted to explore the herbicidal effect of volatile essential oil of Mentha longifolia (L.) L. and Chenopodium ambrosioides L. against Avena fatua L. weed. A significant effect of essential oil was observed on early seedling growth, chlorophyll content and cellular respiration over a concentration range of 0.01 – 0.25 mg/ml as compared to control ones. More inhibition was o...

sweet basil (ocimum basilicum l.) is one of the most popular medicinal plants that containing essential oil. essential oil of this plant has been utilized extensively in the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries. in this study, a pot experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of biological fertilizers of biosulfur, nitroxin and super absorbent polymer and their interactions on the ...