Due to the numerous side effects of synthetic pesticides, including environmental pollution, threats human health, harmful on non-target organisms and pest resistance, use alternative healthy, available efficient agents in management strategies is necessary. In this paper, susceptibility cosmopolitan, polyphagous, stored-product Tribolium castaneum (red flour beetle) fumigation essential oils t...

Estragole, a chemical constituent of the essential oils of many aromatic plants, is used as flavoring in beverage and food industries. In vivo and in vitro experimental assays have shown that EST has sedative, anticonvulsant, antioxidant, antimicrobial, and anesthetic activity. In this work, we evaluate the effect of EST on leukocyte behavior and phagocytic activity of macrophages. In the perit...

Rumex dentatus L. and Rumex vesicarius L., of the family Polygonaceae, are edible herbs growing wild in Egypt. Their lipoid constituents were examined by both liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) and by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Their essential oil compositions consisted mainly of thujene, limonene, fenchon, estragole, and anethole but at largely different concent...

Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) is an important culinary herb and essential oil source widely recognized worldwide. The of the plant beneficial for medicinal uses, it has many biological activities such as insect repellent, larvicidal, bactericidal. This study aimed to investigate basil's its chemical composition repellent activity. basil was extracted from fresh leaves by steam distillation method...

In recent years, a concern has been expressed about the impact of antibiotics and synthetic antioxidants, which are used to inhibit microbial growth retard fat oxidation in foods. addition, antibiotic resistance presents serious menace human environmental ecosystems. This led food industry use natural resources such as essential oils preparation foods, this forming their sensory profile increas...