Four thousands and two hundred hatching eggs were obtained from Bandarah chicken to evaluate the effect of chemical and natural eggs disinfectants and fumigation on egg weight loss, embryonic mortality, hatchability, hatch time, chick weight, and chick weight loss. Three incubation trials were done, each one contained 1400 hatched eggs and divided into fourteen treatments (100 eggs per each). F...

Home-made taramasalad, a traditional Greek appetizer, was inoculated with Salmonella enteritidis supplemented with different concentrations of oregano essential oil (0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0% v/w) and stored at different temperatures (5, 10, 15, 20 degrees C). The product's pH was adjusted from 4.3 to 5.3 with lemon juice. At each combination of the environmental factors, the bacterial counts were mo...

Solubility and diffusivity of Thyme, Cinnamon Oregano essential oils in nanocellulose films, with different carboxymethylation degree, were investigated view potential use active packaging applications. liquid resulted to increase the degree for both, Thyme while it was non-monotonous Cinnamon. showed higher solubility (about 20%wt) followed by Oregano. The sorption kinetics substantially Ficki...

Oregano is one of the most used culinary herb and it often adulterated with cheaper plants. In this study, GC?MS was for identification quantification metabolites from 104 samples oregano (Origanum vulgare O. onites) olive (Olea europaea), venetian sumac (Cotinus coggygria) myrtle (Myrtus communis) leaves, at five different concentration levels. The metabolomics profiles obtained after two-step...

BACKGROUND Oregano (Origanum vulgare), sage (Salvia officinalis), and thyme (Thymus vulgaris) are aromatic plants with ornamental, culinary, and phytotherapeutic use all over the world. In Europe, they are traditionally used in the southern countries, particularly in the Mediterranean region. The antimicrobial activities of the essential oils (EOs) derived from those plants have captured the at...

The concentrations of caffeic acid derivatives within Lamiaceae and Echinacea (herb, spice, tea, and dietary supplement forms) readily available in the US marketplace (n = 72) were determined. After the first identification of chicoric acid in Ocimum basilicum (basil), the extent to which chicoric acid could be found within the family Lamiaceae was investigated. The dominant phenolic acid in al...

The following aromatic plants of Greek origin, Origanum dictamnus (dictamus), Eucalyptus globulus (eucalyptus), Origanum vulgare L. (oregano), Mellisa officinalis L. (balm mint) and Sideritis cretica (mountain tea), were examined for the content of phenolic substances. Reversed phase HPLC coupled to diode array detector (DAD) was used for the analysis of the plant extracts. The gas chromatograp...

The effect of the oregano extract (Origanum vulgare L.) on the growth of Fusarium and Penicillium species isolated from cakes and ready-for-use fresh salads from different kinds of vegetables was investigated. The contents of the active component of extract were identified by GC-MS and they include: carvacrol (34.2%), carvone (18.5%), p-cimene (8.05%), thymol (3.74%). The oregano extract showed...

Natural products obtained from plants with biocidal activity represent an alternative and useful source in the control of biodeterioration of documentary heritage, without negative environmental and human impacts. In this work, we studied the antimicrobial activity of seven essential oils against microorganisms associated with the biodeterioration of documentary heritage. The essential oils wer...

This study aimed at evaluating the effect of Oregano vulgaris extract supplementation of heavy pig diet on the microbiological, chemical-physical and sensory characteristics of Fabriano salami. Fabriano salamis were produced processing meat derived from pigs belonging to two dietary groups of 16 pigs each: CTRL group fed a commercial pelleted feed, and OR group fed the CTRL diet integrated with...