The NorA efflux pump considered as one of the contributors to antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus strains. One of the challenges of the researchers is finding natural plant compounds with the ability to inhibit the pumps. The aim of this study was to investigate the inhibitory effect of thyme (Thymus vulgaris) extract on NorA efflux pump in ciprofloxacin-resistant strains of S. aureu...

Drought as the most important abiotic stress has deleterious effects on plants. Developing drought tolerant varieties can help produce plants in a sustainable way. This study was conducted to identify drought tolerant and drought sensitive thyme species including Thymus vulgaris, T. vulgaris (origin: Spain), T. carmanicus, T. daenensis and T. kotschyanus and to study the mechanism used by them ...

a comparative study was made between the acaricidal activities of some essential oils: rosemary (rosmarinus officinalis l.), lavandula (lavandula angustifolia mill.), thyme (thymus vulgaris l.) and ziziphora (ziziphora clinopodioides lam.) on the important mite pest, tetranychus cinnabarinus boisduval, the carmine spider mite, oncut roses during 2010-2012. the sublethal concentrations of ziziph...

In recent years, it has been confirmed that essential oils (EOs) exert antimicrobial activity as they are able to inhibit cell growth and inactivate microbial cells. The application of biopreservation strategies by means of EOs opens up interesting perspectives in the food industry, including meat production. The paper aims to evaluate the effects of Thymus vulgaris (red thyme) and Caryophyllus...

The efficacy of thyme and savory essential oils were investigated against Botrytis cinerea on apple fruit. Apples treated with thyme and savory essential oils showed significantly lower gray mold severity and incidence. Thyme essential oil at 1% concentration showed the highest efficacy, with lower disease incidence and smaller lesion diameter. The expression of specific pathogenesis-related (P...

The antioxidant properties of sage (Salvia officinalis L.) and thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.), their mixtures were examined using the 2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH•) scavenging activity ferric-reducing plasma (FRAP) methods. antimicrobial plant extracts against four bacterial strains (Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus, Salmonella typhomorium) was determined agar well di...

Methylglyoxal (MGO) is recognized as being the bioactive component responsible for antibacterial activity of m?nuka honey. MGO content was investigated by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC-UV), in isocratic elution, to assess occurrence this compound mono- and multi-floral honey samples representative different botanical geographic origins Italy. Specifically, 110 from sweet cherry t...

thyme (thymus vulgaris l.) is an important medicinal plant with highly valuable essential oils. in this study, effects of different fertilizer treatments and cuts on thymus vulgaris l. was evaluated in 2008-2009. the research was conducted at alborz research station, research institute of forests and rangelands, karaj, iran. the experimental design was split plot in time in the form of a random...