background & aim: saline lands can be utilized by planting native medicinal plants tolerant to salinity. the quantity and quality these plants are changed during various seasons in agriculture systems. thus, this study carried out under salinity stress in order to examine the effect of sowing in two seasons on growth characteristics and essential oil  components of ajowan (carum capticum l....

echinophora platyloba d.c as a medicinal plant is used for preservation of foods and treatment of many diseases in different regions of iran. the present study was undertaken to determine the chemical composition and investigation of the antibacterial effects of essential oil as well as methanol extract from aerial part of echinophora platyloba d.c against s. aureus, l. monocytogenes, s. thyphi...

The composition of the essential oil obtained from the dried flowering aerial parts of Artemisia annua L. (Compositae) was analysed by GC and GC/MS. Thirty-two components were identified in the essential oil of A. annua L. with campher (48.00%), 1,8-cineole (9.39%), camphene (6.98%) and spathulenol (4.89%) as major components. The essential oil was evaluated for antibacterial and antifungal act...

background and aims: herbal medicines are the major remedy in traditional medical systems and have a great contribution in maintaining human health and preventing many infectious diseases. the aim of this study was to assay antibacterial potential of marrubium vulgare l. extract against klebsiella pneumoniae resistant strains to current antibiotics and also gc/ms analysis to better understandin...

background and objectives: essential oils are very complex mixture of components and their composition may vary in different species or varieties or even within the same variety. origanum vulgare l. subsp. vulgare is one of the most distributed subspecies within the genus origanum and has been found to be a poor-oil, categorized in cymyl, bornane or sabinyl chemotypes with higher proportion of ...

this experiment was conducted with the objective of evaluating the performance sage (salvia officinalis l.) in different agroecology of ethiopia for morpho-agronomic and chemical traits at wondo genet, hawassa, qoqa and holleta for two years from 2011/2012 to 2012/2013 cropping seasons. data on plant height, branch number/plant, fresh leaf weight/plant, fresh stem weight/plant, above ground bio...

background & aim:jasmonic acid (ja) is regarded as endogenous regulators that play important roles in regulating stress responses, plant growth and development.effect of foliar application of ja on the essential oil and oil chemical components of hyssop (hyssopus officinalis l.) were investigated. experimental:  this study conducted in a crd with three replications and in experimental green...

background and aims: one of the most common chronic diseases in the world is tooth decay. a variety of bacteria are involved in this disorder of which streptococcus mutants is the most common. essential oils are considered as new natural compounds for use in combating drug-resistant bacteria. this study was aimed to evaluate the antibacterial activity of some essential oils prepared from eucaly...