1 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, TURKEY 2 Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, TURKEY 3 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, TURKEY 4 Faculty of Art and Science, Department of Chemistr...

The Karner blue butterfly (KBB), Lycaeides melissa samuelis, is a federally protected taxon whose relationship to the Melissa blue, Lycaeides melissa, has been a point of contention during the 66 years since the KBB was first described. Using a large population-genomic dataset and a model of population divergence with migration, we investigated the relationship between the KBB and L. melissa, a...

Synergistic antibacterial interaction between Melissa officinalis extracts and antibioticsOlgica Stefanovic, Ljiljana Comic

Justin L. Grobe, Adam P. Mecca, Melissa Lingis, Vinayak Shenoy, Tonya A. Bolton, Juline M. Machado, Robert C. Speth, Mohan K. Raizada, and Michael J. Katovich Department of Pharmacodynamics and Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics and McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; and Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, ...

Synergistic antibacterial interaction between Melissa officinalis extracts and antibioticsOlgica Stefanovic, Ljiljana Comic

Essential oil, ethanolic extract and decoction of 10 plant species from interior Portugal were analyzed for their activity towards acetylcholinesterase (AChE) enzyme and their antioxidant activity. Of these, Melissa officinalis, Paronychia argentea, Sanguisorba minor, Hypericum undulatum and Malva silvestris are used in herbal medicine, Laurus nobilis and Mentha suaveolens as condiments, and Sa...

Twelve essential oils from Mediterranean aromatic plants were tested for their phytotoxic activity, at different doses, against the germination and the initial radicle growth of seeds of Raphanus sativus, Lactuca sativa and Lepidium sativum. The essential oils were obtained from Hyssopus officinalis, Lavandula angustifolia, Majorana hortensis, Melissa officinalis, Ocimum basilicum, Origanum vul...

Malathion (ML) is a well known pesticide commonly used in many agricultural and non-agricultural processes. Its toxicity has been attributed primarily to the accumulation of acetylcholine (Ach) at nerve junctions, due to the inhibition of acetylcholinesterase (AChE). The aim of the current research was to study the protective effect of the melissa plant extract against reproductive impairment i...

Synergistic antibacterial interaction between Melissa officinalis extracts and antibioticsOlgica Stefanovic, Ljiljana Comic

The Effect of Melissa officinalis Extract on Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes in Rats: A Stereological Study Pancreatic Islets and Beta-cells