Weighlevel, is a mixture of extract of leaves of Alchemilla vulgaris, Olea europea and Mentha longifolia L, as well as seeds of Cuminum cyminum. These plants are used in traditional Greco-Arabic and Islamic medicine as well as in European herbal medicine. Weighlevel has been recently found to be safe and effective in weight loss in preclinical in vitro and in vivo studies, including a prelimina...

To develop the usefulness of plants as bioindicators requires an appropriate selection of plant species which entail an utmost importance for a particular situation. In the present study a periodic evaluation of air pollution tolerance index [APTI] of selected tree species such as Polyalthia longifolia, (Sonner) Thw., Alstonia scholaris, R. Br., Mangifera indica, L., and shrubs Clerodendron inf...

Ruminal inoculum enriched with particle-associated microorganisms was collected from rumen cannulated Santa Inês wethers grazing tropical grass pasture and a supplement based on ground corn and soybean before feeding and used to evaluate effects of some commercial essential oils (EO) on ruminal fermentation and methane emission in vitro. The investigated EOs were orange EO (Citrus sinensis, CrS...

The wax moth is one of the honeybee pests that cause a lot damage and loss for beekeepers in Tunisia. use insecticides more used although they are known to contaminate honey. This study aims test essential oils two North African common plants Thymbra capitata L. Mentha pulegium efficacy as alternative method by fumigation on instars Galleria mellonela We also determined duration development sta...

BACKGROUND Mentha piperita L. (Labiatae) is an herbaceous plant, used in folk medicine for the treatment of several medical disorders. METHODS AND RESULTS In the present study, the aqueous extract of Mentha piperita leaf, at the i.p doses 200 and 400 mg/kg, showed significant analgesic effects against both acetic acid-induced writhing and hot plate-induced thermal stimulation in mice, with pr...

BACKGROUND Quorum sensing is the key regulator of virulence factors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa such as biofilm formation, motility, productions of proteases, hemolysin, pyocyanin, and toxins. The aim of this study was to explore the effect of the extracts from some medicinal plants on quorum sensing and related virulence factors of P. aeruginosa. MATERIAL AND METHODS Quorum sensing inhibitory ...