A previous study has shown that the degree of trust into others might be biased by inducing either a more "inclusive" or a more "exclusive" cognitive-control mode. Here, we investigated whether the degree of interpersonal trust can be biased by environmental factors, such as odors, that are likely to impact cognitive-control states. Arousing olfactory fragrances (e.g., peppermint) are supposed ...

Two types of experimental evidence are presented which suggest that the monoterpenes of peppermint (Mentha piperita L.) are subject to metabolic turnover. In kinetic studies with (14)CO(2), peppermint cuttings rapidly incorporate label into the monoterpenes and then lose most of the label from the monoterpenes, without corresponding changes in the amount of monoterpenes present. When peppermint...

Mentha arvensis L. and × piperita are herbal plants belonging to the Lamiaceae family widely cultivated for their essential oils culinary uses. These herbs commercially valuable mints used in preparation of formulations, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, food industries. Due presence potential secondary metabolites, were employed treat various disorders since ancient times traditional medicines. The ...

Essential oils from leaves of Lippia multiflora, Mentha x piperita and Ocimum basilicum from Burkina Faso were analysed by GC-FID and GC-MS. Major components were p-cymene, thymol, b-caryophyllene, carvacrol and carvone for L. multiflora, menthol and iso-menthone for M. x piperita and, linalool and eugenol for O. basilicum. The essential oils and their major monoterpene alcohols were tested aga...

Ever since smoking was prohibited in restaurants, bars, and clubs, undesirable smells that were previously masked by cigarette smoke became noticeable. This opens up opportunities to improve the dance club environment by introducing pleasant ambient scents that mask the unwanted odors and to allow competing clubs to differentiate themselves. A field study was conducted at three dance clubs usin...

background and objectives: despite the vast production of new antibiotics in the last three decades, resistance to these drugs by microorganisms has increased and essential oils (eos) have been recognized to possess antimicrobial properties. methods:  in the present study, eos obtained from aerial parts of thymus vulgaris l., lavandula angustifolia mill., rosmarinus officinalis l. and mentha pi...

Bu çalışma dört farklı bitkiden elde edilen uçucu yağların Lucilia sericata’ nın (Meigen, 1826) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) bazı biyolojik parameteleri üzerindeki etkilerini araştırmak üzere yapılmıştır. Araştırmada Mentha piperita L. (Lamiaceae), Piper nigrum (Piperaceae), Eugenia caryophyllata (Caryophyllaceae), Oleum pinus sp. yağlarının 6 konsantrasyonu (%100, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20) sericata larv...