background: listeria monocytogenes is an important gram-positive disease-causing bacterium existing in milk and dairy products. inhibitory effects of mentha pulegium essential oil at concentrations of 0.03, 0.015, and 0.0075% on growth of l. monocytogenes were studied in iranian white cheese during 60 days of storage. methods: essential oil of m. pulegium plant, collected from north of iran, wa...

background and objectives : doogh is an iranian preferred dairy drink, especially in warm seasons. blowing by yeasts is a common occurring spoilage when this product is kept outside the refrigerator in warm temperature. natural additives such as herbal essential oils, which also induce the desired flavor and color, may solve this problem and retard yeast growth. spearmint, pennyroyal and some o...

Our study was aimed to evaluate antifungal, antiaflatoxin, and antioxidant potential of Mentha pulegium, Myrtus communis, piperita essential oils (EOs). The EOs showed efficacy as a couscous preservative. A total 387 fungal species were isolated from Couscous samples, with Aspergillus flavus BN (20) which is identified the highest aflatoxin producer. minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) M. pu...

This experiment was undertaken to screen the acaricidal effects of herb essential oils (pennyroyal, ylang ylang, citronella, lemon grass, tea tree, and rosemary) at different doses (0.1, 0.05, 0.025, 0.0125, and 0.00625 microliter/cm(2)) and exposure times (5, 10, 20, 20, 30 and 60 min) on house dust mites Dermatophgoides farinae and D. pteronyssinus. The most effective acaricidal components of...

The chemical composition of the essential oils (EOs) of four Lamiaceae (Thymus capitatus Hoff. et Link., Rosmarinus officinalis L., Origanum vulgare L. and Mentha pulegium L.) growing wild in Tunisia was analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Obtained results showed significant variations among the different species. The major constituents identifi...

background:pneumonia and respiratory tract infections, is associated with high mortality and complications in humans. current antibiotics are used to treat this infectious disease, but may lead to many problems such as unwanted side effects and resistance to antibiotics. this study investigated the antibacterial activity of the hydro alcoholic extracts of the native medicinal plants peganum har...

Essential oils of seven Moroccan Labiatae were chemically analysed by GC-MS and evaluated for their in vitro antifungal activity against Botrytis cinerea. Among them, Origanum compactum and Thymus glandulosus greatly inhibited the growth of the mycelium. The inhibition of Botrytis cinerea was 100% for both oils at 100 ppm, while the IC(50)s were 35.1 and 79.2 ppm, respectively. Mentha pulegium ...

Human cystic echinococcosis remains a major public health problem on several countries and the treatment strategies are not solved. The aim of the present work was to determine the in vitro effect of thymol and Mentha piperita, M. pulegium, and Rosmarinus officinalis essential oils on the proliferation of E. granulosus larval cells. Isolated cells and cellular aggregates were obtained from hyda...