This study was conducted to evaluate effects of plant extracts on methanogenesis and rumen microbial diversity in in vitro. Plant extracts (Artemisia princeps var. Orientalis; Wormwood, Allium sativum for. Pekinense; Garlic, Allium cepa; Onion, Zingiber officinale; Ginger, Citrus unshiu; Mandarin orange, Lonicera japonica; Honeysuckle) were obtained from the Plant Extract Bank at Korea Research...

The variation of antioxidant activity and total phenolic content of some plants commonly used as home remedies were screened on the basis of air drying time of (short term and long term air) the dried plant Ocimum sanctum (leaf), Cucumis sativus (Seed), and ethanolic extracts of Capsicum frutescens (Seed) and Coriandrum sativum (Seed). Antioxidant activities and total phenolic content values we...

Certain plant extracts are bioactive substances of some foods or traditional herbs, known to possess antioxidant, antibacterial, and perhaps immunoregulatory effects. This study investigated the in vitro anti-infl ammatory effects of 7 plant extracts (anethol, capsicum oleoresin, carvacrol, cinnamaldehyde, eugenol, garlicon, and turmeric oleoresin) on porcine alveolar macrophages collected from...

abstract stachys is one of the largest genera in the flowering plant family. it is in the subfamily lamioideae (labiatae), spreading and growing in different parts of iran. the purpose of this study was to investigate the chemical properties of stachyslavandulifolia as well as the essence, ethanol and methanol extracts of this plant. it was collected from chulus located in the west of mazandara...

Crude aqueous and methanolic extracts of 97 plant species belonging to 35 families collected from the west of Iran were screened for antifungal activity against economically important phytopathogenic fungi, Pythium aphanidermatum. Bioassay of the extracts was conducted by paper disc diffusion method on agar plate cultures with four replications. Seventeen of 97 (17.5%) plant species showed inhi...

objective(s) malva sylvestris l. (malvaceae), an annual plant, has been already commonly used as a medicinal plant in iran. in the present work, we evaluate some bioactivities of the plant extracts. materials and methods the aired-dried plant flowers and leaves were extracted by soxhlet apparatus with n-hexane, dichloromethane and methanol. the antimicrobial, cytotoxic, and phytotoxic of the pl...

background & aim: very studies results show that many plants can be used safety and successfully to treat bacterial diseases without presenting the disadvantages affects and antibiotic resistance. eucalyptus globulus and malva neglecta are native plants in iran that due to containing different chemical compounds have been antimicrobial activity against some bacteria. the aim of this study i...