AIM/BACKGROUND The emergence of drug-resistant pathogens has drawn attention on medicinal plants for potential antimicrobial properties. The objective of the present study was the investigation of the antimicrobial activity of five plant essential oils on multidrug resistant Gram-negative bacteria. MATERIALS AND METHODS Basil, chamomile blue, origanum, thyme, and tea tree oil were tested agai...

in this study, rainbow trout (oncorhynchus mykiss) eggs were treated with effective doses of  daenensis thyme, thymus daenensis (20, 10 and 5 mgl-1) and mentha, mentha longifolia (10, 5 and 2.5 mgl-1), during incubation period (20 days) until hatching for 30 minutes per every other day as constant flow bath treatment method. the mortality level in normal control (without any treatment) was sign...

In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of different levels thyme leaf and oil as feed additives in white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) culture. experiment, five groups were formed 1% 2% leaves (ThyL1% ThyL2%), 0.5% (ThyO0.5% ThyO1%), control group. Shrimps (6.67±1.52 g) stocked at a stocking rate 15 shrimp/250 L (100% water change day-1) three-replications. At end trial, high...

a comparative study was made between the acaricidal activities of some essential oils: rosemary (rosmarinus officinalis l.), lavandula (lavandula angustifolia mill.), thyme (thymus vulgaris l.) and ziziphora (ziziphora clinopodioides lam.) on the important mite pest, tetranychus cinnabarinus boisduval, the carmine spider mite, oncut roses during 2010-2012. the sublethal concentrations of ziziph...

Four essential oils in two concentrations (50 and 100%) of thyme, Thymus vulgaris; Cinnamon, Cinnamomum zeylanicum; Lemon grass, Cymbopagon flexuosus; Anise, Pimpinella anisum and formic acid (65%) were used against varroa mite, Varroa destructor infesting honey bee colonies. Results show that, formic acid and the highest concentration (100%) of tested essential oils caused effective control of...

Residual enzymatic activity in certain foods, particularly of polyphenoloxidase (PPO), is responsible for the majority of anthocyanin degradation in food systems, causing also parallel losses of other relevant nutrients. The present work explored the feasibility of modifying phenolic profiles of thyme extracts, by use of chromatographic resins, to obtain phenolic extracts capable of enhancing a...

BACKGROUND Several compounds obtained from plants have potential insecticidal, growth deterrent or repellent characteristics. The control of hard ticks by non-chemical substances was targeted in this study. METHODS The effect of 36 materials on in-vitro ticks was studied, including 2 absolute controls (water only or absolute ethyl alcohol only), 6 conventionally used spinosad preparations (aq...

Smart mobile devices are increasingly ubiquitous and are the primary source of usergenerated content, and current communication infrastructures are failing in keeping up with the rising demand for the avid sharing of such content. To alleviate this problem and fully harness the amount of resources currently available at the network edge, mobile edge paradigms started to emerge. Though, applicat...

The antimicrobial activity of essential oils extracted from a variety of aromatic plants, often used in the Portuguese gastronomy was studied in vitro by the agar diffusion method. The essential oils of thyme, oregano, rosemary, verbena, basil, peppermint, pennyroyal and mint were tested against Gram-positive (Listeria monocytogenes, Clostridium perfringens, Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aure...

This study was conducted to examine the effects of thyme extract and probiotic on biological growth promoters. Therefore blood thyroid hormones (T3 and T4) concentration and growth hormone (GH) gene expression were measured. 108 one-day-old Ross male broiler were randomly allocated in 3 experimental treatments including: controlunsupplemented (CTRL), birds supplemented with Zataria multiflora e...