herbal water is referred to the liquid obtained from the distillation of medicinal plants. different parts of plants, such as flowers, fruits, leaves, seeds and roots have long been used to produce herbal waters. herbal waters are used as dietary supplements and alternative medicine and are commonly used for flavoring in baking. previous studies focused on the non-volatile constituents of herbs...

pomegranate juice (pj) and its products are directly used in foods due to their pleasant taste and palatability as well as preservative effects. in spite of useful effects of essential oils such as zataria multiflora boiss essential oil (zeo) on prolonging shelf-life of foods, their application is restricted due to their vigorous taste and aroma. in the present study, physicochemical characteri...

The objective of this study was to evaluate total phenolic content and antioxidant activity of leaf and different parts of fruit (hull, shell, and kernel) of Bene in Ilam province. Total phenolic content was determined with the Folin- Ciocalteu Reagent (FCR); antioxidant activity of methanolic extracts were examined by DPPH (2,2diphenyl- 1- picrylhydrazyl), FRAP (ferric reducing antioxidant pow...