recently, real-time pcr in combination with pma has successfully been applied to discriminate between live escherichia coli o157:h7 and dead bacteria killed by cumin, clove, oregano and cinnamon eos. in this study, initial experiments were performed in order to elucidate the minimum bactericidal concentration of zataria multiflora eo on e. coli o157:h7, salmonella enterica and listeria monocyto...

Considering the high rates of global antimicrobial resistance, researchers are looking for new ways to deal with resistance. Therefore, this study is aimed at analyzing bioactive compounds and effects honey alcoholic extracts Zataria multiflora Black cardamom. The mixture (30%) (35%) cardamom as named F6 revealed antibacterial activity against three tested bacteria ( <math xmlns="http://www.w3....

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease with no definite treatment and more research is needed to overcome this condition. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the extract of Zataria multiflora (Z. multiflora) as a medicinal plant on cytokine genes expression in an experimental mouse model of asthma. Adult mice were randomly divided into the following groups: control (C), unt...

background one of the most common nasocomial bacteria is methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa). today, herbal extracts like zataria multiflora from the lamiaceae family are increasingly used. objectives in this study, the antibacterial effect of z. multiflora on 75 strains of was evaluated. materials and methods the strains of staphylococcus aureus were examined for isolation of st...

the object of this research was to find an alternative to fungicide for the prevention of postharvestfruits. therefore the effect of zataria multiflora essential oil on the quality of sultana grapes followingthe harvest was investigated. the essential oil was extracted by hydro-distillation and analyzed using acombination of gc and gc/ms. the results indicated a high percentage of anti-fungal c...