Hori M, Kubo H, Shibato J, Saito T, Ogawa T, Wakamori M, Masuo Y, Shioda S, Rakwal R Genomics data, 2016 ABSTRACT: Lavender oil (LO) is a commonly used essential oil in aromatherapy as non-traditional medicine. With an aim to demonstrate LO effects on the body, we have recently established an animal model investigating the… Read more »
Chemical composition and in vitro evaluation of antioxidant, antimicrobial, cytotoxicity and anti-acetylcholinesterase properties of Tunisian Origanum majorana L. essential oil
Hajlaoui H, Mighri H, Aouni M, Gharsallah N, Kadri A Microbial pathogenesis, 2016 ABSTRACT: This study investigated the chemical composition and evaluated the antioxidant, antimicrobial, cytotoxic and anti-acetylcholinesterase properties of Tunisian Origanum majorana essential oil. The findings showed that the oil exhibited high activity, particularly in terms of reducing power and β-Carotene bleaching, inducing higher… Read more »
Vetiver grass: An environment clean-up tool for heavy metal contaminated iron ore mine-soil
Banerjee R, Goswami P, Khanindra P, Mukherjee A Ecological Engineering, 2016 ABSTRACT: Aims Vetiver grass – Chyrsopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty is a known plant tolerant to heavy metals and its use as an alternative method for rehabilitation of iron ore mine-soil has been investigated. Methods A pot experiment was performed over a period of three… Read more »
Biocidal activity of two essential oils on fungi that cause degradation of paper documents
Borrego S, Gomez De Saravia S, Valdes O, Vivar I, Battistoni P, Guiamet P International Journal of Conservation Science, 2016 ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to evaluate the biocidal activity of essential oils of Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. and L. M. Perry (nail) and Allium sativum L. (garlic) against different fungal species producing… Read more »
Essential oils from Apiaceae as valuable resources in neurological disorders: Foeniculi vulgare aetheroleum
Cioancaa O, Hancianua M, Mirceab C, Trifana A, Hritcuc L Industrial Crops and Products, 2016 ABSTRACT: Used as a spice and to improve the palatability of different meat and vegetable dishes, common fennel, Foeniculum vulgare Mill. (Apiaceae), was a traditional remedy for the relief of spasms and colic due to gas accumulation, to stimulate gastrointestinal… Read more »
On the ultrafast photo-induced dynamics of α-terpinene
Gao Y, Pemberton CC, Zhang Y, Weber PM The journal of chemical physics, 2016 ABSTRACT: The ultrafast relaxation pathway of α-terpinene was studied by photoionization-photoelectron spectroscopy for a range of excitation conditions. Time-resolved spectra were obtained upon optical excitation with ultrashort laser pulses at 5.56 eV, 4.96 eV, 4.76 eV, and 4.56 eV, followed by… Read more »
Effect of various essential oils isolated from Douglas fir needles upon sheep and deer rumen microbial activity
Oh HK, Sakai T, Jones MB, Longhurst WM Applied microbiology, 1967 ABSTRACT: The effects of essential oils isolated from Douglas fir needles on sheep and deer rumen microbial activity were tested by use of an anaerobic manometric technique. Rumen microorganisms were obtained from a sheep which had been fed mainly on alfalfa hay and dried… Read more »
Secondary plant metabolites in phytoremediation and biotransformation
Singer AC, Crowley DE, Thompson IP Trends in biotechnology, 2003 ABSTRACT: For millennia, secondary plant metabolites have antagonized microorganisms, insects and humans alike, ultimately generating a complex and dynamic mixture of facultative and obligate interactions from symbioses to pathogenicity. Secondary plant metabolites have an important role in developing the myriad of organic pollutant-degrading enzymes found… Read more »
Thymol, a constituent of thyme essential oil, is a positive allosteric modulator of human GABA(A) receptors and a homo-oligomeric GABA receptor from Drosophila melanogaster
Priestley CM, Williamson EM, Wafford KA, Sattelle DB British journal of pharmacology, 2003 ABSTRACT: The GABA-modulating and GABA-mimetic activities of the monoterpenoid thymol were explored on human GABAA and Drosophila melanogaster homomeric RDLac GABA receptors expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes, voltage-clamped at -60 mV. The site of action of thymol was also investigated. Thymol, 1-100… Read more »
Herbal bioactivation: the good, the bad and the ugly
Zhou S, Koh HL, Gao Y, Gong ZY, Lee EJ Life sciences, 2004 ABSTRACT: It has been well established that the formation of reactive metabolites of drugs is associated with drug toxicity. Similarly, there are accumulating data suggesting the role of the formation of reactive metabolites/intermediates through bioactivation in herbal toxicity and carcinogenicity. It has… Read more »