Abstract: It was observed that ‘instructions for the authors’ were not strictly followed in some of the manuscripts submitted in the last two years. It was also seen that some manuscripts were carelessly drafted. It was a matter of a great concern that even after bringing the discrepancies to the notice of authors; the revisions were not properly done. Significant time of the Reviewers, Editors and

Abstract Current study was formulated to analyze the chemical composition, pharmacological activities, and toxicology study of Chromolaena odorata aerial part essential oil (COEO) grown in North East India. Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectroscopy was used for chemical composition analysis. The antioxidative potential was tested using DPPH and reducing power assays. Protein denaturation and protease inhibitor

Abstract Hypericum perforatum is a useful plant because of its biological features, such as bactericidal, virucidal, and fungicidal effects. Elimination of periodontal pathogens, including Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and Porphyromonas gingivalis, from the oral environment, is important for the stability of periodontal health. Therefore, we aimed to determine the antimicrobial activity of

Abstract The present study aimed to evaluate the chemical analysis and antimicrobial effects of the Thamnobryum alopecurum (Hedw.) Gangulee essential oils were obtained by different distillation methods (Clevenger apparatus hydrodistillation (HD) and microwave-assisted hydrodistillation (MD)). In this study obtained volatile oils were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry which revealed

Abstract Artemisia fragrans is an aromatic and perennial herb with green silver leaves and yellow flowers, widely distributed in Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia and Turkey. The plant and its essential oil (EO) are used in traditional medicine and have economic value. In this study, the composition, antibacterial and antioxidant activities of 16 A. fragrans essential oil samples collected from different habitats

Abstract Essential oils (EOs) are widely used in products related to human health. Thus, providing an optimum storage condition to preserve their quality and stability is very important. The effects of various duration and storage conditions on lavandin (Lavandula × intermedia L.) EO was investigated as used the raw material of aromatherapy and health products. The watery and dehydrated samples were

Abstract An experiment was conducted at the Indian Institute of Spices Research, Regional Station, Madikeri, Karnataka, to study physiology, yield and quality responses of six small cardamoms [Elettaria car- damomum (L.) Maton] genotypes (Appangala-1, PV-1, ICRI-2, FGB-34, PV-2 and Green Gold) selected from three ecotypes (Malabar, Mysore and Vazhukka) during 2018-2019. The experiment was designed

Abstract Aegle marmelos Corr. (Rutaceae) is reported to have a wide range of biological activities and the leaves of this plant are used as a brain tonic traditionally in India. In this study, the psychoneuropharmacological activities of essential oil obtained from the leaves of Aegle marmelos were investigated for the first time and the possible mechanistic pathway involved in these activities was

Abstract The aim of this study was to analyze the essential oils of Myrtus communis L.from the south of Turkey by the GC/MS method and to demonstrate its proapoptotic effects on A549 cells. A549 cells were used as cell lines in the study. Cells were treated for 24 hours with a different concentration of the essential oil (from 200 to 31.25 μg/ml). Non-toxic concentrations of essential oils of MC were

Abstract This work represents the first report on the chemical composition, antioxidant, and antifungal activity of Cladanthus eriolepis essential oil. The GC/MS analysis of different parts of C. eriolepis (whole plant, leaves, and flowers) revealed sixty components representing 83.3 to 90.9 % of C. eriolepis essential oils. The major constituents of C. eriolepis whole plant essential oil, were α-pinene

Abstract Variations in the antidermatophytic activity of Cymbopogon martinii was determined in different temperature and storage periods. The essential oil of C. martinii was obtained by hydrodistillation methods and stored in airtight amber bottles in three different temperature conditions. Longevity testing will be performed after each fourth month of storage against selected fungi for up to two

Abstract This study investigated the effect of seasonal variation on the chemical composition, antioxidant and antidiabetic activities of essential oil from leaves of Eucalyptus globulus. Pulverized leaves (500 g) of E. globulus from dry and rainy season harvests afforded 0.54 and 0.43 % (w/w) of essential oils respectively when subjected to hydrodistillation. GC and GC/MS analyses revealed the presence

Abstract Essential oil of five varieties of ajwain was extracted and their constituents were analyzed by GC-MS. All the varieties showed a significant difference in essential oil content which ranged from 4.17 % in variety Ajmer Ajwain-1 to 5.17 % in Local cultivar. In all the varieties five major compounds including thymol, cymene, γ-terpinene, α-pinene, and β-pinene were detected. Thymol was the

Abstract The chemical constituents of hydrodistilled essential oils from the leaves of Litsea umbellata (Lour.) Merr. and Litsea iteodaphne (Ness) Hook. f. growing wild in central Vietnam and mosquito larvicidal activity of these oils against laboratory-reared larvae of Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes albopictus were in- vestigated. The major constituents mostly terpenes (percentage abundance, respectively)

Abstract Common environmental stimuli detected by living things include light, temperature and a variety of chemical signals some of which are closely related to physical-mechanical stimuli. Sound is one of the physical signals affecting plant life and the mechanism whereby plants perceive and react to sound stimuli is not currently well known. Sound waves and therefore sonication, are a form of abiotic

Abstract Leaves of Afraegle paniculata were collected from southwestern Nigeria and hydrodistilled to give an essential oil in 0.56 % yield. The essential oil was analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and was dominated by sesquiterpenoids. The major components in the leaf essential oil were α-copaene (20.1 %), (E)-caryophyllene (15.8 %), δ-cadinene (17.7 %) and caryophyllene oxide (18.4

Abstract: Volatiles from aerial parts of Koelreuteria paniculata Laxm. have been isolated by hydro-distillation for the first time and they were identified by GC/MS analysis. The yield of essential oils was 0.035 %, 0.021 %, 0.018 %, 0.011 % in the flower buds, flowers, leaves and stem bark, respectively. The main essential oil constituents of the flower buds (over 3.0 %) were eleven: linoleic acid

Abstract: To investigate the effect of different levels of drought stress, zinc and salicylic acid spray on yield and essential oil components of fennel, an experiment was conducted in two years 2018 and 2019 as split-plot factorial based on randomized complete block design with three replications at the research farm of Ivan city in Ilam province. The main factor consisted of irrigation regimes at

Abstract The present study was carried out to investigate the essential oil yield and chemical composition of essential oils from the fruits of Ferulago cassia Boiss. The fruits of F. cassia, a native plant of Turkish flora, were collected at the seed maturing stage from different localities and the essential oils were extracted by hydrodistillation. Chemical components of the oils were identified

Abstract: Citrus fruits are cultivated and used as fresh fruits or for the production of juices Worldwide. These fruits are of great interest as raw materials for pharmaceutical, cosmetics and food industries due to their aromatic properties. Residues of the production of citrus juice, such as peels, membranes and seeds, possess a large variety of phytochemicals. In this study, it was aimed to prepare

Abstract: Ruta chalepensis L. (Rutaceae) is an aromatic herb used in traditional medicine in Jordan and many countries. The main aims of this study are to isolate and identify the components of the essential oil from the aerial parts of R. chalepensis. Determination of the total phenolic and flavonoid contents, in addition to the in vitro assessment of antioxidant capacity as well as the cytotoxic

Abstract: Lavandula rejdalii Upson & Jury (L. rejdalii) is a Moroccan endemic plant, known for its medicinal and aromatic properties. However, little is known about its phytochemicals. In this work, L. rejdalii was investigated for its essential oil (LREO) yield and chemical composition determined by gas chromatogra- phy (GC/FID) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Our results revealed

Abstract: The essential oil obtained by hydro-distillation of leaves of Ocimum basilicum (basil essential oil) was analyzed for its potential to manage the Alternaria alternata causal agent of Alternaria rot of tomato, in vitro and in vivo. Further, the chemical composition of the extracted basil oil was analyzed by the GC/MS. A total of 20 chemical compounds were identified in the hydro-distilled

Abstract Changes of Valencia orange essential oils were evaluated under different agricultural locations (north, west and south) in Egypt. Essential oils of leaves, flowers and peels that were collected from different locations were isolated by hydro-distillation and analyzed by GC/MS. Leaf and peel samples that were collected from the south location resulted in the maximum contents ( % and ml/ 250

Abstract: The essential oils extracted from different organs of Pinus halepensis were analyzed by GC-FID and GC-MS and evaluated for their antioxidant and anti-acetylcholinesterase and anti-butyrylcholinesterase activities. The composition and biological activities of essential oils extracted from immature cones, juvenile needles and male inflorescences were analyzed for the first time. The common

Abstract: The dry aerial part of Rosmarinus officinalis, collected from Djebel Belkfif (Tébessa, North- Eastern, Algeria), were hydrodistilled in a Clevenger type apparatus and analyzed by GC and GC-MS. The larvicidal activity of the R. officinalis essential oil (EO) against the fourth instar larvae of Culex pipiens L. was determined after 24 hours of exposure according to the World Health Organization

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Abstract The traditional extraction of essential oils exposes plant material to high temperatures for hours, which may lead to the production of artifacts, even originating unpleasant odors and loss of quality. In addition, this procedure is energy-consuming, which makes it an expensive method. The present work has been focused on a method that combines hydrodistillation and subsequent extraction with

Abstract The present study aimed at evaluating the antibacterial activity of essential oils (EOs) obtained from the leaves of two Iryanthera ulei individuals, popularly known as ucuubarana. The EOs were obtained by hydrodistillation made with leaves collected for 15 times from the same individual trees, resulting in two sets named 10EO and 15EO. Yields showed a seasonal variation to individual #10

Abstract This present study is a contribution to the phytochemical and biological valorization of essential oils and extracts of Ruta montana L., collected in the Boulemane region. The essential oils extracted by hydrodistillation yielded 1.60± 0.08 % and their analysis by GC/MS made it possible to identify thirty-two components with the dominance of 2-undecanone (82.62 %), 2-undecanol (2.87 %) and

Abstract Chemical profiles of essential oils hydrodistilled from whole plants of Senecio glaucus ssp. coronopifolius (Maire) Alexander and aerial parts of Ridolfia segetum (L.) Moris growing in Morocco were determined using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). The analysis identified 84 compounds in the oil isolated from S. glaucus ssp. coronopifolius and 61 constituents in R. segetum oil

Abstract Etlingera sayapensis belongs to Zingiberaceae family. This research tried to evaluate the chemical composition and bioactivity of E. sayapensis fruits essential oil (ESFO) and its methanolic extract (ES-FM). The essential oil was obtained using a Clevenger-type apparatus. ESFO composition was identified by chromatographic-based methods (GC/FID and GC/MS). The evaluation of the bioactivity

Abstract Essential oil (EO) of Volkamer lemon can be used in food, pharmaceutical and perfumery products. Nicotinic acid (NA) has a physiological role in EO biosynthesis. This study aimed to evaluate the EO isolated from leaves, peels and flowers of Volkamer lemon in response to NA treatments. Volkamer lemon trees were subjected to different doses of NA (0, 20 and 40 mg/l). The EO of leaves, peels

Abstract Kumquat and calamansi are two exotic citrus fruits that are integral in Asian cuisine. While they possess excellent flavour profiles and potential health benefits, they have not been as extensively studied as other citrus fruits. In this study, the peel oil extracts of four kumquats (Jindou, Youpi, Huapi and Suichuan) and two calamansis (the Philippines and Indonesia) were analysed using gas

Abstract The use of a mixed-salt substrate (sodium chloride-choline bromide-1-ethyl-1-methyl-pyrrolidinium bromide; molar ratio: 1:1:1) has been proposed for hydrodistillation of essential oils. Tree peony ‘Taiping Hong’ (Paeoniaceae), a cultivated essential oil-bearing plant, was investigated. After using the salt substrate, distillation time decreased from 140 to 40 min, essential oil yield increased

Abstract Essential oils (EOs) have become a promising alternative to antibiotic use in animal breeding because of their biological properties. Citrus EOs, a by-product of citrus processing industries, could be a feasible alternative due to their vast production worldwide. Encapsulation techniques, such as microencapsulation, could enable EO application in animal feed, preserving EO bioactivity. This

Abstract The essential oil was isolated from the fruit peels of eight Rutaceae genotypes of South India by utilizing the cold pressing method and has been analyzed through GC/MS. Altogether, 28 chemical constituents were detected and grouped into seven categories based on the presence of functional groups. Among all the groups, monoterpene hydrocarbons constituted the most dominant group ranging from

Abstract Mentha × Piperita L. or peppermint belonging to the family Lamiaceae (mint) is an important herb and useful in pharmaceutical, medicinal and cosmetic industries. In this study, the interactive effects of the foliar application of chitosan and inoculation of the rhizomes of peppermint seedlings with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on growth and of the contents of menthol and balance of menthol/menthone

Abstract For the first time, the chemical constituents of two essential oils extracted by hydrodistillation from Drimia maritima flowers and bulbs were identified using analytical GC-MS analysis. Eugenol (41.23 %) and carvacrol (27.29 %) were the most abundant compounds in bulbs while the major components in flowers were p-vinylguaicol (14.33 %), eugenol (8.49 %) and carvacrol (7.51 %). The antioxidant

Abstract Lantana camara Linn., a noxious weed found in most places of the world has many potential aspects and has been used as folk medicines to cure several diseases. It is reported to possess antimicrobial, antioxidant, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, antiurolithiatic, wound healing, antifertility and cytotoxic activities. The plant leaf essential oil in the present study was obtained by hydrodistillation

Abstract The present study has been designed to evaluate the phytochemical quality and quantity of the essential oil (EO) extracted from Cladanthus eriolepis originated in Southern Moroccan oases and to examine its antimicrobial potential by the use of poison-food (PF) and volatile activity (VA) tests against four bacterial and five fungal agricultural pathogens. The analysis of the EO showed that

Abstract Stachys schtschegleevii Sosn is an endemic medicinal plant that belongs to the Lamiaceae family and is mainly grown in the Northwestern parts of Iran. This plant contains essential oils that are medicinally valuable with very few available information on them. In this study, the aerial parts of S. schtschegleevii were collected at different plant growth stages (Vegetative, flowering, seed

Abstract This study was designed to examine the chemical composition and in vitro antifungal activity of hydrodistillation essential oil from the aerial parts of Thymus vulgaris. The chemical compounds were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The oil analysis resulted in the identification of 45 compounds representing 96.75% of the oil. Thymol (36.81 %) and ρ-cymene (30.90 %) were the main components of the

Abstract Laurus nobilis L. is a dioecious species that have separate female and male plants. The Aegean region of Turkey is a common place for laurel where it is cultivated for industrial purposes and wildly grown. In this study, we aimed to determine the gender-specific properties of laurel leaf and flower essential oils by means of chemical compositions and biological activities. In both genders

Abstract Pituranthos tortuosus has multi-local traditional applications, production of aroma, in culinary processes, killing insects and as a remedy for diabetes, infectious diseases, dyspepsia, inflammation, fever and hepatitis. The essential oil antioxidant quality and composition of the dried aerial part of P. tortuosus collected at two successive seasons (spring and summer) were investigated. Essential

Abstract Volatile compounds present in green plants exert a certain influence on the atmospheric environment, air quality and human physical and mental health. To provide valuable information for further studies and the improvement of the human environment, a comparative investigation of the volatile compounds and bioactive compounds present in typical coniferous and broad-leaved tree species was conducted

Abstract This research aimed to investigate the effect of different extraction methods and chemical composition of the essential oil (EO) and solid-phase microextraction (SPME) from Campanula latifolia L. sub-sp. latifolia which is native to Turkey, with different medicinal properties. Phenolic components, antioxidant and enzyme inhibitory effects of essential oil (EO), n-hexane, acetonitrile, methanol

Abstract Amomum velutinum X.E.Ye, Škornièk. & N.H.Xia (local name: Sa nhân lông hung) has been used in ethnomedicine for the amelioration of fever, rheumatism and microbial infections among others. In this study, the chemical constituents and antimicrobial activity of essential oils from the leaf, pseudo-stem and rhizome of A. velutinum were described. The study includes hydrodistillation of essential

Abstract Thymbra spicata L. (Mediterranean thyme) belonging to the family Lamiaceae, is an important medicinal and aromatic plant. The effects of the foliar applications including control and salicylic acid (2.5 and 5.0 mM) and chitosan (0.5 and 1.0 g/L) under different soil moisture condition on the chemical compositions and yield of essential oil from T. spicata L. were investigated. The essential

Abstract This study was performed to investigate the chemical composition of essential oil in the leaves of Eucalyptus globulus from the Saïda region, southwest Algeria, as this has not been investigated to date. We investigated the essential oil composition through gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. The extraction of essential oil by hydrodistillation provided a yield of 2.64 %. A

Abstract Essential oils of three Lebanese Rose species (Rosa corymbifera Borkh., Rosa Phoenicia Boiss. and Rosa damascena Mill.) were investigated, to assess their bioactive components after hydrodistillation, using a Clevenger-type apparatus. A GC/MS analysis of the oil content of Rose species led to the identification of 22, 46 and 30 components in each of R. damascena, R. corymbifera and R. Phoenicia

Abstract The purpose of this study is to determine the chemical profile of the essential oils extracted from South African grown Citrus sinensis (L.) osbeck leaf and peels (fresh and dried) using gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and evaluate the essential oils anti-inflammatory potential. The analysis gave forty and fifty-four compounds accounting for 91.5 %

Abstract The essential oil of Egyptian Cyperus rotundus rhizomes was obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC/MS. The oil is composed mainly of oxygenated sesquiterpenes. Thirty-seven compounds were identified including, humulene epoxide (38.43 %) and caryophyllene oxide (21.03 %) as major components. Correlations between different C. rotundus essential oils from Egypt and other regions were

Abstract Cymbopogon flexuous of the family Poaceae is a highly valued grass known throughout the world for its aromatic properties. The objective of the study is to identify novel myrcene and methyl iso-eugenol rich essential oil variety of lemongrass. Myrcene is an earthy, spicy, clove fragrance commonly used in the culinary and perfume industry while methyl iso-eugenol has a typical sweet-warm, spicy-

Abstract The chemical constituents and antimicrobial activity of hydro distilled essential oil from the stem of Magnolia coco (Lour.) DC. were reported. The constituents of the essential oil were determined using gas chromatography-flame ionization detector (GC-FID) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) while the antimicrobial action was evaluated by using microdilution broth susceptibility

Abstract Murraya microphylla (Merr.) Swingle is a perennial bush distributed in southern China. In this study, we investigated the chemical composition of M. microphylla essential oil and evaluated its fungi- cidal activity against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz. & Sacc. Moreover, we isolated the bioactive components of the essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation. A total of 30 components

Abstract The effect of drying processing was investigated in wild marigold (Tagetes minuta L.) in the western Himalayas. Experiment on three drying methods (shade, sun, and oven) and seven post-harvest drying time (0, 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, and 72 h) were studied under a completely randomized design. The essential oil (EO) was obtained by hydrodistillation and was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The moisture

Abstract In this study, the antibiofilm activity of essential oil compounds eugenol and thymol alone and in combination with fluconazole and vancomycin against Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus pre-formed mixed biofilms was investigated. Strong biofilm forming strains of C. albicans (CAJ-01 and CAJ-12) and S. aureus MTCC3160 were selected for this study. Sessile minimum inhibitory concentration

Abstract Salvia is the largest genus of the Lamiaceae family, representing approximately 1000 species and possessing a high rate of endemism all over the world. S. candidissima Vahl. ssp. occidentalis is a herbaceous perennial native throughout Turkey. This study aimed to estimate the phytochemical composition of S. candidissima Vahl. ssp. occidentalis. The main constituents were sclareol (35.24 %)