This study aimed to determine the repellent and insecticidal activity of four essential oils (EOs) from plants collected in the Chocó rain forest, Colombia, against T. castaneum . Conventional hydrodistillation was used to obtain the EOs. The repellent and insecticidal activitie...
Thechemical composition, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of the essential oil from aerial parts (leaves and flowers) of Chuquiraga arcuataHarling grown in the Ecuadorian Andes were studied. One hundred and twenty-six compounds were identified in the essential oil...
Antioxidantes/química,
Antioxidantes/farmacología,
Extractos Vegetales/química,
Extractos Vegetales/farmacología,
Aceites Volátiles/química,
Aceites Volátiles/farmacología,
Asteraceae/química,
Hojas de la Planta/química,
Ecuador,
Antiinfecciosos/química,
Antiinfecciosos/farmacología,
Monoterpenos/análisis,
Hidrocarburos/análisis,
Cromatografía de Gases,
Bacterias/efectos de los fármacos
The aim of this study was to optimize by response surface design, the extraction of the leaf
essential oil (EO) from
Minthostachys mollis
[HBK] Griseb., grown in Ecuador, using steam distillation.
The factors used were extraction time (XTIE) of 60, 105 and 150 min and plan...
Bovine mastitis is a disease wi
th far
-
reaching consequences for the dairy industry.
Staphylococcus aureus
is a pathogen that is especially resistant to antibiotics. The objective of this study
was to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of the essential oils
Lippia citriodora
(...
Staphylococcus aureus/aislamiento & purificación,
Mastitis Bovina/microbiología,
Pruebas de Sensibilidad Microbiana,
Aceites Volátiles/farmacología,
Farmacorresistencia Microbiana,
Staphylococcus aureus/efectos de los fármacos,
Colombia,
Antibacterianos/farmacología,
Lippia/química,
Thymus (Planta),
Aceites Volátiles/química,
Antibacterianos/química
Although numerous studies have demonstrated the biomedical potential of
Myrtus communis
L., (Myrtaceae) data on myrt
le from Montenegro are scarce. T
o evaluate antioxidant, antimutagenic and
antibacterial activity of myrtle methanolic extracts.
Antioxidant activity was evaluated by measur...
Myrtus/química,
Extractos Vegetales/farmacología,
Antioxidantes/farmacología,
Antibacterianos/farmacología,
Antimutagênicos/farmacología,
Montenegro,
Aceites Volátiles/farmacología,
Extractos Vegetales/química,
Aceites Volátiles/química,
Fenoles/análisis,
Flavonoides/análisis,
Bacterias/efectos de los fármacos
The chemical constituents and antimic
robial activity of the essential oil isolated from the
rhizomes of
Alpinia menghaiensis
S.Q. Tong & Y.M. Xia in S.Q. Tong from Vietnam was studied and
reported. The techniques of gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography cou...
Alpinia/química,
Aceites Volátiles/química,
Aceites Volátiles/farmacología,
Antibacterianos/farmacología,
Antibacterianos/química,
Cromatografía de Gases y Espectrometría de Masas,
Pruebas de Sensibilidad Microbiana,
Bacterias Gramnegativas/efectos de los fármacos,
Bacterias Grampositivas/efectos de los fármacos,
Monoterpenos/análisis,
Sesquiterpenos/análisis,
Vietnam
Abstract This study evaluated the effect of the volatile oil of Alpinia zerumbet (VOAz) on caveolin-1 gene expression and muscular fibrosis. The rats were immobilized to induce fibrosis of the gastrocnemius muscle, and they were treated with VOAz. Collagen quality was assessed by histology and the expres...
Alpinia/química,
Brasil,
Caveolina 1/metabolismo,
Colágeno/metabolismo,
Modelos Animales de Enfermedad,
Fibrosis,
Músculos/efectos de los fármacos,
Músculos/patología,
Aceites Volátiles/farmacología,
Aceites de Plantas/farmacología,
Ratas Wistar
Bauhinia
genus comprises 300 diferent species distributed in tropical and subtropical forests.
Infusions of some species have been frequently used in folk medicine to treat several ailments, especially
diabetes. S
tudies are focused on the extracts and little is reported about their esse...
The lack of effective conventional therapie
s against dengue has created an interest in herbal
preparations as alternative therapies. In the present study,
in vitro
effects of
Cordia curassavica
essential
oil (EO) on both dengue virus replication and cytokine production were e...
Cordia/química,
Aceites Volátiles/farmacología,
Replicación Viral/efectos de los fármacos,
Virus del Dengue/efectos de los fármacos,
Citocinas,
Técnicas In Vitro,
Medicamento Fitoterápico,
Aceites Volátiles/química,
Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática,
Cromatografía de Gases y Espectrometría de Masas,
Terpenos/análisis
Limonene is the main component of citrus essential oils, and can reach a concentration of up to 96%. Popularly known for its potential therapeutic effects on the body, among these we point out its broad antimicrobial activity against various types of pathogens. Therefore, the purpose of t...
