Spice plants have a great influence on world history. For centuries, different civilizations
have used them to condiment the foods of kings and nobles and applied them as embalming …

Medicinal plants and their derived compounds have drawn the attention of researchers due
to their considerable impact on human health. Among medicinal plants, mint (Mentha …

Ethnopharmacology relevance Mentha spicata L.(Lamiaceae), commonly called Spearmint,
is wildly cultivated worldwide for its remarkable aroma and commercial value. In addition to …

Highlights What are the main findings? The essential oils from cinnamon, thyme, clove and
their main components, eugenol and thymol, exhibited the highest antioxidant activity in the …

Mouthwashes are a very popular additional oral hygiene element and there are plenty of
individual products, whose compositions are in a state of flux. The aim of our study was to …

Terpenes and terpenoids are the largest groups of plant secondary metabolites. However,
unlike polyphenols, they are rarely associated with geroprotective properties. Here we …

The year 2020 became the year of the outbreak of coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, which
escalated into a worldwide pandemic and continued into 2021. One of the unique symptoms …

In the present study, the yield, the chemical composition, and the antioxidant activities of the
essential oils (EOs) of eight medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) cultivated under two …

Objective: This review describes the antioxidant activity of flavonoids as a subgroup of
polyphenols and a partial or entire substitute for synthetic antioxidants. Materials and …

Essential oils (EOs) are a class of natural products that exhibit potent antimicrobial
properties against a broad spectrum of bacteria. Inhibition diameters (IDs) and minimum …