Biological activities of essential oils: From plant chemoecology to traditional healing systems

J Sharifi-Rad, A Sureda, GC Tenore, M Daglia… - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
Essential oils are complex mixtures of hydrocarbons and their oxygenated derivatives
arising from two different isoprenoid pathways. Essential oils are produced by glandular …

Gene sets and mechanisms of sulfate-reducing bacteria biofilm formation and quorum sensing with impact on corrosion

AK Tripathi, P Thakur, P Saxena, S Rauniyar… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) have a unique ability to respire under anaerobic conditions
using sulfate as a terminal electron acceptor, reducing it to hydrogen sulfide. SRB thrives in …

Antimicrobial Activity and Possible Mechanism of Action of Citral against Cronobacter sakazakii

C Shi, K Song, X Zhang, Y Sun, Y Sui, Y Chen, Z Jia… - Plos one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Citral is a flavor component that is commonly used in food, beverage and fragrance
industries. Cronobacter sakazakii is a food-borne pathogen associated with severe illness …

Review on the chemical composition of Litsea cubeba essential oils and the bioactivity of its major constituents citral and limonene

J Thielmann, P Muranyi - Journal of essential oil research, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
There are two chemotypes of Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Pers.(fam. Lauraceae) essential oils
(EOs), either dominated by citral and limonene or by citronellal. L. cubeba EOs exhibits …

Green approach towards corrosion inhibition of carbon steel in produced oilfield water using lemongrass extract

MA Deyab, MM Osman, AE Elkholy, FET Heakal - RSC advances, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The anti-corrosion action of lemongrass (cymbopogon citratus) extract (LGE) was evaluated
for carbon steel in produced oilfield water using weight loss method and electrochemical …

Microbiologically influenced corrosion: a concern for oil and gas sector in Africa

IIN Etim, DI Njoku, PC Uzoma, SK Kolawole… - Chemistry Africa, 2023 - Springer
Corrosion and corrosion-related studies in energy production facilities and installations are
underreported in Africa, and the existence of microbiologically-influenced corrosion (MIC) is …

Lemon grass essential oil does not modulate cancer cells multidrug resistance by citral—its dominant and strongly antimicrobial compound

J Viktorová, M Stupák, K Řehořová, S Dobiasová… - Foods, 2020 - mdpi.com
With strong antimicrobial properties, citral has been repeatedly reported to be the dominant
component of lemongrass essential oil. Here, we report on a comparison of the antimicrobial …

Application of essential oils as green corrosion inhibitors

SMZ Hossain, SA Razzak, MM Hossain - Arabian Journal for Science and …, 2020 - Springer
This review reports the application of essential oils (EOs) as a green corrosion/biocorrosion
inhibitor. The topics discussed are:(i) sources and composition of EOs,(ii) adsorption …

Antimicrobial activity and virulence attenuation of citral against the fish pathogen Vibrio alginolyticus

H Liu, Y Wang, J Cao, H Jiang, J Yao, G Gong, X Chen… - Aquaculture, 2020 - Elsevier
Vibrio alginolyticus is an important fish pathogen causing pandemic diseases in marine
animals and brings about severe economic losses in aquaculture all over the world. The …

Spectral characterization, antioxidant, antimicrobial, cytotoxic, and cyclooxygenase inhibitory activities of Aloysia citriodora essential oils collected from two …

N Jaradat, M Hawash, MN Abualhasan, M Qadi… - … medicine and therapies, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Aloysia citriodora Palau (AC) is commonly known as Lemon Verbena
and has been utilized as a medicinal tea in folkloric medicine for the treatment of abdominal …