A wide range of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) have been explored for their
essential oils in the past few decades. Essential oils are complex volatile compounds …

Nowadays, use of alternative and complementary therapies with mainstream medicine has
gained the momentum. Aromatherapy is one of the complementary therapies which use …

Essential oils are one of the most notorious natural products used for medical purposes.
Combined with their popular use in dermatology, their availability, and the development of …

Egyptian hieroglyphs, Chinese scrolls, and Ayurvedic literature record physicians
administering aromatic oils to their patients. Today society looks to science to document …

Since the middle ages, essential oils have been widely used for bactericidal, virucidal,
fungicidal, antiparasitical, insecticidal, medicinal and cosmetic applications, especially …

Complementary and alternative medicines such as tea tree (melaleuca) oil have become
increasingly popular in recent decades. This essential oil has been used for almost 100 …

Aromatic plants, also known as herbs and spices, have been used since antiquity as folk
medicine and as preservatives in foods. The best known aromatic plants, such as oregano …

Aims: To investigate the in vitro antifungal activity of the components of Melaleuca
alternifolia (tea tree) oil. Methods and Results: Activity was investigated by broth …

Essential oils are complex volatile compounds, naturally synthesized by various parts of the
plant during the secondary metabolism of plants. A wide range plants having the medicinal …

A number of papers reporting antimicrobial properties of extracts, essential oils, resins and
various classes of compounds isolated from higher plants have been published in recent …