Applications of essential oils and plant extracts in different industries

P Bolouri, R Salami, S Kouhi, M Kordi, B Asgari Lajayer… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Essential oils (EOs) and plant extracts are sources of beneficial chemical compounds that
have potential applications in medicine, food, cosmetics, and the agriculture industry. Plant …

Antioxidant, antimicrobial and antiviral properties of herbal materials

S Parham, AZ Kharazi, HR Bakhsheshi-Rad, H Nur… - Antioxidants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Recently, increasing public concern about hygiene has been driving many studies to
investigate antimicrobial and antiviral agents. However, the use of any antimicrobial agents …

Microencapsulation of essential oils: A review

VI Sousa, JF Parente, JF Marques, MA Forte… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Essential oils (EOs) are complex mixtures of volatile compounds extracted from different
parts of plants by different methods. There is a large diversity of these natural substances …

Application of essential oils as preservatives in food systems: challenges and future prospectives–a review

QA Al-Maqtari, A Rehman, AA Mahdi, W Al-Ansi… - Phytochemistry …, 2021 - Springer
The production of safe foods with little or no artificial preservatives is one of the foremost
leading challenges for food manufacturing industries because synthetic antimicrobial agents …

[HTML][HTML] Plants of Genus Mentha: From Farm to Food Factory

B Salehi, Z Stojanović-Radić, J Matejić, F Sharopov… - Plants, 2018 - mdpi.com
Genus Mentha, a member of Lamiaceae family, encompasses a series of species used on
an industrial scale and with a well-described and developed culture process. Extracts of this …

Prospective of Essential Oils of the Genus Mentha as Biopesticides: A Review

P Singh, AK Pandey - Frontiers in plant science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Mentha is a genus from the family Lamiaceae, whose essential oils has long been used in
various forms such as in management of plant pathogens and insect pests, in traditional …

Wild edible plants: Nutritional and toxicological characteristics, retrieval strategies and importance for today's society

J Pinela, AM Carvalho, ICFR Ferreira - Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2017 - Elsevier
Wild edible plants (WEPs) are part of the cultural and genetic heritage of different regions of
the world. In times of famine and scarcity, these sources of nutrients and health-promoting …

Mentha pulegium as a source of green synthesis of nanoparticles with antibacterial, antifungal, anticancer, and antioxidant applications

AS Dousari, SS Hosseininasab, MR Akbarizadeh… - Scientia …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology is continually develo**, and considering the large amount that is
produced today and the variety of their applications, nanoparticles occupy an essential …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical composition and biological activities of Mentha species

F Brahmi, M Khodir, C Mohamed… - Aromatic and medicinal …, 2017 - intechopen.com
Abstract The genus Mentha L.(Lamiaceae) is distributed all over the world and can be found
in many environments. Mentha species, one of the world's oldest and most popular herbs …