Culinary herbs and spices have been used as both food flavoring and food preservative
agents for centuries. Moreover, due to their known and presumptive health benefits, herbs …

Spices, like vegetables, fruit, and medicinal herbs, are known to possess a variety of
antioxidant effects and other biological activities. Phenolic compounds in these plant …

BACKGROUND There is a growing interest in industry to replace synthetic chemicals by
natural products with bioactive properties. Aromatic plants are excellent sources of bioactive …

Oregano essential oils obtained from the genera Origanum, Thymus, Coridothymus,
Thymbra, Satureja and Lippia are rich in carvacrol, a monoterpenic phenol isomeric with …

Abstract α-Terpineol (CAS No. 98-55-5) is a tertiary monoterpenoid alcohol widely and
commonly used in the flavors and fragrances industry for its sensory properties. It is present …

Antioxidant properties have been attributed to the essential oils but a great diversity of
results has been reported, mainly attributed to the chemical composition of the essential oils …

In this article, we present a review work on different nutraceuticals found in natural matrices
together with the analytical techniques used to identify and/or quantify them with special …

During the last few years the scientific community has shown a considerable interest in the
study of plant materials as sources of new compounds to be processed into antimicrobial …

This study aimed to characterize the in vitro antioxidant and antibacterial properties of
oregano (Origanum vulgare) essential oil, as well as its chemical composition. To our best …

Origanum species are mostly distributed around the Mediterranean, Euro‐Siberian, and Iran‐
Siberian regions. Since time immemorial, the genus has popularly been used in Southern …