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 …

A large number of herb-drying studies have been conducted in recent decades and several
herb-drying techniques have been introduced. However, the quality of commercial dried …

Thymol is a naturally occurring phenol monoterpene derivative of cymene and isomer of
carvacrol. Thymol (10–64%) is one of the major constituent of essential oils of thyme …

Essential oils of oregano are widely recognized for their antimicrobial activity, as well as
their antiviral and antifungal properties. Nevertheless, recent investigations have …

Background Thymol and carvacrol as natural essential oils and phenol compounds are
components derived from some medicinal plants, such as thyme and oregano species …

The thymol molecule is a food additive, used to boost the growth, production and feed
efficiency via improving the digestive secretion and activating the structure and function of …

Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) was combined with oregano essential oil
nanoemulsion (ORNE) at concentrations of 0–7.5%(v/v) to produce active composite films …

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 …

Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a deterioration of brain function in patients suffering from
chronic liver disease, cirrhosis as a result of elevated blood ammonia and the production of …

Drying is considered as the most common and fundamental technique for the postharvest
preservation of herbs and is regarded as a good process to retain bioactive compounds …