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Lemongrass (Cymbopogon Flexuosus Steud.) wats treated textile: A control measure against vector-borne diseases

Latika Bhatt, Ravindra D. Kale • Heliyon (2019)

Mosquito-borne diseases are one of the major threats to human health. The long-term use of synthetic repellents has made mosquitoes resistant to them leading to search for novel methods of mosquito control. In the present study, we have dev...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02842

Pollination and Essential Oil Production of <i>Lavandula angustifolia</i> Mill. (Lamiaceae)

Riley B. Jackson, Tyler M. Wilson, Joseph S. Wilson, Zabrina Ruggles et al. • International Journal of Plant Biology (2025)

Lavandula angustifolia Mill., lavender, is an aromatic plant in the Lamiaceae family. Lavender, which is native to the Mediterranean region but cultivated throughout the world, is an important economic plant. Several studies have investigat...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/ijpb16030072

In Silico and In Vitro Evaluation of the Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Potential of <i>Mentha</i> × <i>smithiana</i> R. GRAHAM Essential Oil from Western Romania

Călin Jianu, Daniela Stoin, Ileana Cocan, Ioan David et al. • Foods (2021)

This study was conducted to identify the volatile compounds of Mentha × smithiana essential oil (MSEO) and evaluate its antioxidant and antibacterial potential. The essential oil (EO) content was assessed by gas chromatography–mass spectrom...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/foods10040815

Formulation, characterization, and valorization of the antioxidant, antibiofilm, and anti-adhesion potentials of a clove essential oil nanoemulsion

Enis Ben Bnina, Jihen Missaoui, Mohamed Firas Gannouni, Lotfi Achour et al. • OpenNano (2026)

Food safety and control are fundamental public health issues that maintain consumer confidence and protection. This design (management) requires monitoring production, processing, and conservation processes while limiting microbiological, c...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.onano.2026.100286

A nanotechnology-based approach to enhance caraway (Carum carvi L.) productivity, chemical, biochemical and essential oil under salinity stress

El-Sayed Mohamed El-Mahrouk, Amira Mohamed Tayaa, Mohamed Kadry Gaber, Ekramy Abdel-Moatamed Atef et al. • Frontiers in Plant Science (2026)

Salt stress is an abiotic stressor that adversely affects the growth and productivity of caraway, an important aromatic plant. A randomized complete split-plot design was used to determine the nanoparticles of zinc oxide (ZnO NPs) effects a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2026.1814332

Chemical composition, antioxidant and antimicrobial potential of essential oils from different parts of Daphne mucronata Royle

Iqra Ashraf, Muhammad Zubair, Komal Rizwan, Nasir Rasool et al. • Chemistry Central Journal (2018)

Abstract This research work was executed to determine chemical composition, anti-oxidant and anti-microbial potential of the essential oils extracted from the leaves and stem of Daphne mucronata Royle. From leaves and stem oils fifty-one di...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13065-018-0495-1

A Preliminary Study on the Efficacy of Essential Oils Against <i>Trichoderma longibrachiatum</i> Isolated from an Archival Document in Italy

Benedetta Paolino, Maria Cristina Sorrentino, Severina Pacifico, Maria Carmen Garrigos et al. • Heritage (2025)

In this study, a historically significant journal subject to fungal colonization was used as a case study for experimenting with a fumigation treatment using essential oils. The experiments were carried out both in vitro and in vivo directl...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/heritage8060187

Plant Growth Regulators Improve Grain Production and Water Use Efficiency of <i>Foeniculum vulgare</i> Mill. under Water Stress

Ghasem Parmoon, Ali Ebadi, Masoud Hashemi, Barbara Hawrylak-Nowak et al. • Plants (2022)

The development of methods increasing plant water use efficiency (WUE) would enhance the ability to grow wild aromatic and medicinally important species. The aim of this research was to determine the effect of plant growth regulators (PGRs)...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/plants11131718

Novel strategies to control the biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the food industry

Rahele Sadeghzadeh, Fatemeh Rafieian, Mahdi Keshani, Zahra Salehi et al. • Future Foods (2024)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative human pathogenic bacterium that has the ability to form multicellular biofilm (BF) communities. Due to the presence of extracellular polymeric substances, BF protects bacteria from unfavorable envir...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.fufo.2024.100481