The range of hosts exploited by a parasite is determined by several factors, including host
availability, infectivity and exploitability. Each of these can be the target of natural selection …

Origanum vulgare L., recognized throughout the world as a popular medicinal and flavoring
herb, contains a wide array of medicinally active components, including phenolic …

Simple Summary Insects, such as wasps, ants, and bees, can live in highly structured
societies characterized by a complex organization. The functioning of these societies is …

Origanum vulgare, a popular flavoring herb, is valued for several biological properties. The
present study focused on the chemical composition and antioxidant activity of the essential …

Thyme species are a good source of thymol and carvacrol, which play a key role in
controlling diseases. For the first time, the expression patterns of γ-terpinene synthase …

Thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.) is known to produce a variety of phenolic monoterpenes such
as thymol and carvacrol. Thymol and carvacrol are health-promoting, biocide and antitoxin …

Ant nests and their surrounding territories represent a hoard of trophic resources, as well as
of stable and protected environments for many arthropods involved in commensal …

The caterpillars of many Lepidoptera are neither attacked nor tended by ants but
nevertheless appear to be obligately ant-associated and benefit from the enemy-free space …

Even though insects and plants are distantly related organisms, they developed an
integument which is functionally and structurally similar. Besides functioning as a physical …

Terpenoids are toxic compounds produced by plants as a defense strategy against insect
herbivores. We tested the effect of Origanum vulgare terpenoids on the generalist herbivore …