Extensive use of α-pinene in cosmetics, and medicine, especially for its antioxidant/
antibacterial, and anti-cancer properties, and also as a flavoring agent, has made it a …

In recent decades, reduced antimicrobial effectiveness, increased bacterial infection, and
newly emerged microbial resistance have become global public issues, leading to an urgent …

Spices have broadly been used as food flavoring and folk medicine since ancient times.
Numerous phytochemicals have been identified in spices, namely thymol (ajowan and …

The seeds of Trachyspermum ammi were gathered at the ripening stage from different
regions of Iran and grouped into 14 populations (P1-P14) accordingly. The essential oil (EO) …

Biotechnology-based breeding methods can improve useful industrial medicinal plants in a
faster way. Tissue culture-based and in planta Agrobacterium-mediated gene transformation …

Thymol, as a dietary monoterpene, is a phenol derivative of cymene, which is the major
component of the essential oil of Trachyspermum ammi (L.). It shows multiple biological …

The essential oil chemotype of an Iranian ecotype of ajowan was identified using gas
chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis. Fifteen chemical compounds of …

Ajowan (Trachyspermum ammi L.) is a highly valued medicinally important seed spice from
Apiaceae family, which contains essential oil, exhibiting a chemical composition that can be …

Abstract Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague, commonly known as 'Ajowan', belongs to the
family 'Apiaceae'. Ajowan fruits yield 2–6% essential oil, and thymol is the major constituent …

Essential oil of a native Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) ecotype from Iran was isolated by
hydrodistillation from aerial parts and its compounds were identified by gas chromatography …