ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: The resinous exudates of the Commiphora
species, known as 'myrrh', are used in traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of …

Myrrh and opopanax has been used throughout history in incense and as a perfume. Since
Bible times it has been used for the treatment of wounds. The first attempts to identify content …

Twenty-five selected plants belonging to 19 families were collected from different localities of
the island Soqotra, dried and extracted with the solvents chloroform, methanol and hot water …

For the treatment of diseases, especially chronic diseases, traditional natural drugs have
more effective therapeutic advantages because of their multi-target and multi-channel …

The antioxidant and antimicrobial potential of methanol (ME-OH), ethyl acetate (ETOAC)
crude extracts and essential oil (EO) of Commiphora myrrha resin were investigated. The …

Aedes aegypti is responsible for the transmission of dengue, a disease that infects millions
of people each year. Although essential oils are well recognized as sources of compounds …

The chemical composition of the water-distilled essential oil and n-hexane–ether extract of
Teucrium leucocladum Boiss. were determined by GLC and GLC–MS. Altogether 72 …

Natural products and their derivatives have historically been invaluable as a source of
therapeutic agents and have contributed to the discovery of antimicrobial agents. However …

Essential oils obtained by steam distillation from the aerial parts of Achillea fragrantissima
(Forssk.) Sch. Bip. and the flower, leaf and stem of A. santolina L. as well as their lipophilic …

The angiosperm species of mainly tropical, often aromatic, trees and occasionally shrubs
with flaking bark, some containing resin ducts in the inner bark, can be found in the order of …