The Mediterranean flora is characterized by the abundance of aromatic plants. The feature differentiating these plants from all others, in spite of the fact that they belong to many different families, is the production ...

Phytochemical induction of monoterpenes following herbivory by insects and mechanical damage, was studied in Minthostachis mollis (Lamiaceae), a plant native to central Argentina withe medicinal and aromatic uses in the ...

Se brinda información acerca de nuestras plantas medicinales o venenosas; con vistas a proporcionar a los estudiantes de Botánica, Farmacia, Medicina, Agronomía y Veterinaria una fuente de consulta; estimular a nuestros ...

The use of near-infrared spectroscopy, combined with chemometrics methods for data treatment, has been widely used in the petrochemical industry obtaining fast and precise methods suitable for quality control. In the present ...

Plant tissues may show chemical changes following herbivory. In aromatic plants such changes could affect the specific compounds on which commercial exploitation is based. This possibility was analyzed for Mintosthachys ...

The development of this work aimed to carry out a theoretical approach to identify the appropriate parameters for the realization of a solar-electric hybrid dryer project, applicable to the drying process of aromatic and ...

The collection of medicinal and aromatic plants (CPMA) at the University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil was started in 1989 and in 2005 the Federal Ministry of Environment accredited CPMA as a depository of genetic heritage. ...

The endophytic fungus Microsphaeropsis arundinis was isolated from the capitula of the tropical plant Paepalanthus planifolius (Eriocaulaceae). The fungus was cultivated in seven different media, and the ethyl acetate ...