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Medicinal Uses of Melissa officinalis (Lemon Balm)

Journal of Natural & Ayurvedic Medicine, 2019
Melissa officinalis is commonly used around the world. Various studies have indicated the different properties of this herb. This article briefly describes the various properties of this plant as well as various related studies.
null Mohammad Reza Heidari, null Emami M, null Naseri M, null Heidari M   +3 more
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Boredom, despondency, and the scourge that lays waste at noon: an anthropology of acedia Ennui, abattement et le fléau qui frappe à midi : une anthropologie de l'acédie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Attentive to the ways that inertia can take hold of life, Catholic monks recognize despondency as a potential not only within the monastery, but in contemporary society more widely. Such experiences are regularly mapped onto an understanding of what early Christian monks termed ‘acedia’ (a Greek term that can be translated as ‘lack of care’). Taking as
Richard D.G. Irvine
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Islam at the monastery: on infinity as subtractive truth L'islam au monastère : de l'infini comme vérité soustractive

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Based on ethnographic research at Rūm Orthodox Christian monasteries in Lebanon, the article studies scenes of Islam at the monastery as they intersect with anxious public debates on, and anthropological theorizations of, sectarianism and ‘Muslim–Christian’ relations in the Mashriq.
Aaron F. Eldridge
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EFFECT OF ORGANIC CULTIVATION ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF LEMON BALM HERB (Melissa officinalis L.)

Acta Scientiarum Polonorum: Hortorum Cultus, 2015
The raw material of medicinal plants should fulfill the growing demands of herbal and cosmetic industries about its quality esp.: active substance content, sufficient yield, lack of pesticides and heavy metals residues and microbiologically clean. There-
Katarzyna Seidler-Łożykowska, Romuald Mordalski, Wojciech Kucharski, Elżbieta Kędzia, Kamila Nowosad, Jan Bocianowski   +5 more
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Shade-Induced Effects on Essential Oil Yield, Chemical Profiling, and Biological Activity in Some Lamiaceae Plants Cultivated in Serbia

Horticulturae, 2023
Thyme, mint, and lemon balm were used to determine whether shading conditions could improve the yield, composition, antioxidant, and antimicrobial activity in plant essential oils (EOs) in comparison with non-shaded plants from an open field.
Dragana Lalević, Zoran S. Ilić, Ljiljana Stanojević, Lidija Milenković, Ljubomir Šunić, Renata Kovač, Dragan Kovačević, Bojana Danilović, Aleksandra Milenković, Jelena Stanojević, Dragan Cvetković   +10 more
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Courtship display behavior influences tail myology in Centrocercus minimus (Gunnison sage‐grouse)

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Courtship displays among birds are widespread, particularly those which incorporate raised tail feathers for extended periods of time. The Gunnison sage‐grouse (Centrocercus minimus) is such a species. When we compared the tail muscles of the sage‐grouse to birds which do not engage in erected tail fan postures, both morphology proportional mass ...
Alexander D. Clark, Jessie Atterholt, Samantha J. Clark, Nathan W. Seward   +3 more
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Plant Extract Valorization of Melissa officinalis L. for Agroindustrial Purposes through Their Biochemical Properties and Biological Activities

Journal of Chemistry, 2020
Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis L.) is one of the rare medicinal plants in Tunisia. It was found only in two sites in the north of Tunisia with a small number of plants.
Mouna Souihi, Rayda Ben Ayed, Imen Trabelsi, Marwa Khammassi, Nadia Ben Brahim, Mohamed Annabi   +5 more
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The Capital–Labour–State Dynamics of Herbicide Adoption in Rainfed India

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper engages debates around the capital–labour–state dynamics of agrarian transitions to address the oft‐studied but still little‐understood question of why farmers adopt herbicides when they do. Over the last several years, smallholder farmers in India have begun using the herbicide bispyribac sodium at breakneck speeds, particularly in
Carly Nichols, Nidhi Kumari
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Drying behaviour of lemon balm leaves in an indirect double-pass packed bed forced convection solar dryer system

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2018
The thin-layer drying behaviour of lemon balm leaves in an indirect-mode solar dryer with forced convection was investigated. The solar air heater employed a novel counter flow double-pass packed-bed wire mesh layer configuration to enhance the energy ...
Shahrbanou Shamekhi-Amiri, Tahereh B. Gorji, Mofid Gorji-Bandpy, Mohammad Jahanshahi   +3 more
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The occurrence of pests on lemon balm (Mellisa officinalis) and garden sage (Salvia officinalis) [PDF]

Zbornik Matice Srpske za Prirodne Nauke, 2008
Production of medicinal plants is accompanied by many problems, out of which some are overcome. Problems in medicinal plant production, including the production of sage and lemon balm that cannot be avoided are pathogens, the presence of insects and ...
Bokor Peter, Tancik Ján, Habán Miroslav, Marinković Branko J., Poláček Milan   +4 more
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