Infusion of Essentail Oils in Agarose Gels to Create Antimicrobial Surfaces [PDF]
The current use of antibiotics is very excessive in multiple settings, from treating patients to being present in cleaning products. This overuse of antibiotics is resulting in multiple consequences, ranging from having a negative impact on human health ...
Guron, Simran
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Aversion and attraction to harmful plant secondary compounds jointly shape the foraging ecology of a specialist herbivore. [PDF]
Most herbivorous insect species are restricted to a narrow taxonomic range of host plant species. Herbivore species that feed on mustard plants and their relatives in the Brassicales have evolved highly efficient detoxification mechanisms that actually ...
Alexandre, Nicolas+8 more
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Optimization of the parameters of cold extraction of the oil of Azadirachta indica A. Juss and effects on some chemical parameters of the extracted oil. Azadirachta indicaA.Juss (neem) is a tropical tree, popular for its multiple possible uses.
Nitièma-Yefanova, S.+4 more
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Stability Analysis of Pickering Nanoemulsion Covered by Dual-protein Natural Symbiotic Particles
Pickering nanoemulsions were prepared using dual-protein natural symbiotic particles and their physicochemical stability was analyzed to broaden their potential application in the food industry.
Jiaqi SHAO+6 more
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Chemical Composition and in Vitro Evaluation of the Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of Eucalyptus gillii Essential Oil and Extracts [PDF]
In this study, essential oil and various extracts (hexane, petroleum ether, acetone, ethanol, methanol and water) of Eucalyptus gilii were screened for their chemical composition, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities.
Ahmed Lebrihi+20 more
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Opportunities for integrated pest management to control the poultry red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae [PDF]
Dermanyssus gallinae is the most economically important ectoparasite of laying hens in Europe. Control of D. gallinae is already hampered by issues of pesticide resistance and product withdrawal and, with the prohibition of conventional cages in 2012 and
COSOROABA I.+11 more
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Vegetable oils present important pharmacological properties, which gained ground in the pharmaceutical field. Its encapsulation in nanoemulsions is considered a promising strategy to facilitate the applicability of these natural compounds and to ...
Lisiane Bajerski+6 more
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Chemical composition, antibacterial and repellent activities of Azorella trifurcata, Senecio pogonias, and Senecio oreophyton essential oils [PDF]
The antibacterial and insect-repellent activities of the essential oils (EOs) from Argentinian medicinal plants Azorella trifurcata (Gaertn.) Pers., Senecio cfr. oreophyton J. Remy and Senecio cfr. pogonias Cabrera, were investigated. All EOs showed good
Agüero, María Belén+10 more
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Antifungal effect and reduction of Ulmus minor symptoms to Ophiostoma novo-ulmi by carvacrol and salicylic acid [PDF]
There are still no effective means to control Dutch elm disease (DED), caused by the vascular fungi Ophiostoma ulmi and O. novo-ulmi. Plant phenolics may provide a new strategy for DED control, given their known antifungal activity against pathogens and ...
García-Vallejo, María C.+4 more
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Production of bio-Olefins: tall-oils and waste greases to green chemicals and polymers [PDF]
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Dijkmans, T.+6 more
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