Thyme and oregano essential oils (EOs) and their components have numerous applications in the pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetic industries owing to their antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, and immunological properties. We attempted to create new chemotypes through the hybridization of thyme and oregano for functional EO research and product development. Here, we used interspecific hybridization to create new thyme and oregano germplasms with new EO chemotypes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThyme essential oils (EOs) have antioxidant, antiviral, antifungal, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and immunological properties and are used in medicine, food, feed additives, and cosmetics. Here, we made use of a multidimensional analytical method to analyze the differences in the chemical components, chemotypes, and antioxidant and antibacterial activities of EOs from 24 Chinese native thymes. These Chinese native thymes comprised 10 species (, , , , , , , , , and ) and two varieties ( var.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFis an herbaceous perennial or subshrub of the Lamiaceae family and is widely distributed worldwide. Essential oils extracted from have attracted much attention, owing to their potential biological functions. Here, we evaluated the chemical compositions of eight thyme essential oils (TEOs) using gas chromatography mass spectrometry and assessed their antioxidant activity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this Letter, we propose a new, to the best of our knowledge, approach to generate computer-generated holograms (CGHs) utilizing spiral phase coding. This method can be applied to generate an array spiral phase plate that can generate array vortex spots with a high compression ratio. Moreover, the method extends its applicability to the generation of Fresnel holograms and kinoforms, resulting in edge-enhanced imaging.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Lavender (genus Lavandula, family Lamiaceae) is an aromatic plant widely grown as an ornamental plant. The chemical composition of lavender is characterized by monoterpenoids, sesquiterpenoids, and other compounds, which are primarily synthesized and stored in epidermal secretory structures called glandular trichomes (GTs). Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are responsible for the aroma characteristics of plant oil that drive consumer preference.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChinese native thymes (CNTs) in the genus (family Lamiaceae) are rich in bioactive terpenes, which exert antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antioxidation, immunological, and antimicrobial effects. Plants exhibit morphological variation, including erect-type and creeping-type growth forms; however, the molecular mechanisms underlying important horticultural traits have not been determined. Here, we collected 39 CNTs providing strategic plant resources for studies of lignin, terpenoids, and glandular trichomes of thymes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNowadays, the demand for rosemary essential oils (REOs) in the cosmetic, food, and pharmaceutical industries is increasing, and the abundant germplasm resources of rosemary provide more possibilities for functional applications. The REOs from six cultivars were selected to evaluate and compare their bioactivities. REOs have good cellular antioxidant activity in scavenging reactive oxygen species, and the technology for order preference by similarity to an ideal solution (TOPSIS)-random forest multivariate model indicated that 'Dutch Mill' REO has the best antioxidant activity, which is closely related to its verbenone content.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Thyme derived essential oil and its components have numerous applications in pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetic industries, owing to their antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral properties. To obtain thyme essential oil with different terpene composition, we developed new germplasm resources using the conventional hybridization approach.
Results: Phenotypic characteristics, including essential oil yield and composition, glandular trichome density, plant type, and fertility, of three wild Chinese and seven European thyme species were evaluated.
, belonging to the Lamiaceae family, is a principal culinary herb used worldwide which possesses great antioxidant and antibacterial properties corresponding to various volatile organic components (VOCs). However, the metabolite profiles and underlying biosynthesis mechanisms of elaborate tissues (stems, leaves, bracts, sepals, petals) of have seldom been reported. Here, solid-phase microextraction-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry results showed that 'Hot and Spicy' ( 'HS') was extremely rich in carvacrol and had the tissue dependence characteristic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study developed an intelligent and antibacterial packaging film using a chitosan matrix embedding oregano essential oil (OEO) and black rice bran anthocyanin (BRBA). Herein, OEO and BRBA were immobilized into the chitosan matrix through noncovalent bonds and uniformly distributed in the films. The chitosan-OEO-BRBAⅡ film exhibited excellent mechanical, antibacterial, antioxidant, and UV-vis light barrier properties, and sensitive and rapid response to pH/NH.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAerial bulbils are important vegetative reproductive organs in Lilium. They are often perpetually dormant in most Lilium species, and little is known about the induction of these vegetative structures. The world-famous Oriental hybrid lily cultivar 'Sorbonne', which blooms naturally devoid of aerial bulbils, is known for its lovely appearance and sweet fragrance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThyme has medicinal and aromatic value because of its potent antimicrobial and antioxidant properties. However, the absence of a fully sequenced thyme genome limits functional genomic studies of Chinese native thymes. Thymus quinquecostatus Čelak.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSweet sorghum is a C4 crop that can be grown for silage forage, fiber, syrup and fuel production. It is generally considered a salt-tolerant plant. However, the salt tolerance ability varies among genotypes, and the mechanism is not well known.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLilium is cherished for its health-promoting properties in China. The bulbs of Lilium are rich in phenolic compounds, which are associated with antioxidant capacity. However, no systematic evaluation on phenolic compositions and antioxidant capacities for the edible Lilium native to China has been conducted.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe use of antibiotics in the food industry is highly regulated owing to the potential harmful effects of antibiotics on human health. Therefore, it is crucial to seek alternatives for ensuring food safety. Essential oils (EOs) extracted from plants of the genus exhibit a wide range of chemical and antibacterial activities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact
September 2020
The aim of this study is to review and discuss the literature on the utilization of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in investigating the structure and feasible function of the myodural bridge complex (MDBC) with relevant muscles, which will be useful to understand the function of the MDB. The myodural bridge (MDB) is a soft tissue connective bridge that provides a fascial continuity between the musculature/ligament and cervical spinal dura mater (SDM) in the suboccipital areas. All of these involved structures are referred to as the MDBC.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: To evaluate the maximal sectional area (SA) of the rectus capitis posterior minor (RCPmi) muscle and its potential correlation with to be named ligament (TBNL) in the suboccipital area using 3D MR imaging.
Methods: A total of 365 subjects underwent sagittal 3D TWI MR imaging of the RCPmi and TBNL. Among them, 45 subjects were excluded due to a particular clinical history or poor image quality.
Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the location and distribution patterns of neurovascular structures and determine the effective injection point in the tarsal tunnel for heel pain.
Methods: Fifteen adult non-embalmed cadavers with a mean age of 71.5 years were studied.
Purpose: To investigate the potential of ESWAN in differentiating borderline epithelial ovarian tumors (BEOTs) from malignant epithelial ovarian tumors (MEOTs).
Method: Thirty-four patients with 37 lesions were enrolled, including 14 BEOTs and 23 MEOTs. The magnitude, phase, R* and T* maps were analyzed by two observers.
In this study, a Pt loaded active carbon fiber (Pt/ACF) catalyst was prepared by immobilizing Pt nanoparticles on ACF. The catalyst accelerated hydrogenation of -chloronitrobenzene (-CNB) to -chloroaniline (-CA) at lower temperature and atmospheric pressure, resulting in approximately 100% yield and selectivity. Several factors that affect -CA yield were investigated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDrynaria roosii (Nakaike) is a traditional Chinese medicinal fern, known as 'GuSuiBu'. The effective components, naringin and neoeriocitrin, share a highly similar chemical structure and medicinal function. Our HPLC-tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) results showed that the accumulation of naringin/neoeriocitrin depended on specific tissues or ages.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Human mesenchymal stem cell (hMSC) differentiation into osteoblasts has important clinical significance in treating bone injury, and the stiffness of the extracellular matrix (ECM) has been shown to be an important regulatory factor for hMSC differentiation. The aim of this study was to further delineate how matrix stiffness affects intracellular signaling through integrin α5/β1, FAK, and Wnt signaling, subsequently regulating the osteogenic phenotype of hMSCs.
Methods: hMSCs were cultured on tunable polyacrylamide hydrogels coated with fibronectin with stiffness corresponding to a Young's modulus of 13-16 kPa and 62-68 kPa.
BMMSCs have drawn great interest in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine attributable to their multi-lineage differentiation capacity. Increasing evidence has shown that the mechanical stiffness of extracellular matrix is a critical determinant for stem cell behaviors. However, it remains unknown how matrix stiffness influences MSCs commitment with changes in cell morphology, adhesion, proliferation, self-renewal and differentiation.
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