@booklet {1967,
	title = {Characterization and biological activity of essential oils from fourteen Labiatae species},
	howpublished = {Acta Horticulturae},
	volume = {723},
	year = {2006},
	month = {2006///},
	pages = {221 - 226},
	address = {Affiliation: Department of Agroenvironmental Sciences and Technologies, Bologna University, Italy},
	abstract = {The Labiatae family is rich in plants that are sources of essential oils having aromatic notes and biological properties. Considering the interest in natural products for cosmetic, perfumery, food and pharmacological industry, the deeper knowledge of the potentiality of different aromatic plants can give results of economic importance. In our work, the essential oils of fourteen species were evaluated for their quali- quantitative composition and biological activity. The species analysed are: basil (Ocimum basilicum L.), beebalm (Monarda didyma L.), pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium L.), spearmint (Mentha spicata L.), headed savory (Thymus capitatus Hoffm.et Link), calamint (Calamintha nepeta L.), winter savory (Satureja montana L.), savory (Satureja cuneifolia Ten.), thymbra (Thymbra sintenisii Bornm. et Aznav. ssp. isaurica P.H. Davis), a cultivated rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L) and four wild rosemaries harvested in different Italian locations: Elba Island (Tuscany), Sicily, Abruzzo and Calabria. The oils, obtained by steam-distillation of fresh aerial part of the plants harvested at full flowering stage, were characterized by GC-MS, tested for antimicrobial property by determining the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) and for the antioxidant activity by B-carotene bleaching test. Each species was characterized by a peculiar qualiquantitative composition and all the oils contained compounds with established biological activity. Headed savory exerted the highest antimicrobial control also at low concentrations. Basil and rosemary from Elba Island evidenced a great antioxidant capability comparable to that of α-tocopherol used as reference antioxidant agent.},
	keywords = {Antimicrobial Activity, Antioxidant activity, GC-MS},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/scopus/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33846036924\&partnerID=40\&rel=R6.5.0},
	author = {Stefanini, I and Piccaglia, R and Marotti, M and Biavati, B}
}
@article {1771,
	title = {Botanical Aspect, Germoplasm and Genetic Improvement - Genetic Diversity in Three Natural Tunisian Lamiaceae: Rosmarinus Officinalis L., Lavandula Multifida L. and Thymus Algeriensis L. and Implications for Conservation},
	journal = {Acta horticulturae},
	year = {2006},
	note = {Additional Info: International Society for Horticultural Science. Alt Journal: Key Title: Acta horticulturae},
	month = {2006///},
	pages = {69 - 69},
	author = {Boussaid, M and Chograni, H and Bel Hadj Ali, I and Zaouali, Y and Ben Fadhel, N}
}
@booklet {1772,
	title = {Genetic diversity in three natural Tunisian Lamiaceae: Rosmarinus officinalis L., Lavandula multifida L. and Thymus algeriensis L. and implications for conservation},
	howpublished = {Acta Horticulturae},
	volume = {723},
	year = {2006},
	month = {2006///},
	pages = {69 - 77},
	address = {Affiliation: Department of Biology Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, National Institute of Applied Science and Technology (INSAT), Tunis Cedex, Tunisia},
	abstract = {Genetic diversity and population structure of three Tunisian Lamiaceae species Rosmarinus officinalis L., Lavandula multifida L. and Thymus algeriensis L. were assessed using allozyme electrophoresis. Populations for each species were collected from different bioclimatically zones. A high genetic variation within the populations of each species was revealed. The genotypic richness of populations before their fragmentation and the high rate of outcrossing were the main contributing factors in this high variation. Differentiation among populations was substantial for each species. Only Rosmarinus officinalis showed a significant relationship between population structure and geographic distance. Differentiation between contiguous bioclimates was less important than that recorded between discontinuous ones. Intraspecific populations genetic similarity was high. The low genetic divergence between populations and their substantial structure indicate their recent fragmentation under anthropic pressures. Implications of genetic and population structure for the development of in situ and ex situ conservation strategies are discussed. Conclusions could be applied for other lamiaceae species.},
	keywords = {Ecological group, Isozyme, Lamiaceae, Population structure},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/scopus/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33846111218\&partnerID=40\&rel=R6.5.0},
	author = {Boussaïd, M and Chograni, H and BelHadjAli, I and Zaouali, Y and BenFadhel, N}
}
@article {1738,
	title = {Essential oils of Lamiaceae plants of Turkey},
	journal = {Acta Horticulturae},
	volume = {723},
	year = {2006},
	pages = {163 - 171},
	address = {Affiliation: Anadolu University Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacognosy, Eskişehir, Turkey},
	abstract = {<p>The family Lamiaceae (Labiatae) is represented in Turkey by 46 genera and 571 species of which 44.2\% are endemic, with subspecies, varieties and hybrids altogether 763 taxa exists in the flora of Turkey. The essential oils of Lamiaceae taxa growing in Turkey have been published. The paper reviews recent contributions to the study of the essential oils of the genera Acinos, Calamintha, Coridothymus, Cyclotrichium, Dorystoechas, Hymenocrater, Hyssopus, Mentha, Micromeria, Nepeta, Ocimum, Origanum, Pentapleura, Perilla, Rosmarinus, Salvia, Satureja, Sideritis, Thymbra, Thymus, and Ziziphora.</p>
},
	keywords = {Essential oil, Lamiaceae, Turkey},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/scopus/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33846054320\&partnerID=40\&rel=R6.5.0},
	author = {Başer, K H C and Kirimer, N}
}
@booklet {1713,
	title = {Allelopathic activity of essential oils from Mediterranean Labiatae},
	howpublished = {Acta Horticulturae},
	volume = {723},
	year = {2006},
	month = {2006///},
	pages = {347 - 352},
	address = {Affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Via Ponte don Melillo, 84084 Fisciano (Salerno), Italy},
	abstract = {There is a great incentive to discover effective and economically feasible herbicides that are toxicologically and environmentally benign, to replace pesticides that have been withdrawn for regulatory reasons or are ineffective, due to the increasing difficult of managing pest resistance. The study of the physiological role of natural products in biochemical interactions among plants can supply new active compounds and/or models for new mechanisms of action. Volatile terpenes and essential oils have been reported as regulators of germination and growth of other species in several ecosystem. In this study we have carried out a chemical and biological evaluation of the essential oils from eight Mediterranean Labiatae in order to characterize their composition and to verify their potential activities in vitro on growth and development of three test seeds. The essential oils were obtained by hydrodistillation from Hyssopus officinalis L., Lavandula angustifolia Miller, Majorana hortensis L., Melissa officinalis L., Ocimum basilicum L., Origanum vulgare L., Salvia officinalis L., and Thymus vulgaris L. and their chemical composition was achieved by GC and GC/MS methods. The essential oils have been assayed against the germination and the successive radical growth of Raphanus sativus L., Lactuca sativa L. and Lepidium sativum L. The assayed essential oils have shown a good inhibitory avctivity in a dose-dependent way, both on germination and radical elongation of three test species. Our study has shown a positive correlation between the total monoterpene content in the essential oils and the inhibitory activity.},
	keywords = {Allelopathy, Antigerminative activity, Monoterpenes, Natural herbicides, Volatile compounds},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/scopus/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33846041723\&partnerID=40\&rel=R6.5.0},
	author = {Arminante, F and DeFalco, E and DeFeo, V and DeMartino, L and Mancini, E and Quaranta, E}
}
