Ten medicinal plants were chosen from various plants in Syria which
used as spices or cooked and Syria traditional medicine. Their names
Rosemary, Damask rose, Chamomile, Sumac, Silver linden, Black
cumin, Thyme, Mint, Laurel and lemon balm.
Mois
ture, yield of extraction, total phenolic content (TPC) and
antioxidant activities of methanol, ethanol, acetone and aqueous extracts
of medicinal plants were investigated.
The TPC were measured by Folin-Ciocalteu method, and the antioxidant
activity was assessed by the scavenging activity towards 2, 2′-diphenyl-
1-picryl hydrazyl (DPPH)-radical.
This research carried out in the Video Center for Research on Animal Production of
the Faculty of Agriculture at Tishreen University with the beginning of the summer of
2010 in order to study the possibility of improving the performance of broiler
chickens
under the conditions of the coastal area and increase economic returns.
Search Results showed that the addition of black bean and thyme powder by 0.5% to a
low-energy diet led to increased average live weight of age (9-28) days totaled 864.9 g
G3)) compared to the control (without the addition), which amounted to an average live
weight has 850.7) g) of the same age
FCR feed conversion ratio stood at 2.63 at the group G1, compared with 1.89 when the
Control CSearch results also showed that the addition of 0.25% of the black bean and
thyme powder led to the live weight increase of 848.6, compared with 670.7 members G1)
g) FCR feed conversion ratio stood at 1.96 at the G4 Group added (0.25% of the black
bean powder and thyme), compared with 2.63 at the G1 group.
The experiment was carried out at the research stations of Salo in Deir-
Azzor agricultural research center and Tel Sandal in Idlib agricultural
research center. Land plots infected previously with sesame wilt disease,
Macrophomina phaseolina (Tas
si) Goid, and Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht
were cultivated for two growing seasons (2007 and 2008) with medicinal
species such as, Cumin (Cuminum-sativum), Black seed (Nigella sativa L.) and
Fenugreek (Trigonella foeniculum L.) and another infected plot was left blank
as a control plot. Zuri, a local sesame variety, was cultivated in all plots for two
growing seasons (2008 and 2009).
Results showed that the control plots had the highest percentage of infected
sesame plants compared to the lowest percentage found in those plots that had
been cultivatd previously with Black seed, Cumin, and Fenugreek. Plots
cultivated previously with Black seed gave the highest sesame yield and
followed by those plots of Cumin. The The average percentage of germination
of sesame, as a phenological growth indicator, was increased in those plots
planted before with Cumin and the average number of capsules per plant was
increased at both locations by 36.75 capsules after Black seed in comparison
with the control.
This study was conducted in the scientific apiary research in Agriculture
Faculty, Damascus University, it was applied on Syrian honeybee colonies, to
determine Euggenia caryophyllu and Majorana hortensis efficiency in
controlling Varroa jacobsoni
Oud., the treatments were varied, from spraying
bees with plant extracts, to smoke them by the smoker and feeding on the
extracts. These substances showed good efficiency to prevent Varroa jacobsoni
development in experimental colonies during three years until now, Majorana
hortensis gave a 71.88 % effect when sprayed and Euggenia caryophyllu gave a
62.49 % effect when sprayed too, when we used them only for one application.
