en Herbal Drugs كاربردي Review/Systemtic review <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Optima&quot;,serif"><span style="color:black"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Objective:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> Medical treatments and preventions have made use of essential oils since the middle ages. Bactericidal, fungicidal, and antioxidant characteristics are among the various uses for essential oils in the fields of sanitation, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, agriculture, and food. The volatile components of these plants are phenol-derived aromatics, aliphatic compounds, and terpenes and terpenoids.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Optima&quot;,serif"><span style="color:black"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Material and Methods:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> Our paper discusses some of the biochemical properties of essential oils, including their antimicrobial properties, which can be used instead of dangerous synthetic fungicidal and bactericidal products.<b> </b></span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Articles were related to searching keywords such as essential oils, agents, Medicinal plants.</span></span></span> <span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">PubMed, Google Scholar and SID databases were used as search sources.</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Optima&quot;,serif"><span style="color:black"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Results:</span></span></span></b> <span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Essential oils are used as antimicrobial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and insecticidal compounds</span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span><br> <b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Conclusion:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> In recent years, increasing interest has been shown in the possibility of using essential oils as antimicrobials and preservatives in various industries.</span></span></span> ,Essential oils,Bioactivity,Medicinal plants 17 23 http://pbp.medilam.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-416-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 sumia urainab sumiaurainab23@gmail.com 10031947532846002112 0000000223488227 Yes Multan institute of health and sciences affiliated to gcuf Arifa Mehreen Mehreena@ymail.com 10031947532846002113 10031947532846002113 No Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan Sidra Zahid Zahid@ymail.com 10031947532846002114 10031947532846002114 No Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan