The phrase "activity of the essential" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in a philosophical or abstract context, but clarity would depend on the surrounding text.
Example: "The activity of the essential in our lives often goes unnoticed, yet it shapes our experiences profoundly."
Alternatives: "core activity" or "fundamental action".
For example, in literature reviews concerning essential oils as active antimicrobials [ 33– 35], it was reported that most of the antimicrobial activity of the essential oils is attributed to the oxygenated monoterpenes [ 35].
In addition, the components in lower amounts may have also contributed to the antimicrobial activity of the essential oils, involving probably some type of synergism with other active compounds [ 31].
The antimicrobial activity of the essential oil was maintained in the seasons studied.
Results indicated that the antifungal activity of the essential oil affected by screening methods.
The antimicrobial activity of the essential oil was evaluated against eight microorganisms using the disc diffusion and broth microdilution methods.
Finally, the designed method proves to be effective procedures for both predicting the antioxidant activity of the essential oil samples and finding the most important antioxidant compounds.
This study was designed to examine the chemical composition and in vitro antioxidant activity of the essential oil of Clinopodium vulgare.
Radical scavenging activity of the essential oils extracted by SC-CO2 and hydro-distillation methods exhibited an IC50 of 122.62 μg/ml and 413.35 μg/ml, respectively.
Only the addition of the synthetic chemical benzothiazole in the culture medium rescues bacterial growth by restoring the activities of the essential gene products.
This study was designed to examine the anticancer, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of the essential oil from Lycopus lucidus Turcz.
This study was designed to examine the in vitro antioxidant activities of the essential oil and methanol extracts of Satureja spicigera and S. cuneifolia from Turkish flora.
