“…They have antimicrobial, insecticidal and phytotoxic activities (Gaumann et al, 1950(Gaumann et al, , 1960Grove & Pople, 1980;Herrmann et al, 1996), and their high cytotoxicity on mammalian cells has been reported in in vitro experiments (Macchia et al, 1995;Kamyar et al, 2004;Ivanova et al, 2006). They have antimicrobial, insecticidal and phytotoxic activities (Gaumann et al, 1950(Gaumann et al, , 1960Grove & Pople, 1980;Herrmann et al, 1996), and their high cytotoxicity on mammalian cells has been reported in in vitro experiments (Macchia et al, 1995;Kamyar et al, 2004;Ivanova et al, 2006).…”