“…Similarly, terpenes fine important use as methanol, cleaners, solvents, camphor, antiallergenic agents, pyrethrins (insecticides), limonene, rosin, nepetalactone (in catnip), digitoxigenin, carvone and hecogenin (a detergent) Thimmappa et al 2014). The antimicrobial activity of terpenoids is the most significant because of the drastic increase in bacterial resistance to antibiotics, which is a growing cause of concern globally (Islam et al 2003;Singh and Sharma 2015). In livestock, the addition of terpenes can replace conventional antibiotics, as they can slow down the resistance of bacteria against antibiotics.…”