Rosmarinic Acid Accumulation and Antioxidant Potential of Dracocephalum moldavica L. Cell Suspension Culture

Phytochemical, antioxidant and antibacterial properties of Melissa officinalis and Dracocephalum moldavica essential oils

Aromatic plants are rich in essential oils with considerable antimicrobial properties. The aim of this study was to investigate chemical composition, antimicrobial activity and antioxidant properties of Melissa officinalis and Deracocephalum moldavica essential oils (EOs). The identification of chemical constituents of the EOs was carried out using gas chromato-graphy-mass spectrometry analysis...

Somatic embryogenesis, embyogenic cell suspension from Ocimum sanctum (L.) leaf callus cultures and their rosmarinic acid accumulation

Enhanced rosmarinic acid production by Lavandula vera MM cell suspension culture through elicitation with vanadyl sulfate.

The influence of elicitation on rosmarinic acid biosynthesis by Lavandula vera MM cell suspension culture was investigated using vanadyl sulfate as an abiotic elicitor. It was established that 12 h after treatment with 25 mg/l vanadyl sulfate the rosmarinic acid production was increased up to 3.92 g/l (2.8 times higher compared to the control cultivation). No significant amounts of rosmarinic a...

Chemical Composition and Antinociceptive Effect of the Essential Oil of Dracocephalum moldavica L

Tincture of the dry herb has been used for ages in Uyghur folk medicine to treat heart disease, blood pressure, angina, tracheitis, atherosclerosis, neuralgia, migraine, and headache and toothache. 3 Since the 1970s, 246 compounds, including terpenoids,steroids, flavonoids, alkaloids, lignans, phenols, coumarins, and cyanogenicglucosides, have been identified from the genus Dracocephalum, and t...

Genetic authentication by RFLP versus ARMS? The case of Moldavian dragonhead (Dracocephalum moldavica L.)

Globalisation extends the spectrum of plants entering the European market. Growing consumer awareness for the medical aspects of food, and a general attention on health issues in an ageing society stimulate the introduction of novel foreign plant products often derived from traditional medical or dietary use. These products are mostly located somewhere at the interphase between food supplement ...