An Over Review to Origanum vulgare L. and its Pharmacological Properties

نویسندگان

  • D Yazdani Medicinal Plants Research Center, Institute of Medicinal Plants, ACECR, Karaj, Iran
  • M Pirali Hamedani Pharmaceutical Science Research Center, College of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • MR Morshedloo Department of Horticultural Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran
چکیده مقاله:

Oregano (Origanum vulgare L.) is one of the most selled culinary and medicinal herb throughout the world. Flowering aerial parts and leaves of oregano have been used as a popular flavoring of food stuffs and as an antioxidant agent in cosmetics. Oregano contains a wide array of active components, including flavonoids, phenolic acids and glucosides, phenols and triterpenes. Several biological activities namely antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, antidiabetic, antispasmodic, antimelanogenesis and antiproliferative have been demonstrated for oregano-based essential oils and extracts. Among the main bioactive constituents of these products, the phenols carvacrol and thymol, and the phenolic rosmarinic acid and origanoside proved to be strong antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and cardioprotective agents.

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عنوان ژورنال

دوره 4  شماره 68

صفحات  15- 31

تاریخ انتشار 2018-10

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