Nepeta nuda L. (Lamiaceae) is a medicinal plant with wide distribution in Europa and Asia. In Bulgaria, N. also known as “naked (or hairless) catmint”, which likely refers to the naked or sparse short hairy stem leaves. This study aims generate DNA barcodes for precise genetic discrimination determination of phylogenetic position among other species. To achieve this goal, we applied barcoding t...

Twenty-two different herbaceous perennials were studied for their reaction to separate inoculations of Meloidogyne arenaria and M. incognita under greenhouse conditions. Perennial taxa that did not develop root-galls following inoculation, and therefore are considered as nonhosts of both nematode species, included species and cultivars of Aethionema, Fragaria, Phlox, and Polygonum. Echinacea, M...

In this survey, the chromosome counts of eight Nepeta L. species were investigated and karyotypic diversity among these was studied. The examined belong to N. cephalotes Boiss. group, namely eremokosmos Rech.f., gloeocephala Rech. f., Boiss., pungens (Bunge) Benth., ispahanica mahanensis Jamzad & Simonds, hormozganica denudata Benth. collected from different habitats in Iran. ploidy levels,...

Satureja calamintha nepeta (S. calamintha) has a history of successful use in the treatment bacterial and fungal diseases. The present study was designed to investigate chemical composition antioxidant antimicrobial activities essential oils extracted from wild S. (EOSS) domesticated (EOSD) for comparison purposes. Hydrodistillation used extract (EOs), while GC/MS analysis. Antioxidant activity...

The aim of this study was to assess antioxidant properties of four in Lithuanian growing Nepeta varieties, namely N. cataria, N. cataria var. citriodora, N. transcaucasica and N. bulgaricum. The plants were extracted using different polarity solvents, namely acetone, methanol, ethanol and water. The antioxidant properties were assessed by determining total content of phenolics, using free DPPH•...

Plants of the Lamiaceae family are important ornamental, medicinal, and aromatic plants, many of which produce essential oils that are used in traditional and modern medicine, and in the food, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical industry. Various species of the genera Hyssopus, Leonurus, Mentha, Nepeta, Origanum, Perovskia, Phlomis, Salvia, Scutellaria, and Ziziphora are widespread throughout the wor...