Teucrium species have been used for centuries in folk medicine as cholagogic, diuretic, antispasmodic, and antidiabetic agents [1]; as antirheumatic, antiinflammatory, antiseptic, anthelmintic, carminative and flavouring agents [2]; and as antipyretics and stimulants [3]. The genus Teucrium comprises approximately 200 herbs and shrubs spread all over the world, especially in the Mediterranean r...

Teucrium L. is a widely distributed genus often used for the treatment of digestive disorders and respiratory problems. The aim present study was to determine chemical composition essential oils elemental content plant species polium, hircanicum, botrys, chamaedrys, flavum, orientale, scordium Moldovan origin, as well evaluate antimicrobial activity their extracts. determined using gas chromato...

The term cancer has been concomitant with despair, agony, and dreadful death. Like many other diseases, herbal therapy has been used to prevent or suppress cancer. The present study investigated the capability of the decoction of Teucrium polium L. from Lamiaceae family to protect liver cells against hepatocellular carcinoma in carcinogenesis-induced animal model. After 28 weeks of treatment wi...

BACKGROUND Cognitive impairment occurs in diabetes mellitus. Teucrium polium L. (Lamiaceae) has been used in folk medicine to improve mental performance. Here we hypothesized that chronic treatment with an aqueous extract of Teucrium polium (100, 200 and 400 mg/kg, p.o.) would have an effect on passive avoidance learning (PAL) and memory in control and streptozocin-induced diabetic rats. MATE...

Aphis polii sp. n. living on Teucrium polium L. (Lamiaceae) is described, based on apterous and alate viviparous females and oviparous females. It has been collected from seventeen localities in mainland France, Corsica, Italy, Ukraine, Lebanon and Iran. The new species is similar to two other Aphis species that feed specifically on plants of the genus Teucrium, but has a relatively longer ulti...

This study was designed to examine the chemical composition and in-vitro antioxidant activity of the essential oil and methanolic extract of Teucrium orientale subsp. taylori. The GC and GC-MS analysis of the essential oil resulted in determination of 40 components representing 96.4% of the oil. The major constituents of the oil were linalool (28.6%), caryophyllene oxide (15.6%), 1,8-cineol (4....

The Polygonum orientale L. extracts were investigated for antibacterial activity against Clavibater michiganense subsp. sepedonicum (Spieckermann & Kotthoff) Davis et al., the causal agent of a serious disease called bacterial ring rot of potato. The results showed that the leaf extracts of P. orientale had significantly (p<0.05) greater antibacterial activity against C. michiganense subsp. sep...