Background & Aim: The world production and consumption of essential oils and perfumes are increasing very fast. Lippia citriodora H.B.K. is an herbal species mainly used as a spice and medicinal plant. Endogenous levels as well exogenous application of plant growth regulators (PGR) could affect essential oil production and chemical compositions. Experimental: To study the effect of ex...

background & aim: the world production and consumption of essential oils and perfumes are increasing very fast. lippia citriodora h.b.k. is an herbal species mainly used as a spice and medicinal plant. endogenous levels as well exogenous application of plant growth regulators (pgr) could affect essential oil production and chemical compositions. experimental: to study the effect of exogenou...

Background & Aim: The world production and consumption of essential oils and perfumes are increasing very fast. Lippia citriodora H.B.K. is an herbal species mainly used as a spice and medicinal plant. Endogenous levels as well exogenous application of plant growth regulators (PGR) could affect essential oil production and chemical compositions. Experimental: To study the effect of ex...

OBJECTIVES The extract of Lippia citriodora and its main component, verbascoside, are known for their hypnotic effects in traditional medicine. In this study, the anxiolytic and hypnotic effects of L. citriodora leave extracts and verbascoside were evaluated in mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS Animals were divided into 11 groups of six mice each. Group I received normal saline, Group II received D...

OBJECTIVES We examined the protective effects of ethanolic extract of Lippia citriodora (L. citriodora) on rats subjected to chronic constriction injury (CCI) of sciatic nerve and possible mechanisms of actions. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this experimental study, the extract was administered 50, 100 and 200 mg/kg, Intraperitoneally (I.P) from the surgery time for 14 consecutive days. The change...

Background: Lemon verbena (Lippia citriodora H.B.K.) is an aromatic and medicinal plant of family Verbenaceae, which cultivated in the North region of Iran. Objective: This comparative study was carried out on essential oil content and composition of Lippia citriodora H.B.K. from micro-propagated and rooted apical stem cutting plantlets. Methods: The micro-propagated plantlets were obtained ...

background: lemon verbena (lippia citriodora h.b.k.) is an aromatic and medicinal plant of family verbenaceae, which cultivated in the north region of iran. objective: this comparative study was carried out on essential oil content and composition of lippia citriodora h.b.k. from micro-propagated and rooted apical stem cutting plantlets. methods: the micro-propagated plantlets were obtained by ...

verbascoside (acteoside), a phenyl propanoid glycoside, comprises 0.5 to 3.5% dry weight of lippia citriodora leaves. a wide range of biological activities are attributed to verbascoside including anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-bacterial, anti-tumor, anti-fungal, photoprotective as well as chelating effects. the objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of verbascoside on pregnanc...

in this study, aerial parts of lippia citriodora kunth were harvested at three phenological stages (i.e. vegetative, full flowering and fruit set). the essential oil isolated by hydro distillation for 3 h using a clevenger-type apparatus and the oil was analyzed by gc and gc-ms. the yields of oils (w/w%) in different stages was in the order of: full flowering (0.9%), vegetative (0.48%) and frui...