Many Lamiaceae species are consumed in the Lebanese cuisine as food or condiment and are largely used in the traditional medicine of Lebanon to treat various diseases, including microbial infections. In this article we report the traditional medicinal uses of eleven Lamiaceae species: Coridothymus capitatus L., Lavandula stoechas L., Lavandula angustifolia Mill., Mentha spicata L. subsp. conden...

Buřičová L., Réblová Z. (2008): Czech medicinal plants as possible sources of antioxidants. Czech J. Food Sci., 26: 132–138. The antioxidant activity of 17 Czech medicinal plants was studied and compared with the antioxidant activity of green tea. The antioxidant activities of water and ethanol extracts of the plants tested were determined by a spectrophotometric method using the stable free ra...

Plants produce various types of natural compounds, including polyphenols. These compounds are also found with methoxyl groups attached to the oxygenated carbon atoms. Nevertheless, the occurrence of methoxylated phenolics in two unrelated plants, Vitex and Pandanus species, could be considered unusual. From the literature review, most of the published phytochemicals from both plants include tri...

Lemon palm (Melissa officinalis L.), a perennial plant from Lamiaceae family, is cultivated in all Mediterranean countries and coastal regions of Türkiye. It can be attacked by several pathogens like nematodes which reduce its yield quality. In this study, morphometric measurements, morphological molecular identifications were done using juveniles females obtained galled roots lemon balm collec...

The volatile oils of black pepper [Piper nigrum L. (Piperaceae)], clove [Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & Perry (Myrtaceae)], geranium [Pelargonium graveolens L'Herit (Geraniaceae)], nutmeg [Myristica fragrans Houtt. (Myristicaceae), oregano [Origanum vulgare ssp. hirtum (Link) Letsw. (Lamiaceae)] and thyme [Thymus vulgaris L. (Lamiaceae)] were assessed for antibacterial activity against 25 dif...

Many trichomes in plant organs have been studied previously, but research on leaf several plants the Lamiaceae tribe has never before. The conducted at Laboratory of FKIP Palembang. This study using a descriptive method. used this were from family, such as Ocimum sanctum, Penorema canescens, Salvia splendens, Lavandula angustifolia, Hyptis rhomboides, Anisomeles indica, and Clerodendrum japonic...

Salvia genus, representative for the Lamiaceae family as it comprises approximately one thousand different species, is considered a wide plethora of therapeutic actions, such antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, antitumoral and antidiabetic activity. The paper presents preliminary chromatographic investigations polyphenols in aerial parts some spp. Using high-performance thin-layer...