ABSTRACT: Lemon balm, Melissa officinalis, is a member of the mint family that is native to Europe. Its use as a medicinal herb dates from the Middle Ages, and it is very well known for its ability to reduce stress and anxiety, promote sleep, improve appetite, and ease pain and discomfort associated with digestion and Mentha longifolia (Lamiaceae), commonly known as wild mint, Various biologica...

This work investigates the process of extraction of lemon balm (Melissa officinalis L.) by treatment with carbon dioxide at supercritical conditions. The process kinetics is studied at different operational conditions, and the influence of some important regime parameters (pressure, temperature particle size, solvent flow-rate) on the extraction yield is experimentally determined. Besides the i...

OBJECTIVE Melissa officinalis (lemon balm) is contemporaneously used as a mild sedative and/or calming agent. Although recent research has demonstrated modulation of mood in keeping with these roles, no studies to date have directly investigated the effects of this herbal medication on laboratory-induced psychological stress. METHODS In this double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized, balan...

1 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, TURKEY 2 Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, TURKEY 3 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, TURKEY 4 Faculty of Art and Science, Department of Chemistr...

The Karner blue butterfly (KBB), Lycaeides melissa samuelis, is a federally protected taxon whose relationship to the Melissa blue, Lycaeides melissa, has been a point of contention during the 66 years since the KBB was first described. Using a large population-genomic dataset and a model of population divergence with migration, we investigated the relationship between the KBB and L. melissa, a...

Synergistic antibacterial interaction between Melissa officinalis extracts and antibioticsOlgica Stefanovic, Ljiljana Comic

Justin L. Grobe, Adam P. Mecca, Melissa Lingis, Vinayak Shenoy, Tonya A. Bolton, Juline M. Machado, Robert C. Speth, Mohan K. Raizada, and Michael J. Katovich Department of Pharmacodynamics and Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics and McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; and Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, ...

Synergistic antibacterial interaction between Melissa officinalis extracts and antibioticsOlgica Stefanovic, Ljiljana Comic

Essential oil, ethanolic extract and decoction of 10 plant species from interior Portugal were analyzed for their activity towards acetylcholinesterase (AChE) enzyme and their antioxidant activity. Of these, Melissa officinalis, Paronychia argentea, Sanguisorba minor, Hypericum undulatum and Malva silvestris are used in herbal medicine, Laurus nobilis and Mentha suaveolens as condiments, and Sa...

Twelve essential oils from Mediterranean aromatic plants were tested for their phytotoxic activity, at different doses, against the germination and the initial radicle growth of seeds of Raphanus sativus, Lactuca sativa and Lepidium sativum. The essential oils were obtained from Hyssopus officinalis, Lavandula angustifolia, Majorana hortensis, Melissa officinalis, Ocimum basilicum, Origanum vul...