As a spice and medicinal plant, Aloysia citriodora Palau (Family, Verbenaceae) is applied in nutritional and pharmacological purposes. According to the findings, many parameters relating to growth location and cultivation conditions, may affect on the secondary metabolites of the herb and result in different percentage of concerned constituents. Accordingly, present study was performed to compa...

The aim of this work is to investigate the in vitro cytotoxic and antibacterial effects of the essential oils of Aloysia citriodora Palau, harvested in different regions of Morocco. The chemical profile was established using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis. The cytotoxic activity against P815, MCF7, and VERO cell lines as well as the normal human peripheral blood mononuclear cells...

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...

INTRODUCTION The Aloysia citriodora plant from the family of Verbenaceae has many uses in traditional medicine. The aim of the current study was to determine the effects of the aqueous and ethanolic extracts of A. citriodora on Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus, which cause tooth decay. METHODS This 2016 study was performed on standardized strains of S. mutans PTCC1683 and S. so...

allelopathy refers to the chemical inhibition or stimulation of one species by another which could influence on the growth or germination of other plant and used in control of weed in agricultural practices. in this sense in order to study the possibly allelopathic effects of lemon balm, bitter apple and lemon verbena medicinal plants on control of wild mustard weed, a laboratory experiment was...

Objective: Chronic ethanol consumption has significant negative effects on liver tissue. Mechanisms of ethanol toxicity include oxidative stress and inflammation. The antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of the lemon verbena have been proven in studies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the protective effect of hydro alcoholic extract of Aloysia citriodora (AC) on ethanol-induced he...