iran has a great wealth of various naturally occurring medicinal plants which have great potential pharmacological activities. otostegia persica (burm.f.) boiss. is one of these plants which is a perennial shrub found in south and southeast of iran. the aerial parts of o. persica have been used in iranian traditional medicine to treat various types of diseases (e.g., inflammatoryand pain-mediat...

Coleus forskohlii, is a member of the mint family (Lamiaceae). As part of a long-standing tradition in India, C. forskohlii roots have been used as a marinated food, or pickle, that is commonly eaten as part of a vegetarian meal. Upon closer investigation into the plant's pharmacological properties, it was revealed that C. forskohlii roots contain forskolin, a compound that belongs to the chemi...

Plants of the genus Elsholtzia (Lamiaceae) have a long history of medicinal use in folk. The phytochemical investigations revealed the presence of flavonoids, phenylpropanoids, terpenoids, and other compounds. Abundant volatile components are also identified. Pure compounds, volatile constituents and crude extracts from the genus exhibited a wide spectrum of in vitro and in vivo pharmacological...

Abstract This study details the floristic diversity of Mentheae (Lamiaceae - Nepetoideae) from Itatiaia National Park, first Protected Area in Brazil. Among 30 species Lamiaceae cited for we recorded 15 belonging to arranged seven genera: Cunila (2 spp.), Hedeoma (1 sp.), Hesperozygis Lepechinia Prunella Rhabdocaulon and Salvia (8 spp.). The region presents significant diversity, considering 62...

Vassya Bankova3 *, Jordanka Koeva-Todorovskab, Tatyana Stam bolijskab, Maria-Desislava Ignatova-Grocevab, Daniela Todorova3 and Simeon Popov3 a Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria. Fax: 003592-700-225 . E-mail: [email protected] b Faculty of Biology. Sofia University, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria * Author for corresponden...

Coleophoranepetellae Baldizzone & Nel, sp. n. is described from the southern Alps (Italy and France). It belongs to the Coleophoralixella species group. Its host plants are Nepetanepetella L. (Lamiaceae) and an unidentified Poaceae. The fifth instar larva, its case, the adult habitus, and genitalia are illustrated. The species is compared to Coleophoranevadella Baldizzone, 1985, here newly conf...

In the present study, we describe and illustrate a new species, Premna bhamoensis Y. T. Tan & B. Li (Lamiaceae), from Myanmar. In the 1980s, this species was transplanted from Bhamo County in northeastern Myanmar to the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The species shows striking morphological similarity to P. menglaensis B. Li, and thus, has been misidentifi...

Variations in the frequency and extent of hybridization among mixed populations located in the same contact zone provide natural laboratories for the study of extrinsic reproductive isolation maintaining species integrity. In this study, we examined the pattern of hybridization between L. japonicum and L. stellipilum among mixed populations in different localities of a contact zone. The genetic...