The mentha genus includes 2530 species that are widely grown in temperate areas around the world, particularly in europe, north america, north africa, asia minor, northern parts of iran and near east. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in latin, greek, french, italian, german, and in english manuscript. Mentha rotundifolia mint with applescented stems of southern and western europe. Pulegone is the main compound of the plant responsible for most of its pharmacological effects followed by menthone, isomenthone, menthol, 1, 8cineole, borneol, and piperitenone. Proximate composition, phytochemical analysis and antioxidant capacity of aloe vera, cannabis sativa and mentha longifolia zeenat waris1, yousaf iqbal1, arshad hussain2, shafqatullah2, asad ali khan3, akhtar ali3 and mohammad wasiullah khan4 1. Western, eastern and northern cape, free state province and kwazulunatal.
Further work is needed to fully assess their correct status. Journal of health sciences cover page 2011 2 3 pdf. Mentha longifolia l medicine, commercial 63,64 mentha cardiaca medicine 65. Home shop mint, arabian mentha longifolia, packet of 100 seeds, organic. We are still open for nursery plant sales, and look forward to your live root and plant orders. Pdf pharmacological and therapeutic effects of mentha longifolia.
Present study describes the antimicrobial activity and free radical scavenging capacity rsc of essential oil from mentha longifolia l. Mentha longifolia lamiaceae, commonly known as wild mint, is a perennial herb that can grow 12 m high. Mentha longifolia herb uses, benefits, cures, side effects. The ancient hebrews, greeks and romans used mentha longifolia for flavoring, as a carminative in medicine, and as a condiment in cookery. This mixture is shaken well and then filtered with a. Mentha species, one of the worlds oldest and most popular herbs, are widely used in cooking, in cosmetics, and as alternative or complementary therapy, mainly for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders like flatulence, indigestion, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, and ulcerative colitis. Mentha longifolia, a wild relative of the polyploid, cultivated mentha mint species, was evaluated as a potential model system for genetic research relevant to the cultivated mints. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
Hudson is a common aromatic herb easily found in the mediterranean region. The results can also be downloaded as a csv file unicode utf8 encoding see status, confidence level, source for. Extracts from mentha species have been traditionally used for treating numerous and widespread diseases, such as indigestion, flatulence, irritable bowel. Determination of total phenols, free radical scavenging. The following databases may contain further information on this name. Institute of chemical sciences, the university of peshawarpakistan 2.
Home shop mint, arabian mentha longifolia, packet of 100 seeds, organic we at strictly medicinal seeds are dedicated to providing medicinal plants to the people. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of weeds of the u. Request pdf free and glycosidically bound volatiles of mentha longifolia growing in croatia the glycosides of volatile compounds and the essential oil were isolated from wild mentha longifolia. The aim of the study was to evaluate the antioxidant and free radical scavenging properties, total phenolic contents and antibacterial activities of the methanol extract of mentha longifolia linn. Proximate composition, phytochemical analysis and antioxidant.
Mentha longifolia selections, collected from three different sites in southcentral tajikistan, were analyzed to determine essential oil constituency. How mentha longifolia is effective for various diseases is listed in repertory format. Catalogue of the vascular plants of new york state memoirs of the torrey botanical club 27. The leaves are oblongelliptical to lanceolate, thinly to densely tomentose, green to greyish. Like many mints, it has a creeping rhizome, with erect to creeping stems 40120 cm tall. Determination of total phenols, free radical scavenging and. The plant list does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa. Horse mint, silver mint, biblical mint, wild mint synonymes.
In modern medicine, mentha species are widely used in the treatment of gastrointestinal tract disorders. It has a creeping rhizome with straight to creeping stems 40120 cm in height. Names of mentha longifolia in various languages of the world are also given. Mentha rotundifolia synonyms, mentha rotundifolia pronunciation, mentha rotundifolia translation, english dictionary definition of mentha rotundifolia. Subspecies polyadena has a more restricted and disjunct distribution. Maternal parent of spearmint mentha spicata paternal parent of spearmint is applemint mentha suaveolens and grandparent to peppermint mentha x piperita peppermint is a sterile hybrid generated from a cross of spearmint and watermint. Anticancer effects of wild mountain mentha longifolia extract. Mentha longifolia herba definition mentha longifolia herba consists of the dried. Mentha an aa kent as mint, frae greek mintha, linear b mita is a genus o plants in the faimily lamiaceae mint faimily references. Chemical composition and biological activities of mentha.
The plant is a strongly scented, perennial, glabrous, herb 3090 cm in height. Uses, benefits, cures, side effects, nutrients in mentha longifolia. It is traditionally used as herbal tea in europe, australia and north africa and shows numerous pharmacological effects, such as spasmolytic, antioxidant, antimicrobial and antihemolytic. Africa, asia, europe, naturalized in north america more infos. Pdf essential oil composition of mentha longifolia from wild. It belongs to the lamiaceae family and it is a wild perennial plant that can live at more than m above the sea level. Pharmacological and therapeutic effects of mentha longifolia l. Chemical structure of mentha longifolia principle components.
Western, eastern and northern cape, free state province and kwazulu natal. The species is hermaphrodite has both male and female organs and is pollinated by insects. Although no records of toxicity have been seen for this species, large quantities of some members of this genus, especially when taken in the form of the extracted essential oil, can cause abortions so some caution is advised. We at strictly medicinal seeds are dedicated to providing medicinal plants to the people. Phytochemical, antioxidant and cytotoxic activities of. Mentha longifolia noun the noun mentha longifolia has 1 sense 1. Many hybrids and cultivars are known the genus has a subcosmopolitan distribution across europe. Free state province and kwazulunatal and also in neighbouring lesotho. Mentha longifolia in the germplasm resources information network grin, u.
Subspecies capensis occurs in moist habitats in 5 out of 9 provinces in south africa. Pharmacological and therapeutic effects of mentha longifolia. The mentha genus includes 2530 species that are widely grown in temperate areas around the world, particularly in europe, north america, north africa, asia minor, northern parts of iran and near east syria, ethiopia, but nowadays, it is cultivated throughout all regions of the world. Mentha longifolia and periphloca aphyla are a well known species widely applied in medicine as a constituent of various drugs, and are very liked in aromatherapy. Chemical composition and biological activity of mentha longifolia l.
Essential oil growing in taif, ksa extracted by hydrodistillation, solvent free microwave and microwave hydrodistillation. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Mentha longifolia wikispecies, free species directory. The first side effect is a minor one involving undue irritability and anxiousness. The correct nomenclatural citation of this species is, to some extent, a matter of opinion. It is a very variable herbaceous perennial plant with a. In this project, the effect of extraction methods hydrodistillation, microwave assisted hydrodistillation and solvent free microwave extraction of. Anticancer effects of wild mountain mentha longifolia. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from adam lonicers krauterbuch, or herbal, frankfurt, 1557. Mentha mint is a genus of about 25 species and many hundreds of varieties of flowering plants in the family lamiaceae mint family. This mixture is shaken well and then filtered with a cloth or filtration pot. It is a very variable herbaceous perennial plant with a peppermintscented aroma. Hybridization occurs naturally where some species range overlap. It grows wild in various regions of iran omidbaigi, 2005 and has been used in iranian traditional medicine as a stomach painrelieving, antispasmodic, digestive and carminative agent zargari, 1990.
Chemical composition, antimicrobial and antioxidant. Janifer raj x, bajpai pk, phani kumar g, pal murugan m, jitendra kumar, chaurasia op and shashi bala singh janifer raj x defence institute of high altitude researchdihar, defence research. This page was last edited on 17 january 2015, at 08. Medicine, ornamental consumption, commercial 5961 mentha citrata ehrh medicine 62 mentha longifolia l medicine, commercial 63,64 mentha cardiaca medicine 65 mentha arvensis medicine 66 mentha canadensis weed 67 mentha flavouring. Mentha is a wellknown genus in the lamiaceae family that has medicinal and aromatic value. Mentha longifolia was determined using an rphplcdad system.
Various biological activities have been reported for some species of mentha. The current study was desighned to investigate the phytochemical screening, cytotoxic and antioxidant capacity of methanolic extract of mentha longifolia and periphloca aphyla. Horse mint, mentha longifolia, and water mint, mentha aquatica. Mentha simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Accumulation of free radicals results in oxidative stress in the human body. Mint, arabian mentha longifolia, packet of 100 seeds. Mentha longifolia extract is generally accepted by doctors and regulators as being safe, according to webmd for use in moderation. Phenolic composition and functional properties of wild mint mentha. Lamiaceae is distributed all over the world and can be found in many environments.
It is in flower from august to september, and the seeds ripen from september to october. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Mentha longifolia herba definition mentha longifolia herba consists of the dried aerial parts of mentha longifolia l. The square stems are usually reddishpurple and smooth. Free and glycosidically bound volatiles of mentha longifolia. Mentha also known as mint, from greek mintha, linear b mita is a genus of plants in the family lamiaceae mint family. Mentha longifolia definition of mentha longifolia by the. Mentha longifolia synonyms, mentha longifolia pronunciation, mentha longifolia translation, english dictionary definition of mentha longifolia. Free and glycosidically bound volatiles of mentha longifolia growing in croatia.
Hudson is an aromatic plant that belongs to lamiaceae family. You give a tenth of your spicesmint, dill and cumin. Mentha longifolia a coarse old world wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers. Free radicals cause oxidative damage to lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids shui and leong, 2004. Pharmacological activity of mentha longifolia and its phytoconstituents. Pdf determination of total phenols, free radical scavenging. Mentha longifolia is a species in the genus mentha native to europe, western and central asia, and northern and southern africa. Mentha longifolia is an herb with a wide range of pharmacological properties. Pdf mentha longifolia wild mint is a popular folk remedy. Determination of total phenols, free radical scavenging and antibacterial activities of mentha longifolia linn. Mentha longifolia is an herb with a wide range of pharmacological properties such as antimicrobial, gastrointestinal, and nervous system effects. List of various diseases cured by mentha longifolia.
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