| [verification of the plum pox virus (ppv) using the tray test (author's transl)]. | a comparison of 6 host plants reacting by local lesion if infected by the plum pox virus (ppv) demonstrated that beside chenopodium foetidum schrad. also nicandra physaloides (l). gärtner, nicardra physaloides violacea bitter and verbena officinalis l. are pretty well suitable to verify the ppv serving as locally reacting test plants. using the tray test, the ppv was verifiable by separated leaves of c. foetidum schrad., n. physaloides violacea bitter, n. physaloides (l.) gärtner and v. officina ... | 1978 | 664936 |
| [antitussive constituents of verbena officinalis]. | | 1985 | 2938777 |
| inhibition by certain plant extracts of the binding and adenylate cyclase stimulatory effect of bovine thyrotropin in human thyroid membranes. | the present studies were undertaken to explore the mechanism by which, as previous studies have shown, freeze-dried aqueous extracts (fde) of plants of the species lycopus virginicus and lycopus europaeus, melissa officinalis (laminaceae), and lithospermum officinale (boraginaceae) have the ability to inhibit at least many of the effects of exogenous and endogenous tsh on the thyroid gland. to this end, we have examined the in vitro effects of fde from these plants on the ability of bovine tsh ( ... | 1984 | 6745167 |
| luteolin 7-diglucuronide, the major flavonoid compound from aloysia triphylla and verbena officinalis. | | 1995 | 7480218 |
| allergic contact dermatitis from verbena officinalis l. | | 1994 | 7821028 |
| urolithiasis and phytotherapy. | the effects of seven plants with suspected application to prevent and treat stone kidney formation (verbena officinalis, lithospermum officinale, taraxacum officinale, equisetum arvense, arctostaphylos uva-ursi, arctium lappa and silene saxifraga) have been studied using female wistar rats. variations of the main urolithiasis risk factors (citraturia, calciuria, phosphaturia, ph and diuresis) have been evaluated. it can be concluded that beneficial effects caused by these herb infusions on uroli ... | 1994 | 7860196 |
| [oral anticoagulants and medicinal plants. an emerging interaction]. | the consumption of herbal medicines is increasing steadily throughout the world, although to our knowledge there are neither studies on their effectiveness nor controls over the quality and safety of these preparations. considered "food integrators", these preparations are marketed without restriction. it is a common notion that natural therapy has neither side nor toxic effects: allergic reactions, direct toxic effects or those due to contamination, carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, and heavy meta ... | 2000 | 10920504 |
| antiinflammatory activity and chemical composition of extracts of verbena officinalis. | in an attempt to locate the biologically active fraction(s) of the plant verbena officinalis linn. (verbenaceae), a preliminary screening of successive petroleum ether, chloroform and methanol extracts of aerial parts for antiinflammatory activity using carrageenan paw oedema model was carried out. all three extracts were found to exhibit antiinflammatory activity with the chloroform extract being the most active. chemical investigations of petroleum ether and chloroform extracts led to the isol ... | 2000 | 10960904 |
| inhibition of non-haem iron absorption in man by polyphenolic-containing beverages. | the effects of different polyphenol-containing beverages on fe absorption from a bread meal were estimated in adult human subjects from the erythrocyte incorporation of radio-fe. the test beverages contained different polyphenol structures and were rich in either phenolic acids (chlorogenic acid in coffee), monomeric flavonoids (herb teas, camomile (matricaria recutita l.), vervain (verbena officinalis l.), lime flower (tilia cordata mill.), pennyroyal (mentha pulegium l.) and peppermint (mentha ... | 1999 | 10999016 |
| antimicrobial activity of flavonoids in medicinal plants from tafí del valle (tucumán, argentina). | preliminary studies of flavonoids have been realised in five native species from tafí del valle (tucumán, argentina) used in popular medicine. most of compounds detected were flavonoids mono and dihydroxylated in b ring. screening for antimicrobial activity against gram positive and gram negative microorganisms has been realised with lippia turbinata, satureja parvifolia, sambucus peruviana, verbena officinalis and chenopodium graveolens. the total extracts of flavonoids of each plant were teste ... | 2000 | 11025172 |
| [studies on chemical constituents of aerial parts of verbena officinalis l]. | to search for new effective ant-early-pregnancy components from the aerial part of verbena officinalis. | 2000 | 12525071 |
| [determination of ursolic acid in herba of verbena officinalis by hplc]. | to establish a hplc method for determination of ursolic acid in dried aerial part of verbena officinalis. | 2002 | 12776531 |
| [verbena officinalis: occurrence of adenosine and beta-carotene. on the problem of "verbenin" described by kuwajima]. | | 1961 | 13785767 |
| vervain (verbena officinalis, verbenaceae). | | 1960 | 13845102 |
| ethnobotanical and ethnomedicinal uses of plants in the district of acquapendente (latium, central italy). | in the years 2002-2003 research was carried out concerning ethnomedicine in the acquapendente district (viterbo, latium, central italy), an area so far less frequently studied from the perspective of plant folk traditions. the district, from the ethnobotanical point of view, shows traces of the influences of the neighbouring regions. in this study 96 plant entities are described, belonging to 45 families, of which 64 are employed in human medicine, 15 in veterinary medicine, 22 in the feeding of ... | 2005 | 15619562 |
| [studies on the chemical constitutents in herb of verbena officinalis]. | to isolate and identify the chemical constituents from verbena officinalis. | 2005 | 15724402 |
| citral is a new inducer of caspase-3 in tumor cell lines. | citral, 3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-al, a key component of the lemon-scented essential oils extracted from several herbal plants such as lemon grass (cymbopogon citratus), melissa (melissa officinalis), verbena (verbena officinalis) is used as a food additive and as a fragrance in cosmetics. in this study, we investigated the anti-cancer potential of citral and its mode of action. concentrations of 44.5 mum, comparable to the concentration of citral in a cup of tea prepared from 1 g of lemon gra ... | 2005 | 15931590 |
| novel neuroprotective effects of the aqueous extracts from verbena officinalis linn. | verbena officinialis linn. (verbenaceae) is a perennial plant which has been used as herbal medicine or health supplement in both western and eastern countries for centuries. it has been used to treat acute dysentery, enteritis, amenorrhea and depression. in view of its wide array of biological effects, we hypothesized that v. officinalis can exert cytoprotective effects on cells of the central nervous system. pre-treatment of aqueous extracts of v. officinalis significantly attenuated the toxic ... | 2006 | 16406021 |
| anti-inflammatory and analgesic activity of the topical preparation of verbena officinalis l. | verbena officinalis has traditionally been used in herbal medicine in navarra, spain, in the treatment of topical inflammation. due to the anti-inflammatory activity of verbena officinalis 50% methanolic extract in i.p. and topical administration, the effects of several formulations were prepared and studied using carrageenan-induced edema and formalin testing. piroxicam gel and methyl salicylate ointment were studied as positive control for anti-inflammatory and analgesic activity, respectively ... | 2006 | 16723201 |
| effects of differential extraction of verbena officinalis on rat models of inflammation, cicatrization and gastric damage. | verbena officinalis l. is used in folk medicine for the treatment of inflammatory disorders, skin burns, abrasions, and gastric diseases. extracts obtained with different solvents (methanol, vome; enriched flavonoids, voef; supercritical co2, voco2) were evaluated for anti-inflammatory, gastroprotective and cicatrizing activities. additionally, the antioxidant capacity was determined in vitro. in order to confirm the activities investigated, histological observations were performed. all extracts ... | 2007 | 17354166 |
| antioxidant and antifungal activity of verbena officinalis l. leaves. | the scavenging activity against dpph (1,1-diphenil-2-picrylhydrazyl) radical and the antifungal effect against chloroform, ethyl acetate and 50% methanolic extracts of verbena officinalis leaves were investigated. the activity of different fractions of 50% methanolic extract and some isolated compounds were also investigated. the results suggest that 50% methanolic extract and caffeoyl derivatives could potentially be considered as excellent and readily available sources of natural antifungal an ... | 2008 | 18498054 |
| identification of verbena officinalis based on its sequence analysis and rapd-derived molecular markers. | verbenae herba is a widely used drug and consists of the aerial parts of verbena officinalis (verbenaceae). until now, the identification has been performed based on morphological and phytochemical analyses, which are not reliable enough to distinguish verbena officinalis from other relevant species of the genus verbena. hence, impurities and adulterants, negatively influencing the therapeutic effect of the drug, may remain undetected. in an attempt to generate an accurate authentication method ... | 2009 | 19350481 |
| larvicidal effects of some euro-asiatic plants against culex quinquefasciatus say larvae (diptera: culicidae). | methanol extracts of the aerial parts from 62 euro-asiatic plant species were tested for larvicidal activity against the mosquito culex quinquefasciatus say (diptera: culicidae) under laboratory conditions. the fourth larval instar was tested. the extracts of the plants seseli pallasii and schisandra chinencis displayed the highest larvicidal activities with ld(50) 6 and 15 ppm, respectively, followed by arthemisia campestris, verbena officinalis, and imperatoria osthruthium with ld(50) 23, 38, ... | 2009 | 19499247 |
| verbena officinalis essential oil and its component citral as apoptotic-inducing agent in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. | we evaluated the pro-apoptotic activity of verbena officinalis essential oil and of its main component citral, on lymphocytes collected from normal blood donors and patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (cll). the number of apoptotic cells was greater in cll patients than in healthy subjects at all different times of incubation (4, 8 and 24 hours) for samples treated with verbena officinalis essential oil (a) and citral (b) as well vs controls at different concentrations (0.1% and 0.01%). t ... | 2009 | 20074474 |
| chemistry, antioxidant, antibacterial and antifungal activities of volatile oils and their components. | the present paper reports the chemical composition, antioxidant and antibacterial activities of several essential oils and their components. analysis showed that three oils (carum carvi l., verbena officinalis l. and majorana hortensis l.) contained predominantly oxygenated monoterpenes, while others studied (pimpinella anisum l., foeniculum vulgare mill.) mainly contained anethole. c. carvi, v. officinalis and m. hortensis oils exhibited the most potent antioxidant activity, due their contents ... | 2009 | 20120118 |
| ethnoveterinary knowledge in navarra (iberian peninsula). | to collect, analyze and evaluate the ethnoveterinary knowledge about medicinal plants in a northern iberian region (navarra, 10,421 km(2), 620,377 inhabitants). | 2010 | 20573568 |
| phytotoxic activities of mediterranean essential oils. | 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 vulgare, salvia officinalis and thymus vulgaris (lamiaceae), verbena officinalis (verbenaceae), pimpinella ... | 2010 | 20657443 |
| biodegradable gelatin-chitosan films incorporated with essential oils as antimicrobial agents for fish preservation. | essential oils of clove (syzygium aromaticum l.), fennel (foeniculum vulgare miller), cypress (cupressus sempervirens l.), lavender (lavandula angustifolia), thyme (thymus vulgaris l.), herb-of-the-cross (verbena officinalis l.), pine (pinus sylvestris) and rosemary (rosmarinus officinalis) were tested for their antimicrobial activity on 18 genera of bacteria, which included some important food pathogen and spoilage bacteria. clove essential oil showed the highest inhibitory effect, followed by ... | 2010 | 20688230 |
| two new secoiridoid glycosides from verbena officinalis. | two new secoiridoid glycosides, verbenoside a (1) and verbenoside b (2), have been isolated from the ethanol extract of the aerial parts of verbena officinalis l. their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic evidences, especially 1d, 2d nmr, and ms experiments. | 2010 | 20706899 |
| an attempt of postharvest orange fruit rot control using essential oils from mediterranean plants. | twelve essential oils from mediterranean aromatic plants were tested at different doses against four fungi known as causal agents of post-harvest orange fruit rot: botrytis cinerea, penicillium italicum, phytophthora citrophthora, and rhizopus stolonifer. essential oils were obtained from hyssopus officinalis, lavandula angustifolia, majorana hortensis, melissa officinalis, ocimum basilicum, origanum vulgare, salvia officinalis, and thymus vulgaris (family lamiaceae), verbena officinalis (family ... | 2010 | 20874226 |
| pharmaceutical ethnobotany in northern navarra (iberian peninsula). | this paper provides significant ethnobotanical information on pharmaceutical plant uses in northern navarra from an area known both for its high biological diversity and its cultural significance, suggesting the survival of uses lost elsewhere. collect, analyze and evaluate the ethnobotanical knowledge about medicinal plants in northern navarra (iberian peninsula) with 4243 km(2) and 71,069 inhabitants. | 2010 | 20883764 |
| lc-ms/ms determination and pharmacokinetic study of five flavone components after solvent extraction/acid hydrolysis in rat plasma after oral administration of verbena officinalis l. extract. | traditional chinese medicine (tcm) has been used in clinical practice for several thousand years. tcm has played an indispensable role in the prevention and treatment of diseases, especially the complicated and chronic ones. pharmacokinetic study on active constituents in herbal preparations is a good way for us to explain and predict a variety of events related to the efficacy and toxicity of tcm. | 2011 | 21220003 |
| larvicidal activity of two algerian verbenaceae essential oils against culex pipiens. | the purpose of this study was to evaluate the bioactivity of essential oils extracted from the leaves of verbena officinalis and lantana camara l. for the control of culex pipiens. triplicate bioassays were performed with fourth larval instars of c. pipiens (n=25 per replicate) with solutions at 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 and 500μl/l of v. officinalis and l. camara l. extracts. cumulative mortalities were determined 3, 6, 12 and 24h after treatment. results showed cumulative mortalities, at three (3) hou ... | 2011 | 21592668 |
| antimicrobial activity and chemical composition of three essential oils extracted from mediterranean aromatic plants. | there is a growing interest in essential oils (eos) as possible alternatives for traditional chemical pesticides. this study was carried out to characterize the chemical composition of the three eos extracted from verbena officinalis, majorana hortensis, and salvia officinalis using gas chromatography (gc) and gc-mass spectrometry (gc-ms) and to evaluate in vitro their efficacy against some phyto or human pathogens. the antifungal activity was investigated against colletotrichum acutatum and bot ... | 2016 | 27792456 |
| in vitro control of post-harvest fruit rot fungi by some plant essential oil components. | eight substances that are main components of the essential oils from three mediterranean aromatic plants (verbena officinalis, thymus vulgaris and origanum vulgare), previously found active against some phytopathogenic fungi and stramenopila, have been tested in vitro against five etiological agents of post-harvest fruit decay, botrytis cinerea, penicillium italicum, p. expansum, phytophthora citrophthora and rhizopus stolonifer. the tested compounds were β-fellandrene, β-pinene, camphene, carva ... | 2012 | 22408454 |
| synergistic antibacterial effects of herbal extracts and antibiotics on methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus: a computational and experimental study. | antibiotic resistance has become a serious global concern, and the discovery of antimicrobial herbal constituents may provide valuable solutions to overcome the problem. in this study, the effects of therapies combining antibiotics and four medicinal herbs on methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) were investigated. specifically, the synergistic effects of magnolia officinalis, verbena officinalis, momordica charantia, and daphne genkwa in combination with oxacillin or gentamicin aga ... | 2017 | 28118725 |
| medicinal plants traditionally used in the northwest of the basque country (biscay and alava), iberian peninsula. | many ethnobotanical studies show that people in industrial countries still rely on their traditional knowledge of medicinal plants for self-treatment, although the trend might not be as common as some decades ago. given the social and public health implications of ethnopharmacological practices, this survey aims at recording and analysing the medicinal plants used in the folk medicine of the northwest of the basque country focusing on how medicinal plants knowledge and practices evolve. | 2014 | 24389558 |