Verbena officinalis stem stout, obtusely quadrangular, rough, pubescent. It is usually gathered from the wild both for local use and for sale, but is sometimes also cultivated. Home shop vervain, european verbena officinalis, packet of 50 seeds, organic. Mabiancao, herba verbenae, is the dry aerial part of verbena officinalis l.
Blue vervain is indigenous to the united states, flowers during the summer months, and is typically found in tall grassy fields and along. The aim of this work is the quantitative determinations of iridoids, flavonoids and verbascoside by hplc in leaves of verbena officinalis during three vegetative periods. It is officially listed in the chinese pharmacopoeia and is used as a hemostatic, antimalarial, and diuretic agent. It grows up to 70 cm high, with an upright habitus. Download includes an excel spreadsheet of the attributes, and a pdf explaining the background and nomenclature. Chemical composition of the leaf oil of verbena officinalis l. Verbena officinalis, the common vervain or common verbena, is a perennial herb native to europe. The lobed leaves are toothed, and the delicate spikes hold clusters of twolipped mauve flowers this plant prefers limey soils. Verbena officinalis on integrated taxonomic information system. Verbena officinalis is the most common species used in herbal remedies, however, other members of the family verbenaceae may be interchangeable, such as blue vervain v. Vervain verbena officinalis is a flowering plant with numerous medicinal uses.
Verbena officinalis a herb with promising broad spectrum. It is a wellknown herb employed by humans since ancient roman times. Verbena officinalis at encyclopedia of life verbena officinalis at national center for biotechnology information. Vervain, european verbena officinalis, packet of 50. Verbena bonariensis plant growing guide purpletop vervain. We evaluated the proapoptotic 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. We explore the rich history of this ancient healing plant, how it works, and how you can use vervain tea to heal a variety of ailments or to improve your overall health.
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. Verbena officinalis extract bg antiaging extract made of plant harvested in okinawa, japan. Verbena hastata, especially, is an alternative that is commonly found in north american markets. View enhanced pdf access article on wiley online library html view download pdf for offline viewing. Verbena officinalis is one of many varieties of the plant and the most commonly used for medicinal purposes, although there have been voices that say all varieties have about the same curative. Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles. Verbenaceae, which is collected in juneaugust when the plant blooms. Verbena officinalis is a perennial plant growing up to 1 metre tall.
Verbena verbena officinalis common vervain the verbena family of plants are perennials which can grow up to approximately 36 inches tall. Chemical composition, mineral content and antioxidant. Blue vervain verbena officinalis an overview of the research and clinical indications beverly yates, nd 90ltt092. Verbena officinalis aka common vervain flower seeds. Anticonvulsant effects of aerial parts of verbena officinalis extract in. The plants database includes the following 2 subspecies of verbena officinalis. This study was, therefore, aimed to evaluate the overall antidiarrheal activity of the 80% methanol extracts of v officinalis in mice. This is the profile for the plant verbena officinalis common verbena buqexrem. It may be easier to find than common vervain, and has many of the same effects.
The herb verbena officinalis has a great repute as ethnomedicine against infections. It has pale pink or purplish color flowers about 4 mm across 6, 7. Common names eisenkraut in german eisenkraut in german gewohnliches eisenkraut in german gewohnliches eisenkraut in german l. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria. Anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, and sedative activities of. Click on a datetime to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Antidepressive potential of aqueous extract of common vervain v. Pdf verbena officinalis essential oil and citral as apoptotic. Tracheophyta magnoliopsida verbenaceae verbena verbena officinalis. Verbena officinalis in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. Vervain, verbena officinalis l verbenaceae is a perennial flowering plant native to iran and europe, which has nearly a 200year history of use.
Abstract the essential oil of verbena officinalis from morocco was obtained by steam distillation and analyzed by gc and gcms. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. Verbena bonariensis how to grow verbena bonariensis plants in your garden guide to growing purple top vervain purple top, tall verbena, south american vervain, and argentinian vervain. A voucher specimen number 270 was deposited at the same department for future reference. Chemical composition, mineral content and antioxidant activity of verbena officinalis l. Verbena contains verbenalin, and is known to have an antiinflammatory and a hemostatic action, and is used for emmenagogue. Taken together, we have proved our hypothesis by showing the novel neuroprotective effects of v. In seven plants verbena officinalis, lithospermum officinale, taraxacum. Evaluation of the antispasmodic and antisecretory activities of the. Jan, 2016 verbena officinalis, commonly known as vervain, common vervain, verbena or common verbena, is a medicinal plant native to europe. History reveals a number of diversified medicinal aspects of plant v. Vervain herb uses, side effects and health benefits. Verbena officinalis how it works the active constituents of vervain.
The majority of the species are native to the americas and asia. Each plant profile in the database contains nomenclature info, botanical data, plant description, large, highresolution pictures, images and photos of the plants and its parts, detailed. The results can also be downloaded as a csv file unicode utf8 encoding see. Blue vervain is also known as verbena officinalis, american blue vervain and simplers. However, the safety and efficacy of the plant material has not been scientifically validated yet. Mushtaq ahmad, a plant taxonomist, department of plant science, quaideazam university, islamabad, pakistan. Now that we have returned to medicinal virtues of vervain, let us look at the.
Allergic contact dermatitis from verbena officinalis l. Philippine medicinal plants an illustrated compilation of philippine medicinal plants by dr godofredo stuart, with botanical information, chemical properties, folkloric uses and medical research studies. Verbena officinalis is a perennial herb that grows up to three feet high. This chapter talks about the herbal plant, verbena verbena officinalis l. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Apr 12, 20 the effect of verbena officinalis extract on spleen index of h22 tumorbearing mice was as shown in table 33, compared with the model group, spleen indices of the high and mediumdose verbena officinalis groups were both increased, but the differences were not significant, suggesting that the verbena officinalis extract had no significant. Verbenas typically have woody stalks and are pale green in color with hairy stems. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Vervain verbenaceae hardy to zones 4 to 8 european vervain, herb of the cross, prostrate verbena light. Verbena officinalis essential oil and its component citral.
Department of agriculture agricultural research service. Beds and borders, containers, gravel, prairie planting. Hastatoside and verbenalin are sleeppromoting components in verbena officinalis. The flora of turkey gives two verbena species, including verbena officinalis it forms an evergreen rosette which overwinters.
Vervain verbenaceae hardy to zones 4 to 8 european vervain, herb of the cross, prostrate verbena light blue to white flowered herbaceous perennial. Verbena officinalis an overview sciencedirect topics. Blue vervain is also known as verbena officinalis, american blue vervain and simplers joy. Important member information, download a fact sheet pdf. It contains about 250 species of annual and perennial herbaceous or semiwoody flowering plants.
The active constituents of this plant are the glycosides verbenalin and aucubin, as well as volatile oil. Novel neuroprotective effects of the aqueous extracts from. Verbena officinalis is one of many varieties of the plant and the most commonly used for medicinal purposes, although there have been voices that say all varieties have about the same. Verbena officinalis online atlas of the british and. Plants profile for verbena officinalis herb of the cross. Jicheng shu 1,2, guixin chou 1, and zhengtao wang 1. Vervain prefers limey soil, and is grown for its powerful herbal properties and lovely appearance. A perennial herb, usually of open habitats or bare ground on freelydraining, often calcareous soils. Anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, and sedative activities of verbena. Vervain traditional herbs many used documented herbclip. The most commonly used species is european vervain verbena officinalis.
The plant is often used in modern herbalism, where it has a wide range of applications. Verbena officinalis, the common vervain or common verbena, is the type species and native to europe. We describe different neuropharmacological effects of verbena officinalis crude extract vo. Article pdf available in journal of herbal pharmacotherapy 63. Pdf verbena officinalis a herb with promising broad spectrum. Verbena officinalis extract bg is obtained by extracting with 80% 1,3butylene glycol solution from verbena officinalis which is organicallycultivated in okinawa, japan. The flora of turkey davis 1982 gives two verbena species, including verbena officinalis. The leaves are lobed and toothed, and the flowers are delicate and mauve in color. The effect of verbena officinalis extract on spleen index of h22 tumorbearing mice was as shown in table 33, compared with the model group, spleen indices of the high and mediumdose verbena officinalis groups were both increased, but the differences were not significant, suggesting that the verbena officinalis extract had no significant.
Download fulltext pdf marigold calendula officinalis l. Grow in welldrained or moist but welldrained, moderately fertile soil in full sun. Pdf verbena officinalis essential oil and citral as. About ewg verified beyond providing skin deep as an educational tool for consumers, ewg offers its ewg verified mark as a quick and easily identifiable way of conveying personal care products that meet ewgs strict health criteria. Some other verbena species, such as verbena hastata blue vervain and verbena macdougalii macdougal verbena can be used interchangeably with verbena officinalis.
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