Common names eisenkraut in german eisenkraut in german gewohnliches eisenkraut in german gewohnliches eisenkraut in german l. Verbena officinalis at encyclopedia of life verbena officinalis at national center for biotechnology information. Vervain, european verbena officinalis, packet of 50. Anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, and sedative activities of. Pdf verbena officinalis a herb with promising broad spectrum. Novel neuroprotective effects of the aqueous extracts from. This is the profile for the plant verbena officinalis common verbena buqexrem. 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. However, the safety and efficacy of the plant material has not been scientifically validated yet. Verbena bonariensis plant growing guide purpletop vervain. Important member information, download a fact sheet pdf. Mabiancao, herba verbenae, is the dry aerial part of verbena officinalis l. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria. Two new iridoids, 35methoxycarbonyl2oxo2hpyran3ylbutanoic acid, named verbeofflin i 1, and 7hydroxydehydrohastatoside 2, were isolated from the aerial part of verbena officinalis l, along with three known iridoids, verbenalin 3, 3,4dihydroverbenalin 4, hastatoside 5 by means of various column chromatography steps.
Blue vervain verbena officinalis an overview of the research and clinical indications beverly yates, nd 90ltt092. Verbena officinalis is a perennial herb that grows up to three feet high. Now that we have returned to medicinal virtues of vervain, let us look at the. Click on a datetime to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Verbena hastata, especially, is an alternative that is commonly found in north american markets. Vervain herb uses, side effects and health benefits. It grows up to 70 cm high, with an upright habitus. Abstract the essential oil of verbena officinalis from morocco was obtained by steam distillation and analyzed by gc and gcms. It contains about 250 species of annual and perennial herbaceous or semiwoody flowering plants. It is usually gathered from the wild both for local use and for sale, but is sometimes also cultivated. Verbena officinalis is a perennial plant growing up to 1 metre tall. Chemical composition of the leaf oil of verbena officinalis l.
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. The results can also be downloaded as a csv file unicode utf8 encoding see. View enhanced pdf access article on wiley online library html view download pdf for offline viewing. The plants database includes the following 2 subspecies of verbena officinalis. Jicheng shu 1,2, guixin chou 1, and zhengtao wang 1. It is a wellknown herb employed by humans since ancient roman times. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The herb verbena officinalis has a great repute as ethnomedicine against infections. Chemical composition, mineral content and antioxidant activity of verbena officinalis l. Verbena verbena officinalis common vervain the verbena family of plants are perennials which can grow up to approximately 36 inches tall. The flora of turkey gives two verbena species, including verbena officinalis it forms an evergreen rosette which overwinters. Taken together, we have proved our hypothesis by showing the novel neuroprotective effects of v.
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. Blue vervain is also known as verbena officinalis, american blue vervain and simplers joy. Vervain prefers limey soil, and is grown for its powerful herbal properties and lovely appearance. Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles. Plants profile for verbena officinalis herb of the cross. Chemical composition, mineral content and antioxidant.
Hastatoside and verbenalin are sleeppromoting components in verbena officinalis. We describe different neuropharmacological effects of verbena officinalis crude extract vo. Verbena officinalis aka common vervain flower seeds. 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. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. Verbena officinalis extract bg antiaging extract made of plant harvested in okinawa, japan.
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. Uses, side effects, interactions, dosage, and warning. Verbena officinalis in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. Blue vervain is indigenous to the united states, flowers during the summer months, and is typically found in tall grassy fields and along. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. It has pale pink or purplish color flowers about 4 mm across 6, 7. Verbena officinalis on integrated taxonomic information system. 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. 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. Antidepressive potential of aqueous extract of common vervain v.
Verbena officinalis essential oil and its component citral. Home shop vervain, european verbena officinalis, packet of 50 seeds, organic. Vervain verbena officinalis is a flowering plant with numerous medicinal uses. Verbena officinalis stem stout, obtusely quadrangular, rough, pubescent. The plant is often used in modern herbalism, where it has a wide range of applications. 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. It may be easier to find than common vervain, and has many of the same effects. The majority of the species are native to the americas and asia. Vervain, verbena officinalis l verbenaceae is a perennial flowering plant native to iran and europe, which has nearly a 200year history of use. Allergic contact dermatitis from verbena officinalis l. Article pdf available in journal of herbal pharmacotherapy 63.
Pdf verbena officinalis essential oil and citral as. Tracheophyta magnoliopsida verbenaceae verbena verbena officinalis. A voucher specimen number 270 was deposited at the same department for future reference. Verbena officinalis a herb with promising broad spectrum. Verbena officinalis, commonly known as vervain, common vervain, verbena or common verbena, is a medicinal plant native to europe. 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. Vervain verbenaceae hardy to zones 4 to 8 european vervain, herb of the cross, prostrate verbena light. Vervain verbenaceae hardy to zones 4 to 8 european vervain, herb of the cross, prostrate verbena light blue to white flowered herbaceous perennial. Mushtaq ahmad, a plant taxonomist, department of plant science, quaideazam university, islamabad, pakistan. Verbena officinalis extract bg is obtained by extracting with 80% 1,3butylene glycol solution from verbena officinalis which is organicallycultivated in okinawa, japan. The most commonly used species is european vervain verbena officinalis. 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.
Verbena officinalis how it works the active constituents of vervain. It is officially listed in the chinese pharmacopoeia and is used as a hemostatic, antimalarial, and diuretic agent. Blue vervain is also known as verbena officinalis, american blue vervain and simplers. The leaves are lobed and toothed, and the flowers are delicate and mauve in color. The active constituents of this plant are the glycosides verbenalin and aucubin, as well as volatile oil. Verbena officinalis an overview sciencedirect topics. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. A perennial herb, usually of open habitats or bare ground on freelydraining, often calcareous soils. Verbena contains verbenalin, and is known to have an antiinflammatory and a hemostatic action, and is used for emmenagogue. In seven plants verbena officinalis, lithospermum officinale, taraxacum. History reveals a number of diversified medicinal aspects of plant v. Verbena officinalis, the common vervain or common verbena, is a perennial herb native to europe. This chapter talks about the herbal plant, verbena verbena officinalis l.
Vervain traditional herbs many used documented herbclip. Some other verbena species, such as verbena hastata blue vervain and verbena macdougalii macdougal verbena can be used interchangeably with verbena officinalis. Verbenaceae, which is collected in juneaugust when the plant blooms. Anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, and sedative activities of verbena. Anticonvulsant effects of aerial parts of verbena officinalis extract in. 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. Pdf verbena officinalis essential oil and citral as apoptotic. The lobed leaves are toothed, and the delicate spikes hold clusters of twolipped mauve flowers this plant prefers limey soils. Download fulltext pdf marigold calendula officinalis l.
Verbenas typically have woody stalks and are pale green in color with hairy stems. Jan, 2016 verbena officinalis, commonly known as vervain, common vervain, verbena or common verbena, is a medicinal plant native to europe. Verbena officinalis online atlas of the british and. 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. Download includes an excel spreadsheet of the attributes, and a pdf explaining the background and nomenclature. Grow in welldrained or moist but welldrained, moderately fertile soil in full sun. Beds and borders, containers, gravel, prairie planting. Evaluation of the antispasmodic and antisecretory activities of the. The flora of turkey davis 1982 gives two verbena species, including verbena officinalis. This study was, therefore, aimed to evaluate the overall antidiarrheal activity of the 80% methanol extracts of v officinalis in mice.