Antibacterial activity of the essential oil from lippia. Lippia is well adapted to floodplains and adjacent areas, and is extremely difficult to control. Pdf the essential oil from lippia gracilis schauer. A survey of the available literature shows that these species are used mostly for the treatment of gastrointestinal and respiratory disorders and as seasoning. Effect of essential oils from plants of the genus lippia. Plants are fragrant due to their essential oils, which vary between species but may. Results thermal analysis clearly showed the formation of complexes using kneading and co. Secondary metabolites from an infusion of lippia gracilis. Lippia is a fastgrowing, matforming and prostrate perennial plant. In vitro activity of essential oils of lippia sidoides and.
Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles. This carefree native of ca and beyond is probably one of the best lawn substitutes especially for difficult areas where nothing will grow. Lippia is found in every australian state and territory except for tasmania. Effect of essential oils from lippia sidoides and lippia.
Lippia forms a solid matlike groundcover, particularly in areas that are overgrazed. It grows spontaneously in south america and is cultivated in north africa and southern europe. Viana holotype urm 90067, culture extype urm 7547, its, lsu and bena sequences genbank ascosporesky8554, ky855414 and ky855412, mycobank mb820711. Antidermatophytic and antileishmanial activities of. Determination of the vapor pressure of lippia gracilis. The pdf file you selected should load here if your web browser has a pdf reader plugin installed for example, a recent version of adobe acrobat reader if you would like more information about how to print, save, and work with pdfs, highwire press provides a helpful frequently asked questions about pdfs alternatively, you can download the pdf file directly to your computer. Introduction moldenke also known as lippia adoensis hochst is a herbaceous plant lippia. Essential oils of lippia sidoides, lippia gracilis and their main chemical components were investigated for in vitro control of thielaviopsis paradoxa. Eos of lippia gracilis chemotypes and their major compounds were tested.
It can be found in tropical areas around the globe, a naturalized species in many places. About common lippia phyla nodiflora 8 nurseries carry this plant add to my plant list. A dozen species of lippias are utilized in medicine and in perfumery for their fragrant oils the drug lippia mexicana consists of the leaves and flowers of l. Diaphania hyalinata and two nontarget species were used as tested species. The essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation has 38 chemical. Its life form is described as a running herb lazarides et al. It is endemic to ethiopia but cultivated throughout tropical african countries. The essential oil of lippia alba is reported as an antifungal against human pathogenic microorganisms but few articles report its use as an alternative to synthetic fungicides on green mould control.
Once dominance is established, lippia tends to become more prostrate and lower growing. Our lippia grew well, has spread and thrived on very little water. When i moved to northridge in 1951, every nursery carried flats of lippia, a cheap, tough, droughtresistant ground cover and lawn substitute. Food chemistry, 69, lippia origanoides essential oil is known for its antiinflammatory, antispasmodic and analgesic properties. Names of lippia javanica in various languages of the world are also given. The genus lippia comprises 150 species, most of which have interesting medicinal properties. This page was last edited on 28 december 20, at 18. Lippia repens is doing firstclass here, in my judgment it is the best substitute for grass in this part of the country. The objective of this study was to determine chemical characteristics of l. Mycelial growth and a number of pathogen conidia were inhibited by the essential oil of l. Notesaccording tomorphological featuresandphyloinferences,wangetal. Uses, benefits, cures, side effects, nutrients in lippia javanica. Benefit sharing through scientific innovation and traditional.
Chemical composition of the essential oil of lippia. Lippia graveolens mexican oregano pfaf plant database. It makes a bright spot in contrast to the everpresent dirt. Aztec sweet herb the lowgrowing ground cover, lippia dulcis, is native to mexico and central america and the most well known of the more than 200 species of lippia that are mostly from the tropics. Based on literature, the most important traditional applications include its uses as herbal tea and ethnomedicinal applications for in descending order of importance colds, cough, fever or malaria, wounds, repelling mosquitos, diarrhoea, chest pains, bronchitis, and asthma figure 3. Feb 19, 20 leocadia bongben lippia tea tea from a plant lippia multiflora, though not yet known to the larger public, is one of the societal benefits of botanical research, prof. Acaricidal activity of lippia gracilis essential oil. Chemical characterization of lippia alba essential oil. However, there are no chemicals or biological agent commercially registered for the control of this disease. It was named after augustus lippi, 16781705, a french naturalist and botanist with italian origins. The pdf file you selected should load here if your web browser has a pdf reader plugin installed for example, a recent version of adobe acrobat reader if you would like more information about how to print, save, and work with pdfs, highwire press provides a helpful frequently asked questions about pdfs. From the study of the plants nkongmeneck came to the conclusion that lippia tea brings down hypertension, eases digestion and awaken certain physiological qualities. Lippia is a prostrate perennial broadleaf herb, with numerous branched stems up to 1 m long. Defoliation was performed manually, and leaves were dried in an oven with forced air circulation, at.
The plants database includes the following 3 species of lippia. Aspectos quimicos e biologicos do genero lippia enfatizando. Return to the vascular plant image library entry page or search the library index. Antimicrobial activity of the essential oil from lippia sidoidescarvacrol and thymol against oral pathogens. Composition and biological activities of lippia aff. Pdf composition and evaluation of the lethality of. Lippia is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, verbenaceae. Request pdf antibacterial activity of the essential oil from lippia aff. Genetic diversity and chemical variability of lippia spp. Hbk verbenaceae is an herbal species mainly used as a spice and medicinal plant.
Lippia javanica is used for a wide variety of traditional uses table 1. The lgeo were characterized by gas chromatographymass spectrometry gcms. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria. Year 1998 isbn 0962808725 description the second edition of an excellent guide to the edible uses of plants, though it does not give any details of cultivation etc. This work aims at evaluating the antimicrobial activity of essential oils from the leaves of l.
For corrections or comments relating to specific images, please contact image contributors. Lippia graveolens is an aromatic, slender shrub or small tree that can grow up to 9 metres tall, but is usually smaller and rarely allowed to grow more than 1 metre tall in cultivation 310 title. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of different concentrations of essential oils of lippia sidoides and lippia gracilis on the fungus fusarium oxysporum f. We do not intend the plant list to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. May 15, 20 medicinal plants are one of the most important sources of drugs used in the pharmaceutical industry. Materials and methodslippia gracilis essential oil eo. Antimicrobial activity of lippia gracilis essential oils. The plants database includes the following 1 subspecies of lippia micromera. Mexican lippia or aztec sweet herb was used as a sweetener in the. Differentiation of lippia gracilis schauer genotypes by lc. Lippia alba bushy lippia lippia graveolens mexican oregano lippia micromera spanish thyme legal status. Lippia gracilis essential oil in cyclodextrin inclusion. Composition and evaluation of the lethality of lippia.
How lippia javanica is effective for various diseases is listed in repertory format. Lippia javanica used by thps for malaria and to repel mosquitoes also known as musukudu, mumara, inziinziniba, umsuzwane, fever tree placed around dwellings, burnt in fires keep mosquitoes away use pointed to a product based on the volatile components of the plant bp1 lippia javanica. Antibacterial activity of the essential oil from lippia aff. Lippia gracilis schauer verbenaceae is an aromatic plant widely used in folk medicine in the brazilian semiarid region. It forms a dense green mat with pinkishwhite flowers that bloom in spring through fall. Lippia gracilis leaves were collected from accession lgra.
Pdf evaluation of the analgesic and antiinflammatory. Abstractethnopharmacological relevancethe species lippia gracilis schauer, known in brazil as alecrimdachapada, is popularly used in folk medicine to treat cough, bronchitis, nasal congestion, and headache. The plant list includes a further 165 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus lippia. The plant list includes 417 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus lippia. Lippia alba is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family, verbenaceae, that is native to southern texas in the united states, mexico, the caribbean, central america, and south america. Aim of the studythe aim of the present study is to investigate the antinociceptive, antiinflammatory, and antioxidant activities of essential oil eo of lippia gracilis schauer verbenaceae leaves to support the medicinal uses claimed by folklore. The specific epithet abyssinica derives from latin and means of or from ethiopia. The species lippia gracilis schauer is an endemic aromatic plant of the brazilian northeast normally found in the states of bahia, sergipe and piaui. Lippia tea botanical researchs benefit to cameroon bongben. The pdf file you selected should load here if your web browser has a pdf reader plugin installed for example, a recent version of adobe acrobat reader if you would like more information about how to print, save, and work with pdfs, highwire press provides a helpful frequently asked questions about pdfs alternatively, you can download the pdf file directly to your computer, from where it. Cytotoxic effect of leaf essential oil of lippia gracilis schauer verbenaceae.
Toxicity of essential oils of lippia gracilis chemotypes and. Lippia is well adapted to floodplains and adjacent areas, and is. Lippia javanica herb uses, benefits, cures, side effects. Read determination of the vapor pressure of lippia gracilis schum essential oil by thermogravimetric analysis, thermochimica acta on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Plant 2 apart for a quick, dense, creeping turf only 2 tall or use it for erosion control. Lippia gracilis schauer is popularly known as alecrimdachapada and candeiadequeimar. It is a serious environmental and pastoral weed in the murraydarling river system in queensland and new south wales. It has the ability to root at nodes along the stems, providing a solid matlike groundcover. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about lippia species, aztec sweet herb, bushy lippia, honeyherb lippia dulcis supplied by member gardeners in.
This page was machinegenerated by the program imao1. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. The species lippis also used for cooking, as seasoning, and to whet the appetite morton. Lippia micromera schauer spanish thyme subordinate taxa. The species is also present in australia and india, where it is probably a human introduction. Health, general biological sciences science and technology, general apoptosis analysis usage biological products industry sarcoma. Among traditional medicinal plants, lippia gracilis schauer verbenaceae had been used for several medicinal purposes in brazilian northeastern. When in competition with other species, it can grow to a height of 2030 cm, and dominate other plants. Cytotoxic effect of leaf essential oil of lippia gracilis.
Traditional lawns take so many resources water, time, money, chemicals. Abstractthe present study aimed to evaluate the activity of lippia gracilis schauer essential oil obtained from different l. It belongs to the family verbanaceae, which is composed of 41 genera with approximately 220 species of herbs, shrubs and small trees evans, 1989. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Lippia graveolens mexican oregano morningsun herb farm. It is a native plant in the semiarid region of northeast brazil. Florence, you are right getting rid of grass is a great goal. The species are mainly distributed throughout the south and central america countries, and tropical africa territories terblanche and kornelius, 1996. Common names include bushy matgrass, bushy lippia, hierba negra, and pitiona. Lippia gracilis essential oil lgeo was evaluated for its molluscicidal activity against biomphalaria glabrata and toxicity to brine shrimps artemia salina. Lippia in world checklist of selected plant families.
Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial activity and chemical composition of lippia gracilis essential oils. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Lippia graveolens is an evergreen shrub growing to 2 m 6ft by 2 m 6ft at a fast rate. Eos of lippia gracilis chemotypes showed similar toxicity on d. The chemical composition, pharmacological activity and traditional uses of 52 species attributed to the genus lippia verbenaceae as used in the south and central america, and tropical africa, were revised and compared. The genus lippia comprises approximately 200 species of herbs, shrubs and small trees, distributed throughout the south and central america and tropical africa. Lippia multiflora, essential oil, monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes. The values of lc 10, lc 50 and lc 90 were respectively 36.
Phyla nodiflora lippia repens lippia lippia is alowgrowing groundcover that endures foot traffic and makes a good lawn substitute. The board of trustees of the royal botanic gardens, kew. Pretty 12 lavenderpink flower clusters appear spring thru fall. The essential oil from lippia gracilis schauer, verbenaceae, in diabetic rats. Since species of lippia are morphologically very similar, conventional taxonomic methods are.
Medicinal plants are one of the most important sources of drugs used in the pharmaceutical industry. Qualitative and quantitative analyses were performed in the essential oils of the species tested using a system of gas chromatographymass spectrometry gc. Lippia tea tea from a plant lippia multiflora, though not yet known to the larger public, is one of the societal benefits of botanical research, prof. The genus contains roughly 200 species of tropical shrubs that are found around the world. When i ordered it at a nursery, it took months to get, in spite of the fact that it is grown in northern california, and it was expensive. The genus lippia verbenaceae includes approximately 200 species of herbs, shrubs and small trees. Bernardaloys nkongmeneck has said from the study of the plants nkongmeneck came to the conclusion that lippia tea brings down hypertension, eases digestion and awaken certain. The inhibition caused by the essential oils from l. Phyla nodiflora frog fruit, sawtooth fogfruit, turkey tangle, is an ornamental plant in the verbenaceae family, which is native from brazil and united states. Lippia species, aztec sweet herb, bushy lippia, honeyherb. Click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
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