scholarly journals Phytochemical profiles of lemon verbena ( Lippia citriodora H.B.K.) and its potential application to cookie enrichment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdollah Hematian Sourki ◽  
Askar Ghani ◽  
Farzaneh Kiani ◽  
Azar Alipour



Antioxidants ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noelia Sánchez-Marzo ◽  
Jesús Lozano-Sánchez ◽  
María de la Luz Cádiz-Gurrea ◽  
María Herranz-López ◽  
Vicente Micol ◽  
...  

Over the last few years, people have been concerned about the narrow relationship between nutrition and health leading to an increasing demand of nutraceutical products and functional food. Lemon verbena (Lippia citriodora Kunth) has been traditionally used for respiratory, digestive, and muscular diseases, showing effects that are promoted by the antioxidant activity of its phytoconstituents. The antioxidant power of several lemon verbena extracts has been tested but its isolated compounds activity has not been described. The aim of the present work was to isolate phytochemicals from a commercial lemon verbena extract through a semi-preparative high-performance liquid chromatography approach for further evaluation of its individual antioxidant activity using three different methods. The structure-antioxidant activity relationships revealed the influence of substitutions in the strong antioxidant power exerted by glycosylated phenylpropanoids, in contrast to the low antioxidant capacity showed by iridoids. Development of enriched extracts in these compounds could lead to greater antioxidant effects and improved functional ingredients to prevent chronic diseases.



2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-105
Author(s):  
S. Kizil ◽  
Ö. Tonçer

Abstract Lemon verbena (Lippia citriodora H.B.K., Verbenaceae family) is indigenous to South America and cultivated as an aromatic plant in various parts of world. Lemon thyme (Thymus citriodorus L.), Lamiaceae family, is a perennial medicinal plant native to southern Europe and is cultivated in the Mediterranean region. These species are cultivated mainly for the lemon-like aroma emitted from their leaves due to the presence of dimethyl-2,6- octadienal, also known as lemonal or citral, which is used in food and perfumery for its citrus effect. The aim of this study was to determine the mineral content and essential oil components of L. citriodora and T. citriodorus plants grown under semi-arid climatic conditions in Turkey. The aerial parts of lemon thyme and lemon verbena plants were extracted using hydrodistillation. The essential oil composition was analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and the microelement contents of the herbs were examined via inductively coupled plasmaoptical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). The microelement contents were 0.249, 1.630, 16.41, 0.106, and 13.1-36.2 mg kg-1 for cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), and manganese (Mn), respectively, in lemon thyme, and 0.275, 4.584, 248.1, 15.71, and 1.803 mg kg-1 for Cd, Cu, Fe, Mn, and zinc (Zn), respectively, in lemon verbena. Fifty compounds were identified in lemon verbena essential oil, including limonene (30.33%), trans-citral (17%), cis-citral (12.77%), caryophyllene oxide (5.71%), and geraniol acetate (4.02%) that together constituted 99.86% of the oil composition. We also identified 22 compounds constituting approximately 85.11% of lemon thyme essential oil, including transgeraniol (30.07%), trans-citral (15.06%), cis-citral (11.71%), cis-geraniol (7.65%), and 3-octanol (6.18%).



2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 983-990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reza Farahmandfar ◽  
Maryam Asnaashari ◽  
Mehdi Pourshayegan ◽  
Sara Maghsoudi ◽  
Hannaneh Moniri


Phytomedicine ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 605-614 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Herranz-López ◽  
Enrique Barrajón-Catalán ◽  
Antonio Segura-Carretero ◽  
Javier A. Menéndez ◽  
Jorge Joven ◽  
...  


2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reza Shahhoseini ◽  
Naser Hosseini ◽  
Mansour Ghorbanpour




Author(s):  
Ali Rezvani Aghdam ◽  
Hassanali Naghdi Badi ◽  
Vahid Abdossi ◽  
Reza Hajiaghaee ◽  
Seyed Ebrahim Hosseini


Nutrients ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young-Sil Lee ◽  
Won-Kyung Yang ◽  
Hwa Kim ◽  
Bokkee Min ◽  
Nuria Caturla ◽  
...  

Lemon verbena (Lippia citriodora) has been used as a food spice, cosmetic, and in traditional medicine formulations to treat asthma and diabetes in South America and Southern Europe. Hibiscus flower (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) is used in traditional Chinese medicine in the form of a tea to treat hypertension and inflammation. In the present study, we examined the synergistic effects of a formula of Metabolaid® (MetA), a combination of lemon verbena and hibiscus-flower extracts, on obesity and its complications in high-fat-diet (HFD)-induced obese mice. The results showed that MetA decreased body weight, white adipose tissue (WAT), and liver weight. Additionally, serum and hepatic lipid profiles, glucose levels, glucose tolerance, and cold-induced thermogenesis were significantly improved. Appetite-regulating hormones adiponectin and leptin were significantly increased and decreased, respectively, while the inflammatory-related factors tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and interleukin (IL)-6 were downregulated by MetA. Adipogenesis-activating gene expression was decreased, while increased thermogenesis-inducing genes were upregulated in the WAT, correlating with increased phosphorylation of AMPK and fatty-acid oxidation in the liver. Taken together, these results suggest that MetA decreased obesity and its complications in HFD mice. Therefore, this formula may be a candidate for the prevention and treatment of obesity and its complications.



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