Chair and Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Jagiellonian University, Medical College, Kraków, Poland.
Chair and Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdańsk, Poland.
Planta Med. 2020 Nov;86(17):1241-1257. doi: 10.1055/a-1232-5758. Epub 2020 Sep 16.
(common vervain) is a medicinal plant species widely distributed in the world and commonly used in folk medicine of different countries, including traditional Chinese medicine. Monographs on " have been included in the European Pharmacopoeia since 2008, and in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia since 1995. This work presents botanical characteristics of this species. It reviews the current knowledge of its chemical composition, which is a rich source mostly of iridoids, phenylpropanoid glycosides, phenolic acids, flavonoids, terpenoids, and essential oil. A large part of this article summarizes traditional medicinal uses and professional pharmacological and studies that prove new important applications, e.g., antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective anticancer, analgesic, or anticonvulsant of verbena herb extracts and individual metabolites. Moreover, emphasis is put on the use of in the food and cosmetics industries, especially due to its antioxidant, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory properties, and the presence of essential oil with an attractive fragrance composition. This paper also presents the state of biotechnological studies of this species.
(马鞭草)是一种广泛分布于世界各地的药用植物，在包括中国传统医学在内的不同国家的民间医学中被广泛应用。自 2008 年以来，马鞭草已被收录在《欧洲药典》和《中国药典》中。本工作介绍了该物种的植物学特征。它回顾了目前对其化学成分的认识，马鞭草是一个丰富的资源，主要含有环烯醚萜类、苯丙素糖苷、酚酸类、黄酮类、萜类和精油。本文的很大一部分总结了传统的药用用途和专业的药理学和研究，证明了马鞭草草药提取物和个别代谢物的新的重要应用，如抗氧化、抗菌、抗炎、神经保护抗癌、镇痛或抗惊厥作用。此外，还强调了马鞭草在食品和化妆品工业中的用途，特别是由于其抗氧化、抗菌和抗炎特性，以及存在具有诱人香味成分的精油。本文还介绍了该物种生物技术研究的现状。
