Essential Oil Composition of the Aerial Parts of Mentha Spicata L.

Tewari, Geeta

doi:10.20959/wjpr20176-8518

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“…It is worth noting that chemotype carvone represented the most variation, 79.70% in spearmint M. spicata EO S [ 24 ]. Other examples of M. spicata producing EOs with high piperitone oxide content (above 70%) are samples from India [ 36 ]. As established in the literature, such compound is one of the most abundant components of M. spicata EO, which offers spearmint its unique smooth characteristic scent [ 57 ], and it also varies according to the spearmint oil grown in different countries.…”

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Medicinal Uses, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, and Toxicology of Mentha spicata

Menyiy¹,

Mrabti

Omari

et al. 2022

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Mentha spicata, also called Mentha viridis, is a medicinal plant of the Lamiaceae family characterized by its potency to synthesize and secret secondary metabolites, essentially essential oils. Different populations use the aerial parts of this plant for tea preparation, and this tisane has shown several effects, according to ethnopharmacological surveys carried out in different areas around the world. These effects are attributed to different compounds of M. spicata, in which their biological effects were recently proved experimentally. Pharmacological properties of M. spicata extracts and essential oils were investigated for different health benefits such as antioxidant, anticancer, antiparasitic, antimicrobial, and antidiabetic effects. In vitro and in vivo studies showed positives effects that could be certainly related to different bioactive compounds identified in M. spicata. Indeed, volatile compounds seem to be efficient in inhibiting different microbial agents such as bacteria, fungi, and parasites through several mechanisms. Moreover, M. spicata exhibited, according to some studies, promising antioxidant, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer effects, which show its potential to be used as a source for identifying natural drugs against cellular oxidative stress and its related diseases. Importantly, toxicological investigations of M. spicata show the safety of this species at different doses and several periods of use which justify its use in traditional medicines as tisane with tea. Here, we report, explore, and highlight the data published on M. spicata concerning its botanical description and geographical distribution, its phytochemical compounds, its pharmacological properties, and its toxicological investigations of M. spicata.

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