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Use of Essential Oils in Agriculture
Published in K. Hüsnü Can Başer, Gerhard Buchbauer, Handbook of Essential Oils, 2020
Catherine Regnault-Roger, Susanne Hemetsberger, Gerhard Buchbauer
2-Phenylethyl propionate can be obtained from peppermint oil (Mentha x piperita, L., Lamiaceae); it also contains menthol and menthone (Dayan et al., 2009) Mentha spicata L. EO contains (−)-carvone and limonene. M. spicata shows good effects against several weeds. It is able to inhibit germination (under 15%) of Amaranthus retroflexus, Centaurea solstitialis, Sinapis arvensis, Sonchus oleraceus, Raphanus raphanistrum, and Rumex nepalensis Spreng (Azirak et al., 2008). Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds and Mentha officinalis can be used as herbicides as they are able to inhibit germination of wheat seeds. This must be considered if the crop happens to be wheat (Dudai et al., 1999).
Increasing and reducing
Published in James Kennaway, Rina Knoeff, Lifestyle and Medicine in the Enlightenment, 2020
The ingredients for these remedies were all herbal in nature: seeds of anise and fennel, dill, coriander and mint. Although these galactagogues could be made at home, even from herbs grown in one’s own garden, the list of ingredients does not differ greatly from recipes recorded in other pharmacy books and pharmacopoeia. For example, the famous pharmacopoeia by the Flemish physician Robert de Farvacques (fl. 1600–1637) stated that milk-making medicines (lac generantia) “are of a nature, which are drawn out of the best nourishment of food and drink, as some do such proficient medicines, which are of thin and fine parts, and naturally hot, such as fennel, dill, chick pea, onion” (de Farvacques, 1741, p. 1.21). Another such book, the Nieuwe Nederduitsche apotheek (“New Netherlands Apothecary”, 1753), promoted ingredients such as lettuce, oregano and sow thistle (sonchus oleraceus), also known as milk thistle because of its milky sap (Nieuwe Nederduitsche Apotheek, 1753, pp. 26, 29, 34).14
Status of Research on Medicinal Plants in the Cajamarca’s Region, Peru
Published in José L. Martinez, Amner Muñoz-Acevedo, Mahendra Rai, Ethnobotany, 2019
Juan F. Seminario Cunya, Berardo Escalante Zumaeta, Alejandro Seminario Cunya
The most frequently mentioned species in the studies were Ishpingo verde (Achyrocline alata), manzanilla (Matricaria chamomilla), cola de caballlo (Equisetum bogotense), pie de perro (Desmodium mollicum), chancua (Minthostachys mollis), hinojo (Foeniculum vulgare), ajenjo (Artemisa absintium), carqueja (Baccharis genistelloides), escorzonera (Perezia multiflora), cerraja (Sonchus oleraceus), orégano (Origanum vulgare) and llantén (Plantago major).
Protective effects of Re-yan-ning mixture on Streptococcus pneumonia in rats based on network pharmacology
Published in Pharmaceutical Biology, 2021
Lizhu Han, Jing Kou, Kunxia Hu, Yunlan Wang, Zhishu Tang, Zhisheng Wu, Xiao Song
The Re-yan-ning mixture (RYNM) is a state-level new drug approved by the State Food and Drug Administration, which consists of Dandelion (the whole herb of Taraxacum mongolicum Hand.-Mazz [Compositae]), Polygoni Cuspidati Rhizoma (the root and rhizome of Polygonum cuspidatum Sieb.et Zucc. [Polygonaceae]), Sonhi Arvensis (the aerial part of Sonchus oleraceus (L.) L. [Compositae]) and Scutellariae Barbatae (the aerial part of Scutellaria barbata D. Don [Lamiaceae]) in a 2:2:2:1 proportion by weight. It can be used to treat fever, sore throat, simple pneumonia, suppurative tonsillitis, acute pharyngitis, acute bronchitis and other diseases (Wang et al. 2019). RYNM is a pure Chinese medicinal preparation with multiple targets and multi-path synergistic therapeutic effects. It has less toxicity and side effects, can effectively enhance human immunity and has antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and antiviral effects. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has a complex pharmacological action with multiple components and targets, which is the unique difference between TCM and western medicine (Pei et al. 2013). Network pharmacology emphasizes the integration of biological networks and drug action networks, clarifies the basic theories of TCM research from the perspective of multi-component, multi-target and multi-channel, and provides a new way of thinking in relation to the modernization of TCM (Zhang and Li 2015; Zhao and He 2018). In this study, based on the multi-component, multi-target and multi-channel of TCM, the Chinese medicine system pharmacology database, DisGeNET, DrugBank and KEGG database were searched to induce pneumonia by tracheal instillation of pneumococcal bacteria in rats. Physiological and biochemical indicators and the mechanism of the interaction of active ingredients in the treatment of pneumonia and metabolic pathways were examined to provide a basis for the mechanism of RYNM treatment of pneumonia.