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The genus Mentha includes about 40 species, 15 hybrids and hundreds of cultivars of plants of this genus belonging to the Lamiaceae family.
Mentha genus is divided in:
Most are perennial sunplants and native to Europe, grown in the USA, Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia and South America.
Mint contain essential oils and is widely used as an aroma in drinks, foods and cigarettes.
From an economic point of view the most important species are:
The typical flavor of mint is due to menthol, an alcoholic terpene and carvone, a terpene ketone.
Mint leaves are used as tea against digestive disorders, headaches.
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In traditional medicine leaves, bark, seeds, flowers and stem of the Mentha longifolia have been used against digestive disorders and for the care of the respiratory system.
More recently, it has been used mainly by the pharmaceutical, food and cosmetics industries.
This study confirms the synergistic anti-inflammatory activity through a protective mechanism of essential oils of Mentha longifolia (1).
In particular, examination of some interesting components of the essentid oil of this seedling, butanol, methanol, dichloromethane, hexane and ethyl acetate extracts, have made it possible to understand the mechanisms underlying the anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects of this plant (2).
It should be noted, however, that due to the different soil composition, cultivation and climatic conditions, the content of this plant may differ in quality and quantity.
Mentha longifolia studies
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(1) Synergistic effects of deuterium depleted water and Mentha longifolia L. essential oils on sepsis-induced liver injuries through regulation of cyclooxygenase-2. Rasooli A, Fatemi F, Hajihosseini R, Vaziri A, Akbarzadeh K, Mohammadi Malayeri MR, Dini S, Foroutanrad M. Pharm Biol. 2019 Dec;57(1):125-132.
(2) Modulation of in vitro proliferation and cytokine secretion of human lymphocytes by Mentha longifolia extracts. Asemani Y, BayaT M, Malek-Hosseini S, Amirghofran Z. Avicenna J Phytomed. 2019 Jan-Feb;9(1):34-43.
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