Melissa officinalis L., a valuable medicine plant: A review

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 4, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 2753-2759

  Moradkhani, H ^a   Sargsyan, E ^a   Bibak, H ^b   Naseri, B ^c   Sadat Hosseini, M ^b   Fayazi Barjin, A ^d   Meftahizade, H ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Armenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JIROFT   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^e Researcher of ACECR Medicinal Plants Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

Essential oil; Melissa officinalis; Pharmacology and antioxidant

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; MELISSA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; PLACEBO;

AGITATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CULTIVATED SPECIES; DNA SEQUENCE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; MICROPROPAGATION; MIGRAINE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT REGENERATION; PLANT YIELD; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; ROOT DEVELOPMENT; SHOOT GROWTH; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CITRUS LIMON; MELISSA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 79251559402     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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