SAMN26547116
External Id
Michigan State University
INSDC center name
2022-03-09T00:00:00Z
INSDC first public
2022-10-25T06:44:19.879Z
INSDC last update
SRS12231634
INSDC secondary accession
live
INSDC status
Plant
NCBI submission model
Plant.1.0
NCBI submission package
SRS12231634
SRA accession
Robin Buell
biomaterial provider
Leonotis leonurus or wild dagga (Lions Tail), a member of the mint family, is a perennial shrub native to southern Africa. The flowers are a red-orange color, grow in spikes, and are a favorite of many gardeners because of their beauty. The spikes become clustered inflorescences of interrupted flowers with five two-lipped petals, all joined. Wild daggas leaves are opposite, simple, and petiolate (leafstalk), narrowly oblong and linear, and taper at the base. Mildly fragrant, the leaves are densely hairy and grow to about 100 millimeters long and 20 millimeters wide. The shrub itself can grow up to 5 meters high. The isolated 37 phytochemicals are largely constituted by flavonoids, labdane type diterpenoids and other phenolics detected in the acetone and methanol extracts. The plant contains significant amounts of nutrients and minerals. The essential oils have high content of monoterpenoids and sesquiterpenoids showing significant antimicrobial activities. The plant extracts have antioxidant and antibacterial properties. A few metabolites responsible for the extract activities have been identified, such as luteolin-7-O-glucoside, leoleorin L, Leoleorin C and Marrubin. An array of pharmacological studies based on traditional claims reported anticonvulsant, antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, anthelmintic activities and hypoglycemic properties of L. leonurus. Infusions made from flowers, seeds, leaves or stems are widely used as tonics for tuberculosis, jaundice, muscular cramps, high blood pressure, diabetes, viral hepatitis, dysentery, and diarrhea. Tea made from the whole plant is used for arthritis, piles, bladder and kidney disorder, obesity, cancer and rheumatism. A leaf and stem decoction is applied topically as a treatment for eczema, skin infections and itchiness.
description
mature Plant
dev_stage
USA: Michigan
geo loc name
Leonotis leonurus
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_378904
organism
leaf
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0025034
tissue
Leonotis leonurus, leaf
title