title: [Medicinal Lamiaceae with antioxidant properties, a potential source of rosmarinic acid].
abstract: Hydroalcholic extracts from four native medicinal Lamiaceae, Lycopus europaeus L., Melissa officinalis L., Origanum vulgare L. and Prunella vulgaris L. have shown significant antioxidative activities, by free radical scavenger effect on DPPH, compared with those of Rosmarinus officinalis L. and Salvia officinalis L. extracts. The antioxidative activity was partly in relation to the rosmarinic acid content. The major hydroxycinnamic compound, quantitatively determinated by HPLC, was present in large amount. The content in Prunella vulgaris L. spikes average 6.1%, based on dry weight.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie et Phytothérapie, Faculté de Pharmacie, Clermont-Ferrand.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Lamaison
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Petitjean-Freytet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carnat
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000737:chemistry*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002934:Cinnamates / Q000737:chemistry*; D053630:Depsides; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D000097123:Rosmarinic Acid
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D002934:Cinnamates; D053630:Depsides; D010936:Plant Extracts; D000097123:Rosmarinic Acid
vernacular_title: Lamiacées médicinales à propriétés antioxydantes, sources potentielles d'acide rosmarinique.