Oregano

Product Details

About

It is a plant of the Labiatae family, perennial, with hard hairy branches and stems, reddish green and about seventy centimeters high, its leaves are hairy, dark green, wider and larger than marjoram leaves, the shape of the leaves is oval, pointed and without petioles. Its flowers are purple, which appear in clusters in early to mid-summer at the end of flowering branches. Oregano has a fragrant smell. This plant grows on the coast, mountains and forests of different regions of Europe, Asia and Iran, and also is cultivated. In Iran in the northern regions in Lahijan, Talesh and Astara grows wildly.

Chemical Constituents

Bioassay-guided isolation of methanolic extract of the leaves of Origanum vulgare Linn., yielded two protocatechuic acid ester derivatives, origanol A and origanol B along with ursolic acid, oleanolic acid, β-sitosterol, and triacontanol.
Gentisic acid, Chlorogenic acid, p-Coumaric acid, Hyperoside, Isoquercitrin, Rutin, Rosmarinic acid, Quercitrin, Quercetin, Luteolin.

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