Agastache rugosa

Korean mint
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Agastache
Species: A. rugosa
Binomial name
Agastache rugosa
(Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Kuntze[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Agastache formosana (Hayata) Hayata ex Makino & Nemoto
  • Elsholtzia monostachys H.Lév. & Vaniot
  • Lophanthus argyi H.Lév.
  • Lophanthus formosanus Hayata
  • Lophanthus rugosus Fisch. & C.A.Mey.

Agastache rugosa (Korean mint, blue licorice, purple giant hyssop, huo xiang, Indian mint, wrinkled giant hyssop; syn. Lophanthus rugosus Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) is a medicinal and ornamental plant in the Lamiaceae family.

Traditional uses

In Korea, it is called (방아잎, bangannip), and used for Korean pancake and stew, more specifically for Bosintang and Chu-eo-tang. Chu-eo-tang is a soup or stew cooked with Chinese muddy loach. It is called (Chinese: 藿香; pinyin: huò xiāng)[3] in Chinese and it is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine.[4]

Chemicals isolated from Agastache rugosa have some antibacterial properties.[5] The extracts have shown antifungal activity in in vitro experiments.[6] Agastache rugosa may have anti-atherogenic properties.[7]

Chemical constituents

Chemical compounds found in the plant include:[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Agastache rugosa information from NPGS/GRIN". USDA. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
  2. ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Agastache rugosa". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2008-02-19 – via eFloras.org.
  4. ↑ "Agastache rugosa - Plants For A Future database report". Archived from the original on 3 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  5. ↑ Production of antibacterial substance against bovine pneumoniae bacteria from Agastache rugosa Jang B.-G., Lee D.-H., Lee J.-S. Korean Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2005 33:2 (142-147)
  6. ↑ Antifungal effect of extracts of 32 traditional Chinese herbs against intestinal Candida in vitro Deng J.-H., Wang G.-S., Ma Y.-H., Shi M., Li B. World Chinese Journal of Digestology 2010 18:7 (741-743)
  7. ↑ Inhibition of cytokine-induced vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 expression; possible mechanism for anti-atherogenic effect of Agastache rugosa Hong J.-J., Choi J.-H., Oh S.-R., Lee H.-K., Park J.-H., Lee K.-Y., Kim J.-J., Jeong T.-S., Oh G.T. FEBS Letters 2001 495:3 (142-147)
  8. ↑ "Species Information". Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
  9. ↑ 4-Methoxycinnamaldehyde inhibited human respiratory syncytial virus in a human larynx carcinoma cell line Wang K.C., Chang J.S., Chiang L.C., Lin C.C. Phytomedicine 2009 16:9 (882-886)
  10. ↑ Chemical composition of essential oil in stems, leaves and flowers of Agastache rugosa Yang D., Wang F., Su J., Zeng L. Zhong yao cai = Zhongyaocai = Journal of Chinese medicinal materials 2000 23:3 (149-151)

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