Ballota nigra

Common Names: black horehound

Ethnobotanical Studies

Studies

Screening of Antimicrobial, Antibiofilm, and Cytotoxic Activities of Some Medicinal Plants from Balıkesir Province, Türkiye: Potential Effects of Allium paniculatum Flower.

Summary

Study tested antimicrobial effects of methanol extracts from medicinal plants in Balıkesir, Türkiye. Results show potential for new natural antibiotics against pathogens, aiding in drug development for infections.

Antimicrobial
Oyardı Ö et al (2024).
Turk J Pharm Sci.
DOI:
10.4274/tjps.galenos.2023.88935
PubMed:
38994879

Medicinal Herbs in the Relief of Neurological, Cardiovascular, and Respiratory Symptoms after COVID-19 Infection A Literature Review.

Summary

COVID-19 can cause neurological complications, including anxiety, depression, MAD, and irreversible dementia, which can harm respiratory, circulatory, and heart function. Clinical trials suggest that phytotherapy, using natural plant materials like valeranon and apigenin, can aid these conditions. The study presents plant materials and their active compounds that can reduce post-COVID-19 complications, particularly those impacting the nervous system.

Review COVID-19Cardiology
Nawrot J et al (2022).
Cells.
DOI:
10.3390/cells11121897
PubMed:
35741026

The Effect of Cold Plasma Pretreatment on Water-Suspended Herbs Measured in the Content of Bioactive Compounds, Antioxidant Activity, Volatile Compounds and Microbial Count of Final Extracts.

Pogorzelska-Nowicka E et al (2021).
Antioxidants (Basel).
DOI:
10.3390/antiox10111740
PubMed:
34829611

Chemical Composition of Ballota macedonica Vandas and Ballota nigra L. ssp. foetida (Vis.) Hayek Essential Oils - The Chemotaxonomic Approach.

Summary

Researchers analyzed essential oils from two populations of Ballota macedonica and Ballota nigra ssp. foetida. They identified a total of 85 components, with B. macedonica from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia having the highest number of components. The most abundant components were carotol, germacrene D, and (E)-caryophyllene in B. macedonica oils, while (E)-phytol, germacrene D, and (E)-caryophyllene dominated in B. nigra ssp. foetida oil. The researchers used statistical analysis to compare and discuss the relationships among Ballota species based on their volatile profiles. This study presents the first report of the chemical composition of B. macedonica essential oils.

NeurosciencePhytochemistry
Đorđević AS et al (2016).
Chem Biodivers.
DOI:
10.1002/cbdv.201500254
PubMed:
27144646

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF TISSUE CULTURE-RAISED BALLOTA NIGRA L. PLANTS GROWN EX VITRO.

Makowczyńska J, Grzegorczyk-KAROLAK I and Wysokińska H (2015).
Acta Pol Pharm.
PubMed:
26647634

Essential oil composition and antifungal activity of aerial parts of Ballota nigra ssp foetida collected at flowering and fruiting times.

AntimicrobialPhytochemistry
Fraternale D and Ricci D (2014).
Nat Prod Commun.
PubMed:
25230517

Traditional plant-based remedies to control insect vectors of disease in the Arribes del Duero (western Spain): an ethnobotanical study.

Ethnobotany
González JA et al (2011).
J Ethnopharmacol.
DOI:
10.1016/j.jep.2011.10.003
PubMed:
22001073

Radical quenching activity, ferric-reducing antioxidant power, and ferrous ion-chelating capacity of 16 Ballota species and their total phenol and flavonoid contents.

Erdogan-Orhan I et al (2010).
J Med Food.
DOI:
10.1089/jmf.2009.0237
PubMed:
21091260

Quorum sensing inhibitors of Staphylococcus aureus from Italian medicinal plants.

Quave CL, Plano LR and Bennett BC (2011).
Planta Med.
DOI:
10.1055/s-0030-1250145
PubMed:
20645243

Effects of Ballota nigra on blood biochemical parameters and insulin in albino rats.

Nusier MK et al (2007).
Neuro Endocrinol Lett.
PubMed:
17627272

Antioxidant properties of Ballota species growing in Turkey.

Citoğlu GS et al (2004).
J Ethnopharmacol.
PubMed:
15138012

Two major flavonoids from Ballota nigra.

Phytochemistry
Bertrand M, Tillequin F and Bailleul F (2000).
Biochem Syst Ecol.
PubMed:
10996268

A phenylpropanoid glycoside from Ballota nigra.

Phytochemistry
Seidel V et al (1997).
Phytochemistry.
PubMed:
9041717