peppermint

a temperate mint plant, Mentha piperita, with purple or white flowers: cultivated for its downy leaves, which yield a pungent oil

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peppermint

No poisonous lookalikes. Use leaves at any stage. Related to spearmint, which is also edible. Pale violet flowers with purple stem (Spearmint has green stem) Peppermint leaf- relieves gas, indigestion, heartburn, acid reflux, stomach pain, ulcers, intestinal cramps, colic, nausea, irritable bowel syndrome and just about every digestive complaint known. The oil in the leaves soothe the bowel muscles and calm the entire digestive tract. Relieves intestinal gas almost instantly. A relaxing anti-spasmotic that calms nerves, tension, sleep problems, herpes. Relaxes gallbladder and bile duct spasms, so be careful if you have stones or obstructions. Freshens breath, covering up garlic breath etc. Very powerful volatile oil that kills bad microorganisms- good for athlete’s foot, fungus, cancer etc.

peppermint

[′pep·ər‚mint]

(botany)

Any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Mentha in the family Labiatae, especially M. piperita.

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Chemical characterization and toxicological evaluation of the essential oil of Mentha piperita L.

Safety Assessment of Mentha mozaffarianii Essential Oil: Acute and Repeated Toxicity Studies

Antiallergic effect of flavonoid glycosides obtained from Mentha piperita L.

The effect of hydroalcoholic extract of Mentha piperita on pentylenetetrazol-induced convulsion in mice

Results: Spermatogenesis was suppressed and Johnsons score was decreased from normal spermatogenesis (10) to (6-8) in the experimental group 2 and was more improved in the Mentha piperita treated group as compare to the melatonin.

EFFECTS OF MICROWAVE OVEN EXPOSED DIET ON SPERMATOGENESIS IN TESTICULAR TISSUE OF MICE AND COMPARATIVE EFFECTS OF MENTHA PIPERITA AND MELATONIN

Food industry, Medicinal plants, Antibiotic resistant biofilms, Mentha piperita, Syzygium aromaticum, Camellia sinensis.

Antimicrobial Activity of Some Medicinal Plants Extracts Against Food Industry Isolates

In the present research work, anti urease activity of traditional medicinal plants including Mentha piperita (pudina), Violo odorata (banafsha), Trachyspermum copiticum (ajwain), Metricarea chamomile (babuna) and Foeniculum vulgare (saunf) found in the vicinity of Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir were evaluated.

IN-VITRO ANTIUREASE ACTIVITY OF AQUEOUS-ETHANOL EXTRACT OF SOME MEDICINAL PLANTS

Khan et al., "Sub-MICs of Mentha piperita essential oil and menthol inhibits AHL mediated quorum sensing and biofilm of Gram-negative bacteria," Frontiers in Microbiology, vol.

The Hydroalcoholic Extract Obtained from Mentha piperita L. Leaves Attenuates Oxidative Stress and Improves Survival in Lipopolysaccharide-Treated Macrophages

Mixtures of these volatile low molecular weight compounds provide plants, such as Mentha piperita, Citrus limon, Ocimum basilicum, and Salvia officinalis, with their distinctive odor, which are commercially available, produced, and important ingredients for fragrance and flavor creation because of their specific sensory characteristics [52].

Chemical Composition and In Vitro Antioxidant, Cytotoxic, Antimicrobial, and Larvicidal Activities of the Essential Oil of Mentha piperita L

(7.) Albertina Antonielly Sydney de Sousa, Pedro Marcos Gomes Soares, Arisa Nara Saldanha de Almeida, Alana Rufino Maia, Emmanuel Prata de Souza, and Ana Maria Sampaio Assreuy, "Antispasmodic effect of Mentha piperita essential oil on tracheal smooth muscle of rats," Journal of Ethnopharmacology 130, no.

Common vocal remedies: what are they and do they really work?

Mentha piperita effects on wistar rats plasma lipids.

Cardiovascular aspects of geriatric medicines in traditional Persian medicine; a review of phytochemistry and pharmacology