Mentha spicata (Lanmant kouwant) : medicinal properties in alcoholic extraction

Mentha spicata (Lanmant kouwant) — family Lamiacées.

Recognised external sources linked to this monograph: TRAMIL and French Pharmacopoeia.

This database documents alcoholic (ethanol) extractions of active substances. Our monograph currently lists 9 indications in alcoholic extraction for this species. The monograph draws on 103 scientific references recorded for the species.

Therapeutic indications in alcoholic extraction:

Note: scientific reference excerpts are kept in their original language (most often English), without translation, to respect the source text of publications.

1. Hypertension in people with diabetes, cardiac hypertrophy : Plant part used: Sheet. Documented pharmacological profile: Losartan-like.
   Selon Mushtaq A (2017) : Any impairment in the functionality of insulin leads to long lasting metabolic disorder called diabetes mellitus which can be described as a group of disorders i.e., hyperlipidemia, cardiomyopathy, nephritis, fatty liver & weight loss. Methodology: In this study aqueous ethanolic extracts of Mentha spicata (leaves), Plumeria alba (leaves) & Nymphaea alba (flowers & rhizomes) were evaluated individually in 200mg/kg & 400mg/kg doses against alloxan (130mg/kg i.p.) induced hyperglycemic rats. Selon Farid O (2018) : Methods: In this work, the effect of Mentha spicata aerial part aqueous extract (A.P.A.E) at a dose of 20 mg/kg body weight on blood glucose levels has been demonstrated in normal & streptozotocin (STZ) diabetic rats.
2. Cancer : Plant part used: Sheet. Documented pharmacological profile: Doxorubicine-like.
   Selon Arumugam P (s.d.) : Cytotoxic effect on human prostate cancer cell line (PC-3) was assessed by MTT assay. Selon Shireen F (2022) : MI- & MS-based AgNPs displayed moderate activity against PC-3 (prostate cancer cell line).
3. Mycobacterium found in livestock : Plant part used: Pest control & veterinary use. Documented pharmacological profile: Isoniazide-like.
   Selon Maham S (2011) : In the present study, the ethanol extracts of mentha spicata or spearmint & mentha piperita or peppermint have been used to inactive mycobacterium bovis ( M. bovis ) in comparison to isoniazid.

Further indications (including other extraction modes where applicable), dosages, precautions for use and full scientific references are available in the complete monograph.

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