The indumentum of Mentha pulegium L., studied by light and scanning electron microscopy, was characterized by non-glandular and glandular trichomes, which corresponded to the common arrangement described for the Lamiaceae family. Histochemistry revealed the presence of pectins, total lipids, acidic lipids and essential oils in the glandular trichomes secretions. The essential oil yield ranged from 0.3% (w/d.w.)...
Mentha cervina is a medicinal plant traditionally used in Portugal in folk medicine, in different gastric disorders and inflammations of the respiratory tract. In order to validate those traditional uses, M. cervina essential oils (EOs) were characterized by GC and GC–MS and their antimicrobial activity was tested against 23 bacterial strains (including multiresistant strains). The EOs were dominated by the mon...
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