Published in Scientific Bulletin. Series F. Biotechnologies, Vol. XXIV, Issue 2
Written by Monica ENACHE, Adriana NEAGOIE
The Lamiaceae family is well known for its aromatic plants that are important in the food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industry. Also, there are Lamiaceae species that are important melliferous plants, or are used as ornamental plants. In Romania several Lamiaceae species of pharmaceutical relevance can be found (most are cultivated, but some are also spontaneous plants): Hyssopus officinalis, Lamium album, Lavandula angustifolia, Majorana hortensis, Marrubium vulgare, Melissa officinalis, Mentha piperita, Ocimum basilicum, Origanum vulgare, Rosmarinus officinalis, Salvia officinalis, Satureja hortensis, Thymus serpyllum, Thymus vulgaris. Lamiaceae species have specific characteristics both at macroscopic level as well as at microscopic level, for example their stem and leaves have numerous secretory hairs that can be analysed using wet mounts of hand-sections, surface preparations or samples of powdered plant material. Thus, the present study illustrates the results of such a microscopic approach, for 10 Lamiaceae species obtained commercially in Bucharest (Romania).
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