A Review of Traditional Use, Constituent Analysis, Bioactivity, and Application of Volatile Oils from Elsholtzia

Dul Dram; Jia-Zeng Guo; Rong-Rui Wei; Qin-Ge Ma

doi:10.2174/0113862073301745240403051205

A Review of Traditional Use, Constituent Analysis, Bioactivity, and Application of Volatile Oils from Elsholtzia

Comb Chem High Throughput Screen. 2024 Apr 15. doi: 10.2174/0113862073301745240403051205. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Dul Dram¹, Jia-Zeng Guo², Rong-Rui Wei³, Qin-Ge Ma³

Affiliations

¹ Tibetan Medicine Department, University of Tibetan Medicine, Lasa 850000, China.
² College of Jewelry and Jade Carvin, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China.
³ Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China.

PMID: 38623976
DOI: 10.2174/0113862073301745240403051205

Abstract

Background: Elsholtzia belongs to the Labiatae family, which consists of herbaceous subshrubs and shrubs. Among them, volatile oils are an important chemical component in Elsholtzia, which have various bioactive medicinal and developmental values.

Methods: The references about volatile oils of Elsholtzia in this review were obtained from Web of Science, SciFinder, PubMed, Willy, Elsevier, SpringLink, ACS publications, Google Scholar, Baidu Scholar, Scopus, and CNKI. The other information about Elsholtzia was obtained from classical works or ancient books.

Results: Traditionally, the volatile oils from Elsholtzia were used in Chinese medicine to treat cholera, abdominal pain, vomiting, and scattered edema. Relevant research revealed that Elsholtzia contains many different types of volatile oils, and most of them display bioactivities, including anti-oxidant, anti-bacterial, anti-viral, hypolipidemic, insecticidal, and antiinflammatory activities, treating spleen and stomach. Furthermore, the applications of volatile oils were summarized and analyzed in this paper.

Conclusion: The contents of traditional use, constituent analysis, bioactivity, and application of volatile oils from Elsholtzia were reviewed in this paper. This will provide important research value and a scientific basis for the in-depth study of the plants of Elsholtzia in the future.

Keywords: Elsholtzia; application; bioactivity; constituent analysis; traditional use; volatile oils.