author(s) : Abdel-Fattah M. Rizk, Husseiny A. H. Elgendy and Ibrahim A. El-Garf
description
family name
ACANTHACEAE
Species count in Egypt
represented in egypt with 2 Species
Analysis of the essential oil of Justicia anselliana (Nees) T. Anderson revealed the presence of β-phellandrene (51.2%), dihydrotagetone (0.4%), propylbutyrate (0.3%) in the aerial parts and phenylacetaldehyde (39.2%), δ-carene (31.7%), 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one (16.4%) and α-phellandrene (12.6%) in the roots (Kpoviessi et al., 2009).
The aerial parts of Justicia betonica L. are used in Indian traditional medicine as an antidiarrhea medicine, as well as anti-inflamnmatory agent (Kanchanapoom et al., 2004c).
location
egypt