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| Minthostachys mollis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Minthostachys |
| Species: | M. mollis |
| Binomial name | |
| Minthostachys mollis (Kunth) Griseb. | |
Minthostachys mollis (muña) is a medicinal plant restricted to the South American Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia. It is the most variable and widely distributed species of the genus Minthostachys.
Medicinal uses
In the indigenous medicine traditions of the Andes, the plant is made into tea and used medicinally as a carminative and aphrodisiac.
Etymology
Its common name "muña" comes from the Quechuan word "muñay," to love.
Chemical characteristics
The principal components of essential oil are as follows:
- Pulegona
- Mentona
- Mentol
- (-)-ß-pineno
- (-)-α-pineno
- limoneno
- Isomentona
- Ácido piperínico
- 1-8-cineol
- Carvone
Notes
- Classen, Constance (1994). Aroma: The Cultural History of Smell. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415114721.
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References
- USDA, ARS, GRIN. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Minthostachys mollis information from NPGS/GRIN (7 September 2008)
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