Lamiaceae oregano

The mint family is sometimes called the Lamiaceae. It consists chiefly of cosmopolitan herbs prominent in the area from the Mediterranean to central Asia. The mints have long been used in medicine, as spices, and in some perfumes. They are familiar kitchen herbs (mint, basil, oregano, etc.). Many are cultivated as ornamentals. 

In salads or in cooking, olive oil is usually mixed with herbs and spices, which are also important elements of the Mediterranean diet. Herbs like oregano, rosemary, or thyme and others from the plants of the Lamiaceae family are rich sources of phenolic compounds with strong antioxidant activity (Nakatami 1994, Tsimidou and Boskou 1994, Antoun and Tsimidou 1997, Exarchou el al. 2001). These herbs maintain the nutritional value of the food and enhance the shelf life of the food product. 

Occurrence In numerous essential oils cymen-2-ol especially in origanum (oregano) oil (Coridothymus capitatus, Lamiaceae) up to 80%, in savory and thyme oil up to 70% cymen-3-ol especially in essential oil of seeds of Orthodon angustifolium (Lamiaceae) up to 72% cymen-8-ol from the frass of the old house borer beetle Hylotrupes bajulus (Cerambycidae). Use Carvacrol as disinfectant and solvent thymol as stabilizer (0.01%) of halothanes and trichloroethene. Mixtures of thymol with methyl IV-methylanthranilate in appropriate ratios have a typical mandarin odor. lit Tetrahedron Lett. 1975, 3585. Helv. Chim. Acta 46, 1480(1963). 

While present in only a relatively few aromatic herbs, phenolic volatile oils are among the most potent and potentially irritant compounds found in essential oils. Phenols are represented in both major classes of aromatic compounds—the monoterpenes and phenylpropanoids. The major monoterpene phenols, thymol and carvacrol, are found in thyme. Thymus spp., and oregano. Origanum vulgare (Lamiaceae). 

Oregano Origanum spp.. Thymbra spicata Lamiaceae Herb Cult/wild LQ... 

Khaosaad T, Vierheilig H, Nell M, Zitterl-Eglseer K, Novak J (2006) Arbuscular mycorrhiza increases the contort of essential oils in oregano (Origanum sp., Lamiaceae). MycOTrhiza 16 443-446... 

The antioxidant properties of plants belonging to the Lamiaceae family such as oregano, th mie, rosemary, mints, maqoram, and sage have been widely studied. However, each plant generally contains different bioactive compounds that possess various amoimts of antioxidants, and therefore different antioxidant capacities (Skrovankova et al. 2012). 

Teas, [Milk protein-based edible films containing oregano, 1.0% (w/v) pimento, or 1.0% oregano pimento(l l)], tannins, polymers of flavanols. Salvia pisidica Boiss. and Heldr. ex Bentham (Lamiaceae) essential oil... 

Basil, clove, garlic, horseradish, marjoram, oregano, rosemary, thyme, cassia bark-derived substances. EOs and methanol extracts of sweet basil Ocimum basilicum L. (Lamiaceae). Cuminum cyminum L. 

Source Sweet marjoram Origanum major-ana L. (syn. Majorana hortensis Moench) Pot marjoram Origanum onites L. (syn. Majorana onites (L.) Benth.) Wild marjoram Origanum vulgare L. (see oregano) (Family Labiatae or Lamiaceae). 

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