High impact information on Verbena

• Littoralisone, a novel neuritogenic iridolactone having an unprecedented heptacyclic skeleton including four- and nine-membered rings consisting of glucose from Verbena littoralis [1].
• Citral, 3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-al, a key component of the lemon-scented essential oils extracted from several herbal plants such as lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus), melissa (Melissa officinalis), verbena (Verbena officinalis) is used as a food additive and as a fragrance in cosmetics [2].
• (-)-Verbenone, a monoterpene bicyclic ketone, is a component of the essential oil from rosemary species such as Rosmarinus officinalis L., Verbena triphylla, and Eucalyptus globulus and is used for an herb tea, a spice, and a perfume [3].
• Luteolin 7-diglucuronide, the major flavonoid compound from Aloysia triphylla and Verbena officinalis [4].
• A new dihydrochalcone dimer, 2',4',3",2"',4"'-pentahydroxy-4-O-4"-tetrahydrobichalcone, given the name littorachalcone, was isolated from the aerial parts of Verbena littoralis H [5].

Associations of Verbena with chemical compounds

• A novel dimeric dihydrochalcone, verbenachalcone (1), was isolated from the aerial parts of Verbena littoralis [6].
• A new iridoid glycoside with nerve growth factor-potentiating activity, gelsemiol 6'-trans-caffeoyl-1-glucoside, from Verbena littoralis [7].
• A methanol extract of Verbena littoralis H [8].
• Sterol and triterpenoid constituents of Verbena littoralis with NGF-potentiating activity [9].
• Two new sterols, stigmast-5-ene 3beta,4beta,7alpha,22alpha-tetraol (1) and stigmast-5-ene 3beta,7alpha,22alpha-triol (2), were isolated from the aerial parts of a Paraguayan medicinal plant, Verbena littoralis, together with the known compounds ursolic acid (3) and oleanolic acid (4) [9].

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