Top Constituents and Uses of Origanum leaves (Za'atar Sinai)

Top Constituents and Uses of Origanum leaves (Za'atar Sinai):

Constituents:

·         Volatile Oils

·         Monoterpenes

·         Monoterpenes alcohols: terpenol, thymol& carvacrol

·         Sesquiterpene volatile oils

Uses:

·         In folk medicine treatment of cold, cough and GIT proplems

·         Anti-bacterial

·         Anti-fungal

·         Sedative

·         stimulant

Top Constituents and Uses of Eucalyptus leaves

Top Constituents and Uses of Eucalyptus leaves:

Constituents:

·         Volatile Oils (Eucalyptol)=cineol & cajeputol

·         Pyrogallol tannin

·         resin

Uses:

·         Antiseptic

·         Astringent

·         Treatment of asthma in form of cigarettes also to break tobacco habit

·         Camphor oil is used as anti rheumatic

Top Constituents and Uses of Pipperment leaves (Mentha leaves)

Top Constituents and Uses of Pipperment leaves (Mentha leaves):

Constituents:

·         Volatile Oils (menthol, menthone, cineol, menthyl acetate, menthyl iso valrianate)

·         Catechol tannin

 

 

Uses:

·         Carminative

·         Flavoring agent

·         Stimulant

·         Local anti-pruritic

·         Antiseptic in mouth wash and tooth paste

·         Antispasmodic

·         Counter irritant

·         Menthol used with paraffin in nasal decongestion

Top Constituents and Uses of Hamamelles leaves (Witch hazel leaves)

Top Constituents and Uses of Hamamelles leaves (Witch hazel leaves):

Constituents:

·         (8-12%) tannin :

Gallitannin ((Hamamelitannin)), Ellagitannin, free Gallic acid and Hamamelose sugar

Uses:

·         Astringent and Haemostatic

·         Treatment of pills and Hemorrhoids

·         Used in mouth gargles as astringent and anti bacterial

·         Used in leather tannage process and in burns

cannabis sativa

CNS Depressant Drug

Cannabis plan

Origin: dried flowering or fruiting tops of pistillate plant of cannabis sativa family cannabinaceae

·         Female plant: has thread like style with mushroom like glandular hair.

·         Male plant: has oval pollen sac &contain low % of cannabinoids than female &used for twin fibers.

Chemical constituents:     

About 500 compounds are separated from cannabis plant but only 86 compounds are cannabinoids.

Cannabinoids: they are group of (c₂₁) typically and present in cannabis sativa, and their carboxyllic and their transformed products.

Cannabinoids belongs to class of terpenophenols, dibenzopyran with n-pentyl side chain

Cannabinoids of forensic signficans:

·         Tetrahydro cannabinol (THC): responsible for most activity of normal (old fashion) cannabis and has viscous oil properties

·         Cannabinol (CBN) : it is dibenzopyran compound, solid compound.

·         Cannabidiol (CBD) : diphenolic compound,no psyco-activity and used for treatment of myosclerosis.

Pharmacological effect :

·         It cause mild hallucination followed by CNS Depression (sedative, hypnotic) and deterioration of muscle co-ordination (ataxia).

Medicinal uses:

·         Cannabis was used as sedative, analgesic and for treatment of obesity.

·         Terahydro cannabinol (THC) is used as anti-emetic drug.

·         Dronabinol, marinol andnabilone are synthetic (THC) products used as anti-emetic drugs in patient receiving cancer chemotherapy.

·         Terahydro cannabinol (THC) is used as appetite stimulant in patients of HIV.