| [English Name] | European Verbena Herb | |
| [Chinese Name] | 马鞭草 | |
| [Pinying Name] | Mabiaancao | |
| [Latin Name] | Verbenae Officinalis Herba | |
| [Genera] | Verbenaceae | |
| [Efficacy] | Antipyretic drug | |
| [Pictures] | Plant picture | Drug picture |
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| [Ecology] | It grows in bank grassland、wasteland、road side、field side、grass slope and so on. | |
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1. Antiearly Pregnancy: Alcohol extract show obviously antiearly pregnancy activity through inhibit chorionic tissue growth, decidual cell growth, decreased chorionic gonadotrophin, injury to syncytial trophoblast cell, promote apoptosis cell[1-3]. In addition, Water extract show excitatory effect on rat and pregnancy or not human uterine muscle strips in vitro. Verbenalin, 3,4-Dihydroverbenalin and 5-hydroxyverbenalin may the activity compound[4]. 2. Anticancer: Alcohol extract show inhibit cell multiplication activity on JAR cell from choriocarcinoma[5]. And the C extract may promote JAR cell apoptosis, induce JAR cell cycle stay on Gz/M period[6,7]. 3.Promote Axon Growth: Iittorachalcone show strong promote axon growth Mediate nerve growth factor[8]. In addition, Gelsemium alcohol -6'- transcoffee acyl-1-glucoside show tenuous effect on promote axon growth[9]. |
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