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[English Name] European Verbena Herb
[Chinese Name] 马鞭草  
[Pinying Name] Mabiaancao  
[Latin Name] Verbenae Officinalis Herba  
[Genera] Verbenaceae
[Efficacy] Antipyretic drug
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[Ecology]     It grows in bank grasslandwastelandroad sidefield sidegrass 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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