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Hoarhound
Scientific Name: White Horehound
Other Names: Horehound, Houndsbene, Marrubii herba, Marrubium vulgare, Mastranzo

References

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El Bardai S, Lyoussi B, Wibo M, Morel N. Pharmacological evidence of hypotensive activity of Marrubium vulgare and Foeniculum vulgare in spontaneously hypertensive rat. Clinical Experience in Hypertension. 2001;23(4):329-343.

El Bardai S, Morel N, Wibo M, et al. The vasorelaxant activity of marrubenol and marrubiin from Marrubium vulgare. Planta Medica. 2003;69(1):75-77.

El-Bardai S, Wibo M, Hamaide MC, Lyoussi B, Quetin-Leclercq J, Morel N. Characterisation [sic] of marrubenol, a diterpene extracted from Marrubium vulgare, as an L-type calcium channel blocker. British Journal of Pharmacology. 2003;140(7):1211-1216.

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Karioti A, Skaltsa H, Heilmann J, Sticher O. Acylated flavonoid and phenylethanoid glycosides from Marrubium velutinum. Phytochemistry. 2003;64(2):655-660.

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Last Revised October 19, 2007

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