Title: Monarda
Additional Names: American horsemint; wild bergamot
Literature References: Leaves of Monarda punctata L., Labiatae. Habit. New York to Florida, west to Texas and Wisconsin. Constit. Volatile oils: thymol, carvacrol, neryl formate, geranyl formate, cineole, g-terpinene, a- and b-pinene. Gas chromatographic analysis of the oil of monarda: R. W. Scora, J. Chromatogr. 19, 601 (1965).
Use: Source for thymol.
Therap-Cat: Aromatic stimulant, carminative. |