- Source: Parietaria officinalis
Parietaria officinalis, the eastern pellitory-of-the-wall, also known as upright pellitory and lichwort, is a plant of the nettle family. Its leaves, however, are non-stinging. The plant grows on rubbish and on walls, hence the name.
The pollen is a cause of allergy.
Uses
It was once used in the making of certain metheglins.
Chemistry
The leaves and flowers of P. officinalis contains the flavonoids kaempferol-3-bioside, the 3-glucosides and 3-rutinosides of quercetin, kaempferol and isorhamnetin, 3-sophorosides of quercetin and kaempferol and 3-neohesperosides of kaempferol and isorhamnetin. They also contain caffeoylmalic and two pyrrole acids.
See also
It is in a different family from Anacyclus pyrethrum, also called pellitory.
References
"w19 Wall pellitory (officinalis), Allergy information". Phadia AB. 2002. Archived from the original on 2006-05-23. Retrieved 2006-07-08.
External links
"Pellitory" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Flora Lebanon
- Parietaria officinalis
- Parietaria
- Parietaria judaica
- Officinalis
- P. officinalis
- List of wort plants
- Pellitory
- Polygonia egea
- Caffeoylmalic acid
- Cosmopterix turbidella
