Curiosidades: Este aceite esencial, con su alto porcentaje de citral, destaca por sus acciones calmantes y ansiolíticas. esta especie es muy utilizada en la medicina popular como té, tanto por su acción calmante, analgésica y sedante, como por su agradable sabor y aroma. Se ha informado actividad analgésica, antiinfecciosa, insecticida y anticonvulsiva.
Verbena Blanca
Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E.Br. ex Britton & P. Wilson
ANGOLA
CAS No: N/A
EINECS No: N/A
Parte de la planta usada: Parte areal entera
Origen: Cultivada orgánicamente
Proceso: Destilación al vapor
Compuestos principales: citral, limoneno
Quimiotipo: Quimiotipo “Citral” (I). Podemos referirnos a él como un quimiotipo “Citral-Limonene”
Experiencia olfativa: Fuerte y cítrica.
Análisis Cromatográfico
Porcentaje relativo de cada compuesto del cromatograma presentado de VERBENA BLANCA
| Componentes | Porcentaje relativo |
| 2-Methyl butyl acetate | t |
| Tricyclene | t |
| α-Thujene | 0.9 |
| α-Pinene | 0.3 |
| Camphene | 0.5 |
| Sabinene | t |
| 6-Methyl-5-hepten-2-one | 3.0 |
| β-Pinene | t |
| β-Myrcene | 0.7 |
| α-Phellandrene | 0.1 |
| Isopentyl isobutyrate | t |
| α-Terpinene | 0.4 |
| p-Cymene | 3.6 |
| 1,8-Cineole | 0.2 |
| Limonene | 16.0 |
| cis-β-Ocimene | t |
| trans-β-Ocimene | 0.6 |
| γ-Terpinene | 7.2 |
| trans-Sabinene hydrate | 0.2 |
| Fenchone | t |
| Terpinolene | 0.2 |
| Linalool | 0.9 |
| Camphor | 17.6 |
| Citronellal | 0.4 |
| Borneol | 0.3 |
| Terpinen-4-ol | 0.2 |
| α-Terpineol | t |
| cis-Piperitol | t |
| Nerol | 0.3 |
| Carvone | 0.1 |
| Neral (= cis-Citral) | 13.0 |
| Geraniol | 0.3 |
| Geranial (= trans-Citral) | 15.6 |
| Eugenol | t |
| Citronellyl acetate | t |
| trans-Methyl cinnamate | 0.3 |
| Geranyl acetate | 0.2 |
| α-Copaene | 0.3 |
| β-Bourbonene | 0.3 |
| α-Cubebene | 0.4 |
| β-Elemene | 0.6 |
| β-Caryophyllene | 0.7 |
| β-Copaene | 0.2 |
| α-Cedrene | 0.3 |
| α-Humulene | 0.4 |
| trans-β-Farnesene | 0.2 |
| allo-Aromadendrene | 0.2 |
| γ-Muurolene | t |
| Germacreno D | 4.5 |
| α-Zingiberene | 0.9 |
| α-Muurolene | 0.3 |
| α-Bulnesene* | 1.0 |
| β-Bisabolene | 0.5 |
| δ-Cadinene | 0.4 |
| Elemol | 1.5 |
| trans-Nerolidol | 0.3 |
| β-Eudesmol | 0.2 |
| α-Eudesmol | 0.2 |
| Grouped components | |
| Monoterpene hydrocarbons 30.5% | |
| Oxygen-containing monoterpenes 49.3% | |
| Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons 11.2% | |
| Oxygen-containing sesquiterpenes 2.2% | |
| Phenylpropanoids t | |
| Others 3.3% |
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Evidencia Científica
| Efecto | Ruta usada en el experimento | Fuente |
| Vasorelexant and antispasmodic | Animal tissue (euthanized rats) | [2] |
| Anti-microbial | Lab incubation | [11] |
| Reduces uterine contractions (Myorelaxant) | Animal tissue (euthanized rats) | [12] |
| Analgesic | Intraperitoneally | [13] [14] |
| Anti-inflammatory | Orally and intraperitoneally | [15] |
| Anxiolytic and sedative | Intraperitoneally | [16] [14] |
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