HS 413 Foundations of Herbal Medicine - Lamiaceae (Labiatae) family
Items located at Dixson Library
615.321/B895p/1999
Bruneton, Jean (1999) Pharmacognosy ; Phytochemistry Medicinal plants. 2d edition. Translated by Caroline Hatton. Paris, Intercept - sections on Lamiaceae pp. 526-48, 649-53.
581.63/A244
Harley, R.M. & T. Reynolds (1992) Advances in Labiate science. Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens. 568 p.
- consists of 39 papers on the Labiate genera including six papers devoted to economic botany and a listing of the members of the group and their classification taxonomy.
Q615.321/H711m
Hoffmann, David (2003) Medical Herbalism ; the science and practice of herbal medicine.
- the Materia Medica section of this text pp. 522-603 includes a number of members of the Lamiacae family.
615.321/M657p
Mills, Simon and Kerry Bone (2000) Principles and practice of phytotherapy; modern herbal medicine. London, Churchill Livingstone. pp. 25, 157, 209
- the recommended text for this unit
Articles in the reference collection
R581.03/W734D/1973
Willis, J.C. (1973) A Dictionary of the flowering plants and ferns. Cambridge University Press.
- contains a brief description of the Labiates pp. 624-6.
- Sections of the books referred to below can be requested as photocopies
R615.321/N532/2002
Barnes, Joanne et al (2002) Herbal Medicine, a guide for healthcare professionals
London, Pharmaceutical Press.
- contains articles on the following of the Lamiaceae family: Ground ivy (Nepeta hederacea), Black Horehound (Ballota nigra), White horehound (Marrubium vulgare), Melissa (Melissa officinalis), Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca), Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium, Hedoma pulegoides), Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis), sage (Salvia officinalis), Skullcap (scutellaria laterifloria and other species), Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare), Thyme (Thymus vulgaris)
R615.3203/C527e/2001
Chevallier, Andrew (2001) Encyclopedia of medicinal plants. Rev. ed. St Leonards, Dorling Kindersley.
- contains articles on the followiing of the Lamiaceae family: Coleus (Coleus forskohii or Plectranthus barbatus), Lavender (Lavandula officinalis or L. augustifolia), Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis), Peppermint (Mentha x piperita), Holy basil (Ocimum sanctum), Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis), Dan shen or red sage (Salvia militorrhiza), Sage (Salvia officinalis), Skullcap (Huang quin or Baical skullcap - Scutellaria baicalensis syn. S. macrantha and Virginian skullcap - Scutellaria lateriflora), thyme (Thymus vulgarisa)
R615.321/K17h
Kapoor, L.D. (2001) Handbook of Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants. Boca Raton, CRC Press.
- contains entries for Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis), Corn mint (Mentha arvensis) and Holy basil (Ocimum sanctum)
Try these searches
Search Medline on PubMed (http://www.pubmed.gov/) Search: lamiaceae AND properties
Limit search to PMC (PubMed Central provides access to free Fulltext articles only) This will also eliminate references to journals subscribed to at UNE, however.
Relevant web sites
http://www.cbel.com/lamiaceae/
- a directory of links to 125 web sites on lamiaceae, both in general and on specific family members
http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/scihort/lamwhat.html
http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/scihort/lamuses.html
- two web pages from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew that define the Lamiaceae and indicate some of their uses, an introduction to the plants included in the Family
http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Lamiaceae
- includes links to a whole list of links for this plant family
http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/Wilson/tfp/ast/lampage2.htm
- describes features of the Lamiceae family
- pages from the Botany Dept of Texas A&M University containing illustrations, text and links
http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/mgmh.html - web version of "A Modern Herbal" first published in two volumes in 1931.
- Contains entries for most of the Lamiaceae plants looked for
Further information
The Lamiaceae family is a large plant family including the following species: thyme, lavender, sage, basil, coleus, hyssop, skullcap, pennyroyal, lemon balm.