Agastache rugosa is a medicinal and ornamental plant

Ornamental plant

Ornamental plants are plants that are grown for decorative purposes in gardens and landscape design projects, as house plants, for cut flowers and specimen display...

 in the Lamiaceae

Lamiaceae

The mints, taxonomically known as Lamiaceae or Labiatae, are a family of flowering plants. They have traditionally been considered closely related to Verbenaceae, but in the 1990s, phylogenetic studies suggested that many genera classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae...

 family.

Traditional uses

It is called in Chinese and it is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine

Traditional Chinese Medicine refers to a broad range of medicine practices sharing common theoretical concepts which have been developed in China and are based on a tradition of more than 2,000 years, including various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage , exercise , and dietary therapy...

.

Chemicals isolated from Agastache rugosa have some antibacterial properties. The extracts have shown antifungal

Antifungal

* Antifungal medication, a medication used to treat fungal infection s such as athlete's foot , ringworm, candidiasis, etc.* Antifungal protein, a protein family* an adjective referring to a fungicide compound...

 activity in in vitro experiments. Agastache rugosa may have anti-atherogenic properties.

Chemical constituents

Chemical compounds found in the plant include:

• Estragole
  Estragole
  Estragole is a phenylpropene, a natural organic compound. Its chemical structure consists of a benzene ring substituted with a methoxy group and a propenyl group. Estragole is a double-bond isomer of anethole. It is a colorless to pale yellow liquid...
  
  , plant
• p-Anisaldehyde
  Anisaldehyde
  Anisaldehyde, or anisic aldehyde, is an organic compound that consists of a benzene ring substituted with an aldehyde and a methoxy group. It is a clear colorless liquid with a strong aroma. It comes in 3 varieties, ortho, meta, and para in which the two functional groups are alpha, beta, and...
  
  , plant
• p-Methoxycinnamaldehyde, shoot
• Pachypodol
  Pachypodol
  Pachypodol is an O-methylated flavonol, a type of chemical compound. It can be isolated from Pachypodanthium confine, from Chinese herb Agastache folium and from leaves of Agastache rugosa ....
  
  , leaf
• Methylchavicol (60.01-88.43%),
• d-Limonene
  Limonene
  Limonene is a colourless liquid hydrocarbon classified as a cyclic terpene. The more common D isomer possesses a strong smell of oranges. It is used in chemical synthesis as a precursor to carvone and as a renewably-based solvent in cleaning products....
  
  
• Caryophyllene
  Caryophyllene
  Caryophyllene , or -β-caryophyllene, is a natural bicyclic sesquiterpene that is a constituent of many essential oils, especially clove oil, the oil from the stems and flowers of Syzygium aromaticum , the essential oil of hemp Cannabis sativa, rosemary Rosmarinus oficinalis, and hops...
  
  
• Hexadecanoic acid
• Linoleic acid
  Linoleic acid
  Linoleic acid is an unsaturated n-6 fatty acid. It is a colorless liquid at room temperature. In physiological literature, it has a lipid number of 18:2...
  
  
• Octahydro-7-methyl-methylene-4-(1-methylethyl)-1H-cyclopenta [1,3] cyclopropa[1,2]benzene

External links

• Agastache rugosa photo
• Plants For A Future: Agastache rugosa

Agastache called LOFANT in Russia.