Rosemary is an aromatic evergreen shrub native to the Mediterranean. It has fragrant needle-like leaves used for flavoring foods like roast lamb. The name "rosemary" derives from Latin words meaning "dew of the sea." Rosemary contains phytochemicals like rosmarinic acid, camphor, and caffeic acid that have potential health benefits such as antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. Traditionally, rosemary has been used to treat digestion problems, gout, headaches, and increase menstrual flow.

1. Rosemary
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2. Rosemary
Rosmarinus officinalis
Rosemary
Rosemary in flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Rosmarinus
Species: R. officinalis
Binomial name
Rosmarinus officinalis

3. DISCRIPTION
• Rosmarinus officinalis, commonly known
as rosemary, is a woody, perennial herb with
fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and
white, pink, purple, or blue flowers.
• native to the Mediterranean region.
• The name "rosemary" derives from the Latin for
"dew" (ros) and "sea" (marinus), or "dew of the
sea.
• The plant is also sometimes called anthos,
from the ancient Greek, meaning "flower"

4. Flowering rosemary

5. • Rosemary is an aromatic evergreen shrub that
has leaves similar to needles.
• The leaves are used as a flavoring in foods such
as stuffings and roast lamb,, chicken and turkey.
• . Herbal tea can be made from the leaves
• It is native to the Mediterranean and Asia, but is
reasonably hardy in cool climates.
• can reach 1.5 m (5 ft) tall, rarely 2 m (6 ft 7 in).
The leaves are evergreen, 2–4 cm (0.8–1.6 in)
long and 2–5 mm broad.
• flowers are white, pink, purple or deep blue.

6. ROSEMARY CONTENT
• Rosemary contains a number of
phytochemicals, including:
• rosmarinic acid, camphor, caffeic acid,
ursolic acid and betulinic acid.
• In traditional medicine of India, extracts
and essential oil from flowers and leaves
are used to treat a variety of disorders

7. Clinical importance
• Rosmarinic acid : Potential anxiolytic as
it acts as a GABA transaminase inhibitor
• Camphor is readily absorbed through the skin
and produces a feeling of cooling local
anesthetic and antimicrobial substance .
• Ursolic acid can serve as a starting material
for synthesis of more potent bioactive
derivatives, such as antitumor agents

8. Clinical importance
• Caffeic acid is an antioxidant in vitro and also in
vivo.
• Caffeic acid also shows anti-inflammatory
activity.
• Betulinic acid is a naturally occurring
pentacyclic triterpenoid which has antiretroviral,
antimalarial, and anti-inflammatory properties,
as well as a more recently discovered potential
as an anticancer agent

9. Clinical importance
• Rosemary is used for digestion problems,
including heartburn, intestinal gas (flatulenceand
loss of appetite.
• It is also used for gout, cough, headache, high
blood pressure, and reducing age-related
memory loss.
• Some women use rosemary for increasing
menstrual flow and causing abortions.
• Rosemary is used topically for eczema, and joint
or muscle pain such as myalgia
• . It is also used for wound healing, in bath
therapy , and as an insect repellent.

10. Traditional use
• Rosemary oil is used for purposes of
fragrant bodily perfumes or to emit an
aroma into a room. It is also used in
shampoos and cleaning products
• symbol for remembrance (Folklore)
• rosemary was associated with wedding
ceremonies

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