<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mariam Koleilat</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Karim Raafat</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Abdalla El-Lakany</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Maha Aboul-Ela</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Designing monographs for Rosmarinus officinalis L. and Lavandula angustifolia L.: Two Lebanese species with significant medicinal potentials</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Glandular trichome</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Optical rotation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prismatic crystals of Calcium oxalate</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Refractive index</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rosmarinic acid</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">May 2017</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">/files/PJ-9-4/10.5530pj.2017.4.75</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">452-474</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction:&lt;/strong&gt; The world health organization recommends validating medicinal plants to ensure safety and efficacy. Lavandula is valued for the production of essential oil used in aromatherapy. &lt;em&gt;Rosmarinus &lt;/em&gt;is known for its folk use as anti-oxidant and antidiabetic. This study aims to design monographs for &lt;em&gt;Rosmarinus officinalis&lt;/em&gt; (Linn.) and &lt;em&gt;Lavandula angustifolia&lt;/em&gt; (Linn.) cultivated, in conditions similar to their natural habitat, at Beirut Arab University botanical garden. Also screening the antioxidant activity of both plants, and assessing the antidiabetic effect of &lt;em&gt;R. officinalis&lt;/em&gt; (Linn.). &lt;strong&gt;Methods:&lt;/strong&gt; macroscopic and microscopic examination, hydrodistillation to obtain essential oils (EOs), thin layer chromatography, Gas chromatography-Mass spectrometry, and physiochemical properties of the EOs were determined. The antioxidant effect of the EOs is determined by DPPH assay. The antidiabetic effect of Rosemary EO is investigated using alloxan-induced diabetic mice. &lt;strong&gt;Results:&lt;/strong&gt; the qualities of studied species are in agreement with the standards described in WHO monographs and in the British pharmacopeia. Composition of the EO produced from either Rosemary (REO) or Lavender (LEO) collected at different months showed differences. The EO of both showed significant antioxidant effects in DPPH assay (p&amp;lt;0.05). &lt;em&gt;In vivo&lt;/em&gt; investigation of the antidiabetic effect of REO showed a significant antidiabetic effect in diabetic mouse model (p&amp;lt;0.05). &lt;strong&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/strong&gt; both plant species and their EOs fulfilled most of standards specified by the British Pharmacopeia 2013. Rosemary collected in April (Spring) showed the best antioxidant activity. Lavender collected in September (Early Fall) showed the best antioxidant activity. REO revealed significant lowering in blood glucose level at the dose of 110 mg/kg.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">452</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mariam Koleilat, Karim Raafat*, Abdalla El-Lakany, Maha Aboul- Ela &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beirut Arab University, 115020 Beirut, LEBANON.&lt;/p&gt;</style></auth-address></record></records></xml>