A Review on Melissa officinalis species

Abstract

Melissa officinalis is an aromatic plant species and commonly known as lemon balm. Throughout the entire world, it is frequently farmed and grown as a crop. It belongs to Lamiaceae family. At the present time, Kashmir, Uttrakhand, and a small portion of South India is where lemon balm is grown in India. It can grow to an ultimate height of 85-90 cm while also grows wild along highways and walkways. Dried or fresh plant parts, including the top aerial area and leaves are used in the cosmetics, fragrance and herbal tea production industries. When extracted chemically or through water steam distillation from fresh or dried lemon balm flowers, leaves, or branches, the resulting essential oil has a light yellow hue and a distinctive fresh lemon scent.The plant's principle constituents are essential oil, phenolic acids, tannins, terpenoids and flavonoids. It is hypothesised that quercetin, which is present in lemon balm, is what causes this pharmacological effect, despite the fact that the lipid-lowering mechanism of lemon balm is yet unknown. M. officinalis is thought to be the essential oil of lemon balm, which is utilised in aromatherapy, but plant phenolics, particularly rosmarinic acid, are also thought to have a role.  This plant has therapeutic qualities including digestive, antimicrobial, antidepressant, antioxidant, stimulant and diaphoretic activities.