“…The family has a cosmopolitan distribution and contains many plant species with culinary and medicinal purposes; examples of the former are basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory, marjoram, oregano, thyme, lavender, and perilla (Naghibi et al, 2005). The Lamiaceae family of plants have been used since ancient times as folk remedies for various health problems such as common cold, throat infections, acaricidal, psoriasis, seborrheic eczema, hemorrhage, menstrual disorders, miscarriage, ulcer, spasm and stomach problems (Takayama et al, 2011;Loizzo et al, 2010;. Ribeiro et al, 2010).…”