Plants of the Lycopus L. (Lamiaceae) genus are rich sources of flavonoids, coumarins, terpenoids, and tanning agents. Many of them are used in folk and scientific medicine.
The aerial part of Lycopus lucidus Turcz.ex Benth.(shiny lycopus) is used in folk medicine as a tonic, cardiotonic, and wound-healing and pain relieving agent.
Ground air-dried raw material collected during flowering (June 1999) on the northeast slope of the Tien Shan mountains (Xinjiang region, P. R. Ch...