Abstract:
Medicinal plants are significant in today's drug source. Most current medicinal drugs are
prescribed by their subsidiaries. Ballota hirsuta benth is perennial shrub plant belonging to the
Lamiaceae family growing in Algerian centre, and are being utilized as a part of the traditional
medicinal system of our country. The aims of the present study were to review pharmacology
activities, phytochemistry, traditional use, and offer therapeutic knowledge of Ballota genus and
to evaluate antioxidant properties of this plant in essential oil, methanolic and aqueous extract
forms. The aerial parts of the plant were subjected to hydrodistillation to have the essential oil
(yield: 0.42%). The methanolic maceration aqueous decoction extractions yielded in 11± 0.62%
and 13.52± 0.28% respectively. The free radical scavenging effect was evaluated using the free
radical DPPH. The IC50 were 0.120 ± 0.027mg/ml and 0.124 ± 0.012 mg/ml for the methanolic
and aqueous extract respectively.
