grow up word in a form of collected branches,with along and thin leaves,
red flowers and small capsules carrying seeds, a
common weed, with strong aromatic odor grows in
southern Egypt and northern Sudan. Leaves (the
important part) contain volatile oil from 0.4-o.7%. The
plant widely used as an effective renal antispasmodic
and diuretic (Batanouny et al., 1999). The volatile oil
showed ovicidal, larvicidal and antioxidant activities
(Minute et al., 2000). The literature lacks data about the
pharmacological effects of the oil on different organs.
Analysis revealed that the oil contains only eight
components with piperitone forming 72.44% of the oil,
other minor components of the oil such as elemol and
beudesmol are known constituents of the plant (Elgamal
and Wolff, 1987).