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{{taxobox
|name = Korean Mint
|image = Agastache rugosa.jpg
|regnum = [[Plantae]]
|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
|unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
|unranked_ordo = [[Asterids]]
|ordo = [[Lamiales]]
|familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
|genus = ''[[Agastache]]''
|species = '''''A. rugosa'''''
|binomial = ''Agastache rugosa''
|binomial_authority = ([[Fisch.]] & [[C.A.Mey.]]) [[Kuntze]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?1675 |title=Agastache rugosa information from NPGS/GRIN |accessdate=2008-02-19 |publisher=[[USDA]] }}</ref>
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'''''Agastache rugosa''''' ('''Korean Mint''', '''Blue Licorice''', '''Purple Giant Hyssop''', '''Huo xiang''', '''Indian Mint''', '''Patchouli Herb''', '''Wrinkled Giant Hyssop'''; [[syn.]] ''Lophanthus rugosus'' [[Fisch.]] & [[C.A.Mey.]]) is a [[medicinal plant|medicinal]] and [[ornamental plant]] in the [[Lamiaceae]] family.

==Traditional uses==
In Korea, it is called (방아잎, bangannip), and used for [[Jeon_(food)|Korean pancake]] and stew, more specifically for [[Bosintang]] and [[Chu-eo-tang]]. Chu-eo-tang is a soup or stew cooked with [[Chinese muddy loach]]. 
It is called ({{zh|c=[[wikt:藿|藿]][[wikt:香|香]]|p=''huò xiāng''}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200019465 |title=Agastache rugosa in Flora of China @ efloras.org |accessdate=2008-02-19 | archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20080303045916/http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200019465| archivedate= 3 March 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> in Chinese and it is one of the [[Chinese_herbs#50 fundamental herbs|50 fundamental herbs]] used in [[traditional Chinese medicine]].<ref name="pfafagast">{{cite web|url=http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Agastache+rugosa |title=Agastache rugosa - Plants For A Future database report |accessdate=2008-02-14 | archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20080303144502/http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Agastache+rugosa| archivedate= 3 March 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>
Chemicals isolated from ''Agastache rugosa'' have some [[antibacterial]] properties.<ref>Production of antibacterial substance against bovine pneumoniae bacteria from Agastache rugosa Jang B.-G., Lee D.-H., Lee J.-S.  Korean Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2005 33:2 (142-147)</ref> The extracts have shown [[Antifungal medication|antifungal]] activity in ''in vitro'' experiments.<ref>Antifungal effect of extracts of 32 traditional Chinese herbs against intestinal Candida in vitro Deng J.-H., Wang G.-S., Ma Y.-H., Shi M., Li B.  World Chinese Journal of Digestology 2010 18:7 (741-743)</ref> ''Agastache rugosa'' may have anti-atherogenic properties.<ref>Inhibition of cytokine-induced vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 expression; possible mechanism for anti-atherogenic effect of Agastache rugosa Hong J.-J., Choi J.-H., Oh S.-R., Lee H.-K., Park J.-H., Lee K.-Y., Kim J.-J., Jeong T.-S., Oh G.T.  FEBS Letters 2001 495:3 (142-147)</ref>

==Chemical constituents==
Chemical compounds found in the plant include:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sun.ars-grin.gov:8080/npgspub/xsql/duke/plantdisp.xsql?taxon=1978 |title=Species Information |accessdate=2008-02-19 |work=Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases }}</ref>

* [[Estragole]],  plant
* ''p''-[[Anisaldehyde]], plant
* [[4-methoxycinnamaldehyde]],<ref>4-Methoxycinnamaldehyde inhibited human respiratory syncytial virus in a human larynx carcinoma cell line Wang K.C., Chang J.S., Chiang L.C., Lin C.C.  Phytomedicine 2009 16:9 (882-886)</ref>  shoot
* [[Pachypodol]], leaf
* [[Methylchavicol]] (60.01-88.43%),  
* d-[[Limonene]]
* [[Caryophyllene]]
* [[Hexadecanoic acid]]
* [[Linoleic acid]]
* Octahydro-7-methyl-methylene-4-(1-methylethyl)-1''H''-cyclopenta [1,3] cyclopropa[1,2]benzene<ref>Chemical composition of essential oil in stems, leaves and flowers of Agastache rugosa Yang D., Wang F., Su J., Zeng L.  Zhong yao cai = Zhongyaocai = Journal of Chinese medicinal materials 2000 23:3 (149-151)</ref>

==See also==
*[[Chinese herbology#50 fundamental herbs|Chinese herbology]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.highcountrygardens.com/11822.html ''Agastache rugosa''] photo
*[http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Agastache+rugosa Plants For A Future: ''Agastache rugosa'']
*[http://libproject.hkbu.edu.hk/was40/detail?lang=en&channelid=1288&searchword=herb_id=D00281 Agastache rugosa] Medicinal Plant Images Database (School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University)  {{en icon}}



[[Category:Medicinal plants]]
[[Category:Plants used in traditional Chinese medicine]]
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