Platostoma menthoides

Platostoma menthoides is a species of plant belonging to the mint family Lamiaceae and is found widely in Tamil Nadu, India. Traditionally this plant used in common cold and febrifuge.^[2]

Platostoma menthoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Platostoma
Species:	P. menthoides
Binomial name
Platostoma menthoides (L.) A.J.Paton[1]
Synonyms[1]
Elsholtzia ocimoides Pers. Geniosporum gracile Benth. Geniosporum menthoides (L.) Druce Geniosporum prostratum (L.) Benth. Lumnitzera prostrata (L.) Spreng. Mentha ocymoides Lam. Ocimum macrostachyum Poir. Ocimum menthoides L. Ocimum prostratum L. Thymus indicus Burm.f.

Acute oral toxicity study

In Acute Oral Toxicity Study, no mortality was found at the end of study and sign of toxicity like change in skin and fur, eyes and mucous membrane, and also respiratory, circulatory, autonomic, and central nervous system and somatomotor activity, behavior pattern, sign of tremors, convulsions, salvation, lethargy, sleep, coma were also not found.^{[citation needed]}

Antipyretic activity

Ethanolic extract of bark of Platostoma menthoides on yeast-induced pyrexia shows significant effect.^[3]