Botanical name | Common name(s) | Uses | Active ingredients | |
Artemisia kermanensis | rich in davanone (21.4% and 47.9%, respectively). The other main components of the oil of A. kermanensis were 1,8-cineole (16.0%) and chrysanthenone (14.8%), whereas geranial (6.5%) and ethyl nerolate (6.3%) were the other considerable compositions of A. kopetdaghensis. In the oil of A. haussknechtii, 1,8-cineole (16.5%), camphor (14.5%) and artemisia ketone (10.5%) were found to be the major constituents. | |||
Berberidaceae | Barberry family | lowers blood sugar; potential natural substitute for metformin | berberine | |
Eucalyptus caesia | caesia or gungurru | |||
Lithospermum erythrorhizon | Red-root Gromwell, murasaki | Antiviral | ||
Nigella sativa | Blackseed, Black Cumin | Antiviral | Thymoquinone | |
Origanum vulgare | Oregano or Pot Marjorum, depending on potency | |||
Phyllanthus niruni | Stonebreaker, Seed-under-leaf | Liver disease, preventing kidney & gallstones. | ||
Rosmarinus officinalis | Rosemary | Carnosic acid and carnosol (rosemary polyphenol) pose chemopreventive, antioxidant, and anticancer activities against prostate, skin, breast, leukemia, lung, urinary bladder, and colon cancers through genes that encode antioxidant phase II enzymes. As anti-inflammatory, carnosol has ability to reduce leukotrienes, inhibit 5-lipoxygenase, antagonize the intracellular Ca2 + mobilization, and inhibit the secretion of leukocyte elastase. Triterpenoid compound ursolic acid has been shown to have anti-inflammatory and even antidepressant effects. | carnosol | |
Sarracenia purpurea | Northern Pitcher Plant | Antiviral against smallpox | ||
Satureja hortensis | Summer Savory | antioxidant, antimicrobial, antiparasitic, pesticidal, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, hepatoprotective and anticancer properties | polyphenols and flavonoids | |
Zataria multiflora | Avishan-e-Shirazi (Shirazi thyme) | anti-microbial (most important), antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, spasmolytic and anti-nociceptive properties | ||
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