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Botanical nameCommon name(s)UsesActive 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.
BerberidaceaeBarberry familylowers blood sugar; potential natural substitute for metforminberberine
Eucalyptus caesiacaesia or gungurru   
Lithospermum erythrorhizon Red-root Gromwell, murasaki Antiviral
Nigella sativaBlackseed, Black CuminAntiviralThymoquinone
Origanum vulgareOregano or Pot Marjorum, depending on potency  
Phyllanthus niruniStonebreaker, Seed-under-leafLiver disease, preventing kidney & gallstones. 
Rosmarinus officinalisRosemary 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 purpureaNorthern Pitcher PlantAntiviral against smallpox
Satureja hortensisSummer Savoryantioxidant, antimicrobial, antiparasitic, pesticidal, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, hepatoprotective and anticancer propertiespolyphenols and flavonoids
Zataria multifloraAvishan-e-Shirazi (Shirazi thyme)anti-microbial (most important), antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, spasmolytic and anti-nociceptive properties 
   

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