Table 2.1
(continued)
Species
Bioactive compounds
Geographic zone
References
Lycium
ruthenicum
Polysaccharide
China
Dhar et al. (2011)
Lycium
chinense
Polysaccharide
China
Potterat (2010), Wang and
Ye (2016), Chan et al.
(2009)
Helicteres
hirsuta
Terpenoid, Steroid, Alkaloid, Phenolics, Carbohydrate, Southeast Asia
Varghese et al. (2012)
Urtica dioica
Lectin, Flavonoid, Coumarin
Turkey, Iran, Kenya
Rezaei Aref et al. (2012),
Nickavar and Yousefian
(2011)
Urtica
angustifolia
Coumarin
Africa
Zhang et al. (2012)
Curcuma
xanthorrhiza
Curcuminoid
Bangladesh, Indonesia, Laos
Peltzer et al. (2016)
Curcuma longa
Curcuminoid
China, Laos Indonesia, Bangladesh, India
(Ayurveda)
Yadav and Chaudhury
(2016), Peltzer et al. (2016),
Mishra et al. (2011)
Curcuma
domestica
Curcuminoid
India
Sushma et al. (2015)
Zingiber
striolatum
Ethanol, Gingerol
China
Chen et al. (2016)
Zingiber
officinale
Ethanol, Gingerol
Africa, Latin America India (Ayurveda)
Sudha et al. (2011), Ranilla
et al. (2010), Morakinyo
et al. (2011)
Andrographis
paniculata
5-hydroxy-7,8-dimethoxyflavone
India, Nigeria
Sudha et al. (2011)
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