Table 2.2 Some bioactive natural compounds, their chemical structures and sources
Compound
Structure
Source
Reference
Fisetin
Acacia berlandieri
Acacia greggii
Butea fronds
Gleditschia
triacanthow
Quebracho colorado
Gleditsia triacanthos
Rhus cotinus
Cotinus coggygria
Rhus vemiciflua
Prasath et al.
(2014)
Gambogic acid
Garcinia hanburyi
Garcinia cambogia
Garcinia indica
Cui et al.
(2018)
Chrysin
Passiflora caerulea
Oroxylum indicum
Passiflora incarnata
Amjid et al.
(2014), Oza and
Kulkarni (2016)
Berberine
Argemone mexicana
Berberis vulgaris
Berberis aristata
Berberis aquifolium
Eschscholzia
californica
Coptis chinensi,
Hydrastis canadensis
Xanthorhiza
simplicissima
Tinospora cordifolia
Phellodendron
amurense
Cui et al.
(2018)
Butein
Toxicodendron
vernicifluum
Dalbergia odorifera,
Cyclopia subternata,
Semecarpus
anacardium Creopsis
tungtoria
Benzler et al.
(2015)
Boldine
Peumus boldus
Oza and
Kulkarni (2016)
Baicalein
Scutellaria
baicalensis
Oroxylum indicum,
Oza and
Kulkarni
(2016), Ahad
et al (2014)
Embelin
Embelia ribes,
Lysimachia punctata,
Lysimachia
erythrorhiza
Ahad et al. et al.
(2014)
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