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Table 1 List of Chinese medicinal herbs used in this study

From: Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of selected Chinese medicinal plants and their relation with antioxidant content

S. no

Name of the plant species

Chinese name

Family names

Traditional medicinal use

References

1

Acanthopanax senticosus Herms

NA

Araliaceae

Treatment of rheumatism, allergies and diabetics

[22]

2

Actinidia arguta (Sieb.et Zucc.)Flarich.ex Miq.

Teng li gen

Actinidiaceae

Anticancer and anti-allergic

[23]

3

Akebia quinata (Houtt.)Decne.

Ba yue zha

Lardizabalaceae

anti-phlogistic

[24]

4

Alpinae officinarum

Gao liang jiang

Zingaberaceae

Antioxidant

[25]

5

Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Wall. ex Nees

Shuan xin lian

Acanthaceae

Anti-cacner.

[26]

6

Artemisia vulgaris L.

Ai ye

Asteraceae

Anti-cancer

[27]

7

Asparagus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr.

Tian men dong

Asparagaceae

Anti-tumour

[28]

8

Aster tataricus L.

Zi wan

Asteraceae

Anti-oxidant

[29]

9

Corydalis yanhusuo W.

Yan hu suo

Papaveraceae

Anti-cancer

[18]

10

Curcuma zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe

E zhu

Zingiberaceae

Antioxidant activity, Anti-mutagenic activity and Anti-microbial activity,

[30]

11

Cynanchum paniculatum (Bge.) Kitag

Xu chang qing

Asclepiadaceae

Anticancer

[18]

12

Cyperus rotundus L.

Xiang fu

Cyperaceae

Anticancer

[18]

13

Ducheshea indica (Andr.) Focke.

She mei

Rosaceae

Anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer

[31]

14

Hedyotis diffusa Willd.

Bai hua she she cao

Rubiaceae

Antibacterial

[18]

15

Leonurus japonicus Houtt.

Yi mu cao

Labiatae

Anti-cancer

[32]

16

Ligustrum lucidum Ait.

Nv zhen zi

Moraceae

Anti-cancer

[18]

17

Lobelia chinensis Lour.

Ban bian lian

Campanulaceae

Antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, and antitoxic effects

[18]

18

Lysinachia christinae Hance.

Jin qian cao

Lysimachia

Anticancer

[18]

19

Paeonia lactiflora Pall.

Bai shao

Paeoniaceae

Anticancer and anti-bacterial

[33]

20

Paeonia suffuticosa Sndr.

Mu dan pi

Ranunculaceae

Anti-cancer

[18]

21

Paris polyphylla Smith

Qi ye yi zhi hua

Trilliaceae

Anti-tumour

[28]

22

Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A. DC.

Jie geng

Campanulaceae

Anti-cancer

[18]

23

Plantago asiatica L.

Che qian cao

Plantaginaceae

Anti-cancer

[34]

24

Pleione bulbocadioides (Franch.)Rolfe.

Shen ci gu

Orchidaceae

Anticancer and antibacterial

[18]

25

Ploygala tenuifolia Willd.

Yuan zhi

Polygalaceae

Anti- inflammatory

[35]

26

Polygonum aviculare L.

Bian cun

Polygonaceae

Anti-oxidant activity and anti- inflammatory activity

[36]

27

Poria cocos (Schw.) Wolf

Fu lin

Polyporaceae

Anti-tumuor

[28]

28

Pogostemon cablin Benth.

Guang huo xiang

Asteraceae

Anti-insecticidal, anti-fungal and bacteriostatic

[37]

29

Prunella vulgaris L.

Xia ku cao

Lamiaceae

Anticancer and anti-inflammatory properties

[38]

30

Pseudostellaria heterophylla (Miq.) Pax ex Pax et Hoffm.

Tai zi shen

Caryophyllaceae

Anti-tumuor

[28]

31

Rabdosia rubescens(Hamst.)Wuet.

Dong ling cao

Labiatae

Anti-cancer

[18]

32

Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) Steud.

Sheng di huang

Phrymaceae

Anti-tumour

[28]

33

Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge.

Dan shen

Caspase

Anti-tumuor

[28]

34

Sanguisorba officinalis L.

Di yu

Rosaceae

Anti-allergic and hepatitis B virus

[18]

35

Schizandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill.

Wu wei zi

Schisandraceae

Antioxidant effect

[39]

36

Scutellaria barbata Don.

Ban zhi lian

Labiatae

Anti-tumuor

[28]

37

Semen coicis L.

Yi yi ren

Gramineae

Anti-cancer

[18]

38

Smilax glabra Roxb.

Tu fu ling

Smilacaceae

Anti-tumuor

[28]

39

Solanum nigrum L.

Long Kui

Solanaceae

Anti-cancer

[18]

40

Solanum lyratum Thunb.

Bai ying

Solanaceae

Anti-tumuor

[28]

x41

Spatholobus suberectus Dunn.

Ji xie teng

Leguminosae

Anti-tumuor

[18]

42

Tussilago farfara L.

Kuan dong

Asteraceae

Anti-microbialand antioxidant

[40]

43

Uncaria rhyncophylla Miq

Gou Teng

Rubiaceae

Antioxidant activity and anti-inflammatory activity

[41]

44

Viscum coloratum (Komar.) Nakai

Hui ji sheng

Viscaceae

Anti-infammatory

[42]

  1. NA:No appropriate reference is available.