From: Cytotoxicity, mode of action and antibacterial activities of selected Saudi Arabian medicinal plants
Plant species/Family (Voucher specimen) | Traditional use | Sample used* (yield in %) | Index |
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Teucrium oliverianum/ Lamiaceae (15930) | Antinociceptive effect[2], antioxidant activity[3] and antimicrobial activities[4] | 20.0 | SY-175 |
Echium arabicum/ Boraginaceae (15931) | Antiplasmodial and antitrypanosomal activity[5] | 14.5 | SY-176 |
Haplophyllum tuberculatum/ Rutaceae (15932) | Headaches and arthritis, to remove warts and freckles from the skin and also to treat skin discoloration, infections and parasitic diseases[6], it is used to treat malaria, rheumatoid arthritis and gynecological disorders[7] | 19.6 | SY-177 |
Senna italica/Caealpiniaceae (15933) | Diarrhea, stomachache, female infertility, tuberculosis, asthma[8] | 14.9 | SY-178 |
Pulicaria crispa/Asteraceae (15934) | Treat inflammation and an insect repellent[9] and is also used as an herbal tea | 6.7 | SY-179 |
Rhantarium epapposum/ Asteraceae (15935) | Skin infections and gastrointestinal disturbances and as an insecticide[10] | 3.1 | SY-180 |
Rumex vasicanus/ Polygonaceae (15936) | Treatment of pain, inflammation, bleeding, tinea, tumor, and constipation[11, 12], cough, headache, and fever[13] | 13 | SY-181 |
Ducrosia anethifolia/Aplaceae (15937) | Analgesic and pain reliever for headache, ackache, colic, and colds[14] | 26 | SY-182 |
Heliotropium ramosissimum/ Boraginaceae (15938) | Treatment of gout, rheumatism, and as anti-inflammatory and healing agents[15] | 2.58 | SY-183 |
Picris cyanocarpa/ Asteraceae (15939) | Treatment of indigestion, against intestinal nematodes and other parasites[16] | 19.5 | SY-184 |
Anthemis deserti/ Asteraceae (15940) | Herbal medicines, insecticides, and dyes, food additives, as well as an important source in aromatic and cosmetic industries[17] | 10.8 | SY-185 |
Cleome ambliocarpa/ Cleomaceae (15945) | Stomachics, rubefacients and in the treatment of scabies, rheumatic, fever, inflammation and a hypoglycemic agent,[18] | 14.9 | SY-186 |
Zilla spinosa/ Brassicaceae (15946) | Antioxidant, antifungal, hepatoprotective and antiviral activities[19] | 13.5 | SY-187 |
Ziziphus nummularia/ Rhamnaceae (15947) | Antibacterial, analgesic activities and anthelmintics[20] | 11.6 | SY-188 |
Neurada procumbens/ Neuradaceae (15949) | Diarrhea and dysentery; as well, it has been used as a tonic to ‘increase heart and respiration functions | 8.6 | SY-189 |
Trigonella hamosa/ Papilionaceae (15951) | A condiment and seasoning in food preparations and hypoglycemic | 22 | SY-190 |
Achillia fragrantissima/ Asteraceae (15952) | Respiratory diseases and gastrointestinal disturbances[21] | 6.2 | SY-191 |
Convolvulus prostates/ Convolvulaceae (15953) | Brain related disease, improve memory, skin disease[22] | 15.3 | SY-192 |
Cltrullus colocynthis/ Cucurbitaceae (15954) | Treat constipation, diabetes, edema, fever, jaundice, bacterial infections as well as cancer[23] | 14.2 | SY-193 |
Emex spinosa/ Polygonaceae (15955) | Purgative, diuretic, a remedy for stomach disorders, dyspepsia and colic[24] | 16.8 | SY-194 |
Rhazya strict/ Apocynaceae (15957) | Diabetes mellitus, fever, sore throat, inflammatory conditions and helminthiasis[25] | 22 | SY-195 |
Scrophularia hypericifolia/ Scrophulariaceae (15958) | Antipyretic, febrifuge and anti-bacterial, as a remedy for evening fever, mouth dryness, constipation, prurigo, furunculosis, sore throat, ulcerous stomatitis, tonsillitis and in the treatment of cancer[26, 27] | 12.12 | SY-196 |
Caylusea hexagyna/ Resedaceae (15959) | Anticancer (melanoma cell lines)[28] | 13.04 | SY-197 |
Artemisia monosperma/ Asteraceae (15960) | Antispasmodic, anthelmintic and anti-hypertensive[29] | 16.4 | SY-198 |
Ononis serrata/ Fabaceae (15925) | Antibiotic, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, antifungal and antiseptic activities. Treatment of skin and rheumatic diseases as well as gout[30] | 5.5 | SY160 |
Achillea beiberstenii/ Asteraceae (15470) | Spasmolytic, choleretic, treatment of wounds and anti-inflammatory activities, make it as an important medicinal plant[31] | 10.4 | Ach-b |