Table 6.

Miscellaneous agents

Sr No	Name of plant	Part used/extract/fraction	Major chemical constituent(s)	Reference
	Lipoxygenase inhibitors
1.	Allium cepa	Bulbs/Juice	α and β unsaturated Thiosulphinates	Bayer et al. 1989
2.	Boswellia serrata	Gum resin/Ethanol	Bosewellic acid	Ammon et al. 1991
3.	Coleus forskohlii	Roots	Forskolin (diterpenoid)	Marone et al. 1987
4.	Proustia pyrifolia	Whole plant/methanol	Β-sitosterol, quercetin and dihydroquercetin	Delporte et al. 2005
	Platelet Activating Factor (PAF) inhibitors
1.	Allium cepa	Bulbs/Juice	α and β unsaturated Thiosulphinates	Dorsch et al. 1987
2.	Galphimia glauca	Aerial/Alcohol extract/Ethyl-acetate	Tetragalloylquinic acid, Quercetin	Neszmelyi et al. 1993
3.	Impatiens textori	Flowers/Ethanol	Apigenin, uteolin, chrysoeriol	Ueda et al. 2003
4.	Picrorrhiza kurroa	Roots/	Androsin	Stuppner et al. 1991
	Cyclooxygenase inhibitor
1.	Allium cepa	Bulbs/Juice	α and β unsaturated Thiosulphinates	Bayer et al. 1989
2.	Magnolia obovate	Stem bark	Magnolol and honokiol	Lee et al. 2005
3.	Crataegus pionatifida	Fruit	Flavanoids	Kao et al. 2005
	Interleukins (Ils) biosynthesis inhibitors
1.	Calocedrus formosana	Bark/alcohol	Sugiol	Chao et al. 2005
2.	Nidularium procerum	Leaves/Aqeous extract		Vieira-de-Abreu et al. 2005
3.	Walthenia indica	Whole plant/	flavanoids	Rao et al. 2005
4.	Mahonia aquifolium Nutt. Berberidaceae	Stem bark/hydroalcohol extract	Polysaccharides Protoberberine and bisbenzylisoquinoline (BBI) alkaloids berbamine, tetrandrine	Kostalova et al. 2001
	Leukotriene biosynthesis inhibitors
1.	Nigella sativa	Seeds oil	Thymoquinone (TQ)	El Gazzar et al. 2006