Table 1.

List of Chinese medicinal herbs used in this study

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]

NA:No appropriate reference is available.