Table 1.
Plants containing imperatorin as an important constituent and their traditional use
| Species | Family | Occurrence | Traditional use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angelica dahurica (Fisch. ex Hoffm.) Benth, et Hook | Apiaceae | East Russia, Asia | For headache, toothache, nose congestion resulting from cold, analgesia, acne, ulcers, carbuncle, rheumatism, as sedative (Baek et al. 2000; Chen et al. 2008; Kang et al. 2008) |
| Glehnia littoralis (G.) Fr. Schmidt ex Miquel | Apiaceae | China, Japan, Canada and America | As a tonic, antiphlogistic and mucolytic medicine for the treatment of respiratory and gastrointestinal disorders, as diaphoretic, antipyretic, analgesic, antibacterial, and antifungal (Yang et al. 2010) |
| Niphogeton ternataWilld. ex Schltr. | Apiaceae | Colombia | For dysentery, colitis and rheumatism (Duan et al. 2002) |
| Ostericum koreanum (Maxim.) Kitag. | Apiaceae | South Korea | For cold, headache, neuralgia and arthritis (Lee et al. 2008) |
| Peucedanum officinale Lindl, Peucedanum coriaceum Reich. | Apiaceae | South and Middle Europe, Croatia | As an insect repellent (Hadaček et al. 1994) |
| Peucedanum ostruthium (L.) W. Koch | Apiaceae | Alpine region | In gastro-intestinal diseases, and also for disorders of the cardiovascular system, the respiratory tract, and to treat tiredness (Vogl et al. 2011) |
| Pleurospermum rivulorum Diels. | Apiaceae | South China | As an antipyretic, analgesic and diaphoretic (Xiao et al. 1997) |
| Prangos pabularia Lind. | Apiaceae | North India, Central Asia | As an emollient, carminative, tonic, antiflatulent, anthelmintic, antifungal, and antibacterial (Banday et al. 2013), for bleeding and to heal scars (Tada et al. 2002) |
| Prangos platychlaena Boiss | Apiaceae | Eastern Turkey | For bleeding and to heal scars (Ulubelen et al. 1995) |
| Saposhnikovia divaricata (Turcz.) Schischk. | Apiaceae | China | For pyrexia, rheumatism, headache and convulsions (Kang et al. 2008) |
| Saussurea medusa Maxim. | Compositae | Asia, Europe, North America | For anthrax, apoplexy, rheumatic arthritis and altitude sickness (Dawa et al. 2009) |
| Aegle marmelos Correa | Rutaceae | Southeast Asia | In the treatment of malaria, diabetes, dyspepsia, constipation and body heating problems (Mishra et al. 2010) |
| Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook. f. ex Benth | Rutaceae | West Africa | As an insect repellent (Ngadjui et al. 1989) |
| Clausena ansium Lour. | Rutaceae | Southeast Asia | For coughs and colds, asthma, gastrointestinal diseases, influenza, abdominal colic pains, as an antifungal, antiproliferative, and HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitor (Maneerat et al. 2010) |
| Eisenbeckia yaxhoob Lundell | Rutaceae | Southeast Mexico | For gastrointestinal ailments (Mata et al. 1998) |
| Pilocarpus goudotianus Tul. | Rutaceae | Colombia and Venezuela | As an allelopathic agent inhibiting germination and root length of competing species such as lettuce, tomato, cucumber, and radish (Macías et al. 1993) |
| Poncirus trifoliata (L) Raf. | Rutaceae | Eastern Asia | In treating allergic diseases, as an anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial and anti-mucin releasing (Xu et al. 2008) |
| Stauranthus perforates Liebm | Rutaceae | Mexico (Oaxaca and Yucatan), Costa Rica and Panama | As an insect repellent (Setzer et al. 2003) |