Table 1.

Phenolic compounds from native Australian plants.

Common Name	Botanical Name	Known Therapeutic Potential	Phenolic Compounds Identified	Refs
Kakadu plum	Terminalia ferdinandiana	Antioxidant and induces apoptosis and inhibits proliferation in cancer cell lines	Catechin Naringenin Quercetin/hesperitin glucosides Kaempferol/luteolin glycosides	[164,165]
Illawara plum	Podocarpus elatus	Antioxidant and induces apoptosis and inhibits proliferation in cancer cell lines	Cyanidin 3-glucoside pelargonidin 3-glucoside	[165,166]
Davidson’s plum	Davidsonia pruriens	Antioxidant	Naringenin Hesperetin delphinidin 3-sambubioside cyanidin 3-sambubioside peonidin 3-sambubioside petunidin 3-sambubioside	[164,166]
Native river mint	Mentha australis	Antioxidant	Neoponcirin Rosmarinic acid Narirutin Chlorogenic acid Biochanin A	[162]
Muntries	Kunzea pomifera	Antioxidant and induces apoptosis and inhibits proliferation in cancer cell lines	Delphinidin 3-glucoside cyanidin 3-glucoside	[165,166]
Tasmanian pepper berry	Tasmannia lanceolata	Antioxidant	Cyanidin 3-rutinoside Cyanidin 3-glucoside Rutin Chlorogenic acid Caffeic acid Quercetin	[166,167]
Tasmanian pepper leaf	Tasmannia lanceolata	Antioxidant	Chlorogenic acid Quercetin p-Coumaric acid Cyanidin 3-glucoside	[167]
Anise myrtle	Syzygium anisatum	Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory	Chlorogenic acid Myricetin Quercetin Quercetin pentoside Ellagic acid Ellagic acid derivatives Catechin Hesperetin	[167,168]
Lemon myrtle	Backhousia citriodora	Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory	Catechin Epicatechin Vanilic acid Myricetin Hesperetin rhamnoside Hesperetin hexoside Quercetin Ellagic acid Ellagic acid derivatives	[164,167,168]