Table 2.
Compound | Trade Name | Plant Source | Medicinal Purposes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Arglabin | Arglabin | Artemisia glabella | Cancer chemotherapy. | [80,81] |
Artemisinin | Artemisinin | Artemisia annua L. | Antiprotozoal agent: Antimalarial. | [80,81] |
Docetaxel | Taxotere | Taxus baccata | Treatment of head, neck, stomach, lung, prostate, breast and ovarian cancers. | [79,81] |
Ingenol mebutate | Picato | Euphorbia peplus L. | Actinic keratosis. | [80,87] |
Paclitaxel | Taxol®, Paxene®, Abraxane, Nanoxel | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. | Chemotherapeutic agent for many types of cancer. | [80,89] |