Natural products have been obtained in recent years from biologically active compounds and benzofuran compounds.

Structure	Genus and species name	Territorial	Extraction isolation year	Biological activity		Ref.
	(Asteraceae) Ageratina adenophora	Mexico	2018	Anti-fungal activity	Dehydrotrienone benzofuran derivative, eco-friendly antifungal agent	43
	(Fabaceae) Calpocalyx dinklagei	Western Central Africa	2017	Anti-inflammatory	Inflammatory disease multi-target agent	44
	(Artocarpus) Artocarpus heterophyllus	Tropical regions of Asia	2017	Anti-cancer activity	Cytotoxic activity against human oral cancer (KB), human breast cancer (MCF-7) and lung cancer (NCI-H187) cell lines	45
	(Moraceae) Artocarpus lakoocha	Asia and Southeast Asia	2017	AChE and BChE inhibitory	As a potential new anti-ChE agent	46
	(Moraceae) Chlorophora regia	Tropical West Africa, Senegal, Gambia and Ghana	2016	Anti-inflammatory	As an antioxidant inhibitor	25
	(Asterothamnu) Asterothamnus centrali-asiaticus	Gansu, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, SE Xinjiang (S Mongolia)	2016	Anti-oxidant	As a potential antioxidant	47
	(Moraceae) Morus alba	Asia (Vietnam, China, Japan, and South Korea)	2016	Inhibition of pancreatic lipase	Effectively inhibit pancreatic lipase as a potential diet pills	48
	(Moraceae) Morus nigra	West Asia	2018	Anti-tumor	Multifunctional anti-tumor agent	49
	(Butterbure) Mappianthus iodoies	Southern China	2017	Anti-cancer activity	Cytotoxicity against HL-60, SMMC7721, A-549, MCF-7 and SW-480	50
	(Butterbure) Petasites hybridus	Europe, West Asia, North America	2015	Anti-cancer activity	It has cytotoxic and apoptotic effects on human breast cancer MCF-7 cells	51
	(Fabaceae) Tephrosia purpurea	Eastern India to Central Bangladesh	2015	Anti-allergic activity	For the treatment of allergic diseases, including rhinitis	52
	(Leguminosae) Sophora tonkinensis	South China, Korea	2014	Anti-allergic activity	Inhibition of IL-6 production in HMC-1 cells produces anti-allergic effects	53
	(Aristolochiaceae) Aristolochia fordiana	Southwestern China	2013	Anti-oxidation activity	Inhibition of NO release in cells	54
	Flemingia philippinensis	Southern Asia	2012	Anti-oxidation activity	Potential antioxidant	55
	(Ficus) Ficus tikoua Bur	South China, India, Vietam and Laos	2011	Anti-oxidation activity	As a source of antioxidants	56
	(Moraceae) Morusalba var. multicaulis	Throughout Asia, Europe, North and South America, and Africa	2011	Anti-obesity and anti-inflammatory activity	Potential drug with anti-obesity and anti-inflammatory activities	57
	Radix Eupatorii Chinensis	Southern China	2009	Anti-fungal, anti-oxidation and anti-tumor activity	Potential multi-targeted drug with antifungal, anti-oxidant and anti-tumor activities	58
	(Morus) Morus wittiorum	Tropical and Subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, South America	2014	Anti-oxidant activity	Potentially effective antioxidants	59
	(Leguminosae) Mucuna birdwoodiana	Southern China	2009	Anti-oxidation	Potentially effective antioxidants	60
	(Morus) Morus wittiorum	Southern China	2010	Anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidation	As a multi-target potential anti-inflammatory drug	61
	(Morus) Morus wittiorum	Southern China	2010	Anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidation	As a multi-target potential anti-inflammatory drug	61