A review on chemical profiles and biological activities of essen-tial oil from some plants belonging to family Scrophulariaceae

Abstract

Scrophulariaceae is a large family, many species of which have been report-ed to have a wide range of biological activities and uses as folk medicines. The essential oils from species belonging to this family mainly contain mon-oterpene hydrocarbons, oxygenated monoterpenes, sesquiterpene hydro-carbons, oxygenated sesquiterpenes and non-terpenes. Furthermore, their essential oils have been reported to have a variety of biological activities such as antimicrobial, antioxidant, insecticidal etc. The objective of this re-view is to provide a brief overview of the chemical composition and biologi-cal activities of the essential oils isolated from different parts of species in-cluded in the Scrophulariaceae family. In addition, this paper also introduc-es the therapeutic potentials and provides the evidence for future medicinal applications of those species.