Medicinal plants possessed antioxidant and free radical scavenging effects (part 3)- A review

Abstract

Previous studies showed that a wide range of medicinal plants exerted antioxidant and free radical scavenging activity. These plants included: Achillea santolina, Adiantum capillus-veneris, Agrimonia eupatoria, Ailanthus altissima, Alhagi maurorum, Allium cepa, Allium porrum, Allium sativum, Allium schoenoprasum, Alpinia galangal, Althaea officinalis, Ammannia baccifera, Ammi visnaga, Anchusa italica, Anchusa strigosa, Anethum graveolens, Antirrhinum majus, Arachis hypogaea, Arctium lappa, Artemisia campestris, Asparagus officinalis, Astragalus hamosus, Avena sativa, Bacopa monniera, Ballota nigra, Bauhinia variegata, Bellis perenni, Bidens tripartite, Brassica rapa, Bryophyllum calycinum, Caesalpinia crista Calamintha graveolens, Calendula officinalis, Calotropis procera, Canna indica, Capparis spinosa, Capsicum annuum, Capsicum frutescens, Carthamus tinctorius, Carum carvi, Cassia occidentalis, Casuarina equisetifolia, Centaurea cyanus, Chenopodium album and Chrozophora tinctoria. This review was designed to highlight the antioxidant effects of medicinal plants as a second part of our previous review.