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The Asteraceae family of plants is a widely distributed medicinal plant throughout the world and has been used since ancient time. Members of this family have been used traditionally as astringent, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, diaphoretic in fevers, smooth muscle relaxant, nerve tonics, laxatives and for the treatment of wounds, bleedings, headache, pains, spasmodic diseases, flatulence, dyspepsia dysentery, lumbago, leucorrhoea, hemorrhoids, gangrenous ulcer and disorders causing cachexia.Phytochemical investigations of the Asteraceae family have revealed that many components from this family are highly bioactive. There are many reports on the mentioned herbal effects. Although, the medicinal properties ofplants belonging to the Asteraceae family are recognized worldwide, there is no review article mainly about the structures of the phytochemical constituents of the plant of the asteraceaefamily. The present paper reviews the medicinal properties alongside with peculiar phytoconstituent of various plants belonging to the Asteraceae family. Various medicinal effects of these plants may be due to the presence of a broad range of secondary bioactive metabolites such as flavonoids, phenolic acids, coumarins, terpenoids (monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, diterpenes, and triterpenes) and sterols which have been frequently reported from the Asteraceae family. |
