Biological Activities Of Some Medicinal Plants Containing Phenolic Compounds

Abstract

The mysterious disease, like cancer, that threatened to w1pe out mankind. Little was known about this disease except that it was rapidly spreading and killing us by millions. The discovery of some drugs for the treatment of these disease was a gift for the world , but the workers in the field of health care have always hoped to find a drug that may be curative for the diseases or can save the patient troubles and cost. Due to the Astonishing effect of phenol containing drugs that motivated the auther attention to select some of these drugs and carry out several biological tests on them in order to concentrate the study on the most effective one,

The plants that are rich in phenolic compounds include :

1- Nigella; dried ripe seeds of Nigella sativa L., fam. Rananculaceae.

2- Ginger; dried rhizomes of Zingiber officinale Roscoe , fam. Zingiberacese.

3- Thyme; dried herbs of Thymus vulgaris L., fam. Labiatae.

4- Liquorice; dried peeled or unpeeled roots and stolons of Glycyrrhiza glabra L., fam. Fabaceae. 5- Ruta; dried herbs of Ruta graveolens L., fam. Rutaceae.

6- Karkadeh; the dried calyx and epicalyx of Hibiscus subdarffa linn, fam

• Malvaceae.

7- Clove; the dried flower buds of Eugenia caryophyllus (sprengel) Sprague, fam. Myrtaceae . 8- Tea; the dried leaves of Thea sinensis L., fam. Theaceae.