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Table 2 List of herbal sources with mechanisms of its pharmacological action

From: Current update on herbal sources of antithrombotic activity—a comprehensive review

Botanical name

Mechanism of action

Angelica keiskei (Miq.) Koidz.

Inhibit platelet aggregation

Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels

Inhibit platelet aggregation

Abelmoschus manihot (L.) Medik

Inhibit platelet aggregation

Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Nees

Inhibit platelet aggregation

Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge

Inhibit ADP-induced platelet aggregation

Apium graveolens Linn

Inhibit platelet aggregation

Achyranthes bidentatata Blume

Prolonged coagulation time

Allium sativum L.

Inhibit platelet aggregation

Aesculus hippocastanum L.

Preventing oxidative damage of fibrinogen & moderate antiplatelet aggregation activity

Berberis vulgaris L.

Inhibit platelet aggregation

Campomanesia xanthocarpa (Mart.) O. Berg

Inhibit platelet aggregation, fibrinolytic activity

Cyperus rotundus L.

Inhibit collagen-, thrombin-, and AA-induced platelet aggregation

Cornus mas L

Inhibit platelet aggregation

Cassytha filiformis L.

Inhibit platelet aggregation

Curcuma aromatica Salisb.

Inhibit AA-, collagen-, & ADP-induced platelet aggregation

Chrysanthemum indicum L.

Inhibit platelet aggregation

Cinnamomum cassia Nees.

Inhibit platelet aggregation

Citrus hassaku Yu. Tanaka

Inhibit platelet aggregation

Coptis chinensis Franch.

Inhibited thromboxane synthesis

Carthamus tinctorius L.

Inhibited thromboxane synthesis

Caesalpinia sappan L.

Inhibited collagen-induced platelet aggregation

Curcuma longa L.

Inhibit platelet aggregation

Cudrania tricuspidata Bureau

Inhibit platelet aggregation, inhibited thrombin production

Callicarpa nudiflora Hook. & Arn.

Antiplatelet aggregation

Centella asiatica L. (Urb).

Inhibition of platelet activation and coagulation

Dalbergia odorifera T. Chen

Inhibit platelet aggregation

Dioscorea zingiberensis C.H. Wright

Antithrombotic

Diospyros kaki Thunb.

Inhibited thrombin-catalysed fibrin formation

Euphorbia neriifolia L.

Prolonged bleeding time & clotting time

Evodia rutaecarpa A. Juss.

Prolonged bleeding time, antiplatelet aggregation

Erigeron canadensis L.

Inhibited thrombin

Ginkgo biloba L.

Inhibit platelet aggregation

Glycyrrhiza uralensis

Antithrombotic

Galbulimima baccata F.M. Bailey

Inhibit platelet aggregation

Houttuynia cordata

Antiplatelet aggregation

Hernandia nymphaefolia J. Presl.

Antiplatelet aggregation

Illigera luzonensis Merr

Antiplatelet aggregation

Ilex paraguariensis A.St.

Inhibits fibrinogen & platelet aggregation

Leonurus sibiricus

Antiplatelet aggregation

Lonicera japonica Thunb.

Antiplatelet aggregation

Lycopus lucidus Turcz.

Inhibit aggregation of red blood cells

Liriope muscari L.H. Bailey.

Inhibit thrombosis

Lindera obtusiloba Blume

Inhibit platelet aggregation & collagen-induced thromboxane production

Melicope semecarpifolia Merr.

Antiplatelet aggregation

Magnolia officinalis

Antiplatelet aggregation

Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.

Inhibitory effect on platelet activation, adhesion & aggregation, and thromboxane A2 formation

Origanum majorana L.

Inhibition of platelet adhesion & aggregation

Osmanthus fragrans Lour.

Inhibit platelet aggregation

Panax ginseng Meyer

Antiplatelet aggregation

Piper longum L.

Inhibit AA-, collagen-, & PAF-induced platelet aggregation

Paeonia suffruticosa

Inhibit platelet aggregation & blood coagulation

Paeonia lactiflora Pall.

Inhibit platelet aggregation & blood coagulation

Panax bipinnatifidus Seem.

Inhibit platelet aggregation & prolonged aPTT

Rollinia mucosa Jacq.

Inhibit platelet aggregation

Rauwolfia serpentina Benth.

Inhibition of platelet-activating factor

Ruta graveolens L.

Antiplatelet aggregation

Rhus verniciflua (Syn.Toxicodendron vernicifluum)

Antiplatelet aggregation

Rheum palmatum L.

Antiplatelet aggregation

Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.)

Antiplatelet aggregation

Spiraea japonica L.

Antiplatelet aggregation

Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi.

Inhibited fibrin polymerization and platelet function, prolonged aPTT, PT, and production of thrombin

Spatholobus suberectus Dunn.

Inhibition of fibrinogen binding

Sophora japonica L.

Antiplatelet aggregation

Selaginella tamariscina (P. Beauv.) Spring

Antiplatelet aggregation & increased fibrinogen content

Sparganium stoloniferum Buch.

Antiplatelet aggregation

Salvia miltiorrhiza

Inhibit platelet aggregation

Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn.

Antiplatelet aggregation

Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.

Antiplatelet aggregation

 

Antiplatelet aggregation

Viola yedoensis Makino

Prolonged aPTT, PT

Veratrum dahuricum (Turcz.) O. Loes.

Inhibit AA-induced platelet aggregation

Zingiber officinale Roscoe

Antiplatelet aggregation

  1. ADP adenosine di-phosphate, AA arachidonic acid, PAF platelet-activating factor, aPTT activated partial thromboplastin time, PT prothrombin time