Review of Anti-Inflammatory Herbal Medicines

Table 1

Mechanisms of anti-inflammatory action of the medicinal plants mentioned in this review article.

Herb	Inhibition of
	TNF-α	COX-2	iNOS	NF-κB	PGE2	NO	LOX	Complement	IFN-γ
Curcuma longa
Zingiber officinalis
Rosmarinus officinalis
Borago officinalis
Oenothera biennis
Harpagophytum procumbens
Boswellia serrata
Rosa canina
Urtica dioica
Uncaria tomentosa
Salvia officinalis
Ribes nigrum
Persea americana
Glycine max
Elaeagnus angustifolia
Vaccinium myrtillus
Olea europaea

Note: other mechanisms may also exist but we could not cover all of them.