Astragalin: A Bioactive Phytochemical with Potential Therapeutic Activities

Table 1

Plants containing astragalin as an important constituent with its biological properties.

Name of the plant		Parts used/extract	Biological activities	References
Botanical name	Common name
Acer truncatum	Shantung maple	—	—	[21]
Aceriphyllum rossii	Mukdenia	Aerial parts	Antioxidant	[22]
Agrimonia pilosa	Hairy agrimony	Aerial parts	Antihemorrhagic, antiplatelet, antioxidant, and acetylcholinesterase inhibitory	[23]
Allium ursinum	Wild garlic	Flowers	Antimicrobial	[24]
Allium victorialis	Alpine leek	—	Antitumor	[25]
Alsophila spinulosa	Hook tryon	Leaves	Antixanthine oxidase	[26]
Apocynum venetum	Luobuma	Leaves	Lower blood pressure, antidepressant, antinephritis, and antineurasthenia	[27]
Jasminum subtriplinerve Blume	—	Aerial parts	—	[28]
Astragalus hamosus	Dwarf yellow milk vetch	Aerial parts	—	[29]
Caesalpinia decapetala	Mysore thorn	Leaves	—	[30]
Calligonum polygonoides	Phog	Aerial parts	Antiulcer, anti-inflammatory, hypoglycemic, and antioxidant	[31]
Camellia sinensis	Tea	Leaves and seeds	Antidysentery, antihyperlipidemia, antihyperglycemia, and anti-inflammatory	[32–35]
Carthamus lanatus L.	Downy safflower	Aerial parts	Antioxidant	[35]
Cassia alata	Ringworm bush	Leaves	Antioxidant, anti-infectious, and DNA repair	[19]
Celastrus gemmatus Loes	Chinese bittersweet	Leaves	—	[36]
Centella asiatica	Asiatic pennywort	Leaves	Anti-inflammatory	[37]
Clerodendrum philipinum	Chinese glory bower	Roots	—	[38]
Conyza filaginoides	Laennecia filaginoides	Aerial parts	Antiprotozoal	[39]
Corchorus olitorius L.	Moroheiya	Leaves	Inhibits the histamine	[40]
Cuscuta chinensis	Chinese dodder	Seeds	Antiosteoporotic	[17, 41–43]
Cuscuta australis	Australian dodder	Seeds	—	[17, 41–43]
Diodia teres	Buttonweed	Whole plant	—	[44]
Drosera peltata	Sundew		Antitussive	[45]
Dianthus barbatus cv	Sweet William	Aerial parts	Anti-inflammatory	[46]
Eucommia ulmoides	Hardy rubber tree	Leaves	Antidiabetic, antioxidant, and hypnotic effect	[47–49]
Eupatorium cannabinum L.	Hemp agrimony	Aerial parts	—	[50]
Eupatorium lindleyanum		Aerial parts	—	[51]
Exochorda racemosa	Pearlbrush	—	—	[52]
Flaveria bidentis (L.) Kuntze	Coastal plain yellow tops	Leaves	—	[53, 54]
Flos gossypii	—	Flowers	—	[55]
Gladiolus gandavensis	Gladiolus	Aerial parts	—	[56]
Glycyrrhiza glabra	European licorice	Leaves	—	[57]
Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch	Chinese licorice	Leaves	—	[58]
Gynura procumbens	Longevity spinach	—	Antidiabetic	[59]
Hedera helix	English ivy	—	—	[60]
Helianthemum glomeratum	Island rushrose	Aerial parts	—	[61]
Hemistepta lyrata Bunge	—	Whole plant	—	[62]
Hippophae rhamnoides L.	Sea buckthorn	Leaves	—	[63]
Ipomoea batatas	Sweet potato	Leaf	—	[64]
Koelreuteria paniculata	Golden rain tree	Flowers	Antioxidant	[65]
Allium ampeloprasum	Wild leek	Leaves	Antioxidant	[66]
Ligusticum chuanxiong	—	Aerial parts	—	[67]
Lindera aggregate	Evergreen lindera	Leaves	—	[68]
Litsea coreana	—	Leaves	Antioxidant	[69]
Magnolia fargesii	—	Flowers	Anticomplement	[70]
Moringa oleifera Lam.	Drumstick tree	Leaves	Antioxidant	[71]
Morus alba L.	White mulberry	Leaves	Hypoglycemic and antioxidant	[72–78]
Mussaenda arcuate	Forest star	Leaves		[79]
Nelumbo nucifera	Sacred lotus	Leaves	Lipolytic activity	[80–84]
Ochradenus baccatus	Taily weed	Aerial parts	—	[85]
Orostachys japonica	Rock pine	—	Calpain inhibitory activity	[86]
Diospyros kaki	Japanese persimmon	Leaves	Angiotensin converting enzyme activity, and inhibition of atopic dermatitis (AD)	[12, 87–89]
Rosa agrestis	Field briar	Leaves	Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant	[13, 90–92]
Peucedanum alsaticum	—	Fruits	—	[93]
Phaseolus vulgaris L.	Common bean		—	[94]
Phlomis spinidens	—	Aerial parts	Antiallergic	[95]
Phyllanthus muellerianus	—	Leaves	Antibacterial and anti-inflammatory	[96]
Polygala cyparissias	—		Antiulcer	[97]
Polygonum salicifolium	Knotweed	Aerial parts	DPPH-free radical scavenging activity	[98]
Prunus padus L.	European bird cherry	Flowers and leaves	Antioxidant	[99]
Prunus serotina Ehrh	Black cherry	Leaves and flowers	—	[100]
Pseudotsuga menziesii	Oregon pine	Needles	Cytotoxic	[101]
Radix astragali	Milk vetch root	Roots	Antidiabetic	[102–104]
Rhus sylvestris	Sumach	Stems and leaves	Antiosteoporotic	[105]
Rosa soulieana	Shrub rose	Flowers	Antioxidant	[106]
Rubus rigidus var. camerunensis	Ronce blanche	Aerial parts	Antioxidant	[107]
Sapium sebiferum	Chinese tallow	Leaves	—	[108]
Solenostemma argel	Arghel	Aerial parts	Antibacterial	[109]
Solidago canadensis L.	Canada goldenrod	—	Antioxidant	[110]
Sorbus aria (L.)	Lutescens	Leaves	—	[111]
Tadehagi triquetrum	—	Whole plant	Antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory	[112]
Tiarella polyphylla	Foam flower	Whole plant	—	[113]
Trachelospermum jasminoides	Confederate jasmine	Leaves	Antifungal	[114]
Urtica cannabina	—	Fruits	—	[115]
Vahlia capensis	—	—	Antibacterial	[116]
Vicia calcarata	Few flowered vetch	Aerial parts	Hepatoprotective	[117]
Wedelia chinensis	—	Whole plant	Inhibitor of the complement system	[118]