Biological Activities and Pharmacokinetics of Praeruptorins from Peucedanum Species: A Systematic Review

Table 2

The traditional medicinal uses and common names of some Peucedanum species including praeruptorins.

Peucedanum species	Common names	Part of use	Uses recorded and references
P. formosanum Hay.; P. terebinthaceum subsp.; formosanum (Hayata) Kitag.	Qian-Hu (in Taiwan)	Root	Coughs, fever, headache, and excessive sputum caused by colds [4].
P. japonicum Thunb.	Shoku-Bohfuu, Botan-Bofu (in Korea, Japan, China, and Taiwan)	Root	Sore throat, coughs, colds, headaches, and as an antifebrile and anodyne [12, 15, 17].
P. praeruptorum Dunn.	Peucedani Radix, Bai-Hua, Qian-Hu, BQ (in China), and Jeon Ho (in Korea)	Root	Treatment of respiratory diseases, pulmonary hypertension, angina pectoris, chest pain, dyspnea and upper respiratory infections, nonproductive cough with thick sputum, and as antitussive and mucolytic agents [13, 14, 22, 24, 37, 62, 72, 73].