“…[ 86 ] Eleutherococcus senticosus | Siberian ginseng | Araliaceae | Used for regulating body disorders, improving the circulatory system, to treat fatigue, for promoting blood circulation for removing blood stasis, invigorating the stomach and for diuresis and so on [ 13 , 87 ] | Eleutheroside, acanthopanax senticosus polysaccharide, etc. [ 13 , 87 ] |
Withania somnifera | Indian ginseng | Solanaceae | Used for strengthening; nourishing;its anti-ageing, anti-stress, antioxidation, anti-tumor, anti-anxiety, anti-inflammatory, anti-depression properties; immune regulation; improving cognitive function and so on [ 19 ] | Withanolides and other steroid esters and withanine and other alkaloids [ 88 ] |
Pfaffia paniculata | Brazilian ginseng | Amaranthaceae | Often used as a tonic, to relieve fatigue effectively, improve sexual function, and lower blood pressure, blood sugar and blood lipid levels [ 89 ] | Pfaffic acid and its glycoside, for example, pfaffosides A–F, and nortiperpene and its glycoside, etc. [ 86 ] |
Eurycoma longifolia | Malaysian ginseng | Simaroubaceae | Used for its anticancer, anti-malaria properties, improving male sexual dysfunction, sterilizing, lowering blood pressure and treating diabetes [ 54 ] | Diterpenes with quassinoid skeletons and alkaloids such as canthin-6-one, mainly, biphenyl lignin and squalene derivatives [ 54 ] |
Lepidium meyerii | Peruvian ginseng | Brassicaceae | Used as s natural nutrient, for enhancing fertility effectively and for its anti-fatigue properties [ 90 ] | Marca amide, marca alkaloids, etc. |
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