a mini-review on phytochemistry and pharmacological activities of scrophularia striata

Introduction: scrophularia striata (scrophulariaceae) is an important medicinal plant in iran and in iranian folk medicine it has been used for variety of disorders. the present article aims to provide a review at the studies done on phytochemistry and pharmacological effects of s. striata. methods: this mini review is based on a literature study of scientific journals from electronic sources, such as science direct, pubmed, google scholar, scopus and web of science. results: the main chemical constituents which have been isolated and identified from scrophularia striata are cinnamic acid, some flavonoids such as quercetin, isorhamnetin-3-o-rutinoside and nepitrin and one glycoside (acteoside1). this plant possesses antiinflammatory, antibacterial, antioxidant, anticancer, analgesic and neuroprotective effects. in addition it accelerates wound healing process conclusion: scrophularia striata has a potential for the treatment of several diseases and disorders, but there are only a few studies done to investigate the plant phytochemistry, thus further studies should be focused on isolation and identification of active compounds with pharmacological activities. besides, the majority of pharmacological studies have been performed using aerial parts of plant, thus further studies are needed to investigate bioactivity of other parts of the plant.