Research in this field is expected to continue for new medicines derived from natural products (de la Luz Cádiz-Gurrea et al., 2021).
Medicinal plants are a valuable source of a wide variety of chemical molecules having different structures and functionalities that exhibit important biological activities and are linked to a multitude of beneficial properties, such as antimicrobial, anticancer, antiviral, antioxidant and enzyme inhibitory, anti-aging, anti-inflammatory, antihypertensive, neuroprotective and anticoagulant effects (Ali et al., 2019; Lesellier et al., 2021). Medicinal plants are of great importance worldwide, both when used alone and as a supplement to traditional medication (Fig. 1). The remarkable number of reports on the therapeutic properties of medicinal plants combined with long-term experience in folk medicine has led to a growing interest in the use of natural products (Tlili and Sarikurkcu, 2020). With the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, the study of new bioactive compounds is even more crucial today. According to various sources, medicinal plants serve as the basis for 25–50 % of currently produced drugs used in healthcare (Mahmood et al., 2019; Sinan et al., 2020), and new bioactive compounds from known and exotic plants are being sought worldwide (Fettach et al., 2019). Research in this field is expected to continue for new medicines derived from natural products (de la Luz Cádiz-Gurrea et al., 2021).