The endemic medicinal specie Warionia saharae (Asteraceae): A promising source of bioactive natural compounds

Abstract

Algeria with its large area and diversified climate has a varied flora, which is a source of rich and abundant medical matter and, in particular Sahara part constitutes an important reservoir of many plants which have not been investigated until today. Among this flora, species from Asteraceae family has been used in the local traditional ethnopharmacopeae. The aim of this review is to present as much information as was established from the available scientific literature, on the ethnopharmacological, biological activities and phytochemical of the endemic medicinal specie from Algerian Sahara namely: Warionia saharae (Asteraceae family).