Comparison between the Biological Active Compounds in Plants with Adaptogenic Properties ( Rhaponticum carthamoides , Lepidium meyenii , Eleutherococcus senticosus and Panax ginseng ).

Plant species have always played an important role in drug discovery because their effectiveness is based on the hundreds of years of experience with folk medicine in different nations. In our view, there is great potential in the near future for some of the phytochemicals found in these plants species to become pharmaceutical agents.