Lantana Camara is a plant that has been documented to have rich phytochemicals.

It has a low
erect, rugged hairy, evergreen shrub native to tropical America. Known by several common
names viz, blackage, cuesquito, angel lip, flower sage, shrub verbena, white sage and wild sage
all over the world. It is a significant weed of which there are about 650 varieties in over 60
countries or island groups. Moreover, there are studies conducted in India have found that
Lantana leaves can display antimicrobial, fungicidal and insecticidal properties. Lantana camara
has also been used in traditional herbal medicines for treating a variety of ailments, including
cancer, skin itches, leprosey, rabies, chicken pox, measles, asthma and ulcers. There were also
some scientific studies which have shown beneficial effects of L .camara, such as one by R.
Satish who found out that an extract from the plant reduced ulcer development in rats. Extracts
from the plant have also been used to treat respiratory infections in Brazil. In 1991, Herbert J.M.
et al. reported that verbascoside isolated from Lantana camara L (Verbenaceae) possesses
antitumor activity in vitro. This might be due at least in part to inhibition of protein kinase C. Also
based on Shashi B.M et al. findings, L. camara's extracts displayed antitumor effect.
Lantadenes and related triterpenoids from L. camara inhibited Epstein-Barr virus activation,
making hope to build antitumor promoters by few changes in chemical structure (the
substitutions on the carboxylic acid through an ester bond.
In addition, some terpenoids of L. camara, such as 22 beta-acetoxylantic acid and 22 beta-
dimethylacryloyloxy lantanolic acid were reported to have antimutagenic effects. A recent
structure-activity study on lantadenes and their esters by Sharma M. et al., revealed the
importance of the groups attached to C-22 and C-17 in relation to the antitumor activity of these
compounds.