Pharmacological insights into the multifaceted biological properties of quinic acid.

Quinic acid is a cyclohexanecarboxylic acid contained in the extracts of several parts of medicinal plants including , subsp. L, and etc. Currently, and pharmacological studies showed that quinic acid exhibits various biological activities, such as antioxidant, antidiabetic, anticancer activity, antimicrobial, antiviral, aging, protective, anti-nociceptive and analgesic effects.