A Closer insight of the recent studies on Whole Lepidium sativum plant

Medicinal plants play a crucial role in the healthcare systems globally, not only for their medicinal purposes but also as for their nutraceutical potential; Recently, there is a trending interest in medicinal natural products and their conducive incorporation in daily diet. There is a rising need to further investigate and unveil the unexploited medicinal plants. A solid example is Lepidium sativum plant (garden cress or Hab El-Rashad). It’s an Egyptian native edible herb with many traditional and medicinal noteworthy benefits. This article comprehends the traditional, medicinal, biological, agricultural, economic, pharmaceutical and industrial abilities of this whole plant. This review highlights its nutraceutical use, dietary consumption, upscaling its cultivation and pharmaceutical utilization in Egypt. Also, this review provide an established base for upcoming researches to productively resume investigating hidden unconfirmed traditional potentials. In addition to, scrutinizing quality control measures, herbal standardization for market formulation, bioavailability, pharmacokinetic and clinical studies in human.