คำสำคัญ: หมอน้อย, หญ้าดอกขาว, อดบุหรี่

Vernonia cinerea (L.) Less. (VC) [common name: little ironweed; Asteraceae] is a perennial herbaceous plant distributed in tropical regions and commonly found in Southeast Asia. In Thailand, VC has been used in both traditional and complementary medicine as an aid in smoking cessation treatment. Various parts of the plant containing a variety of chemical constituents have found many therapeutic uses in different aspects of traditional medicine. However, its active components and mechanism of action, particularly in smoking cessation, remain unclear. This review article describes VC with respect to its botanical data, therapeutic uses in traditional medicine, chemical constituents and their respective biological activities, related clinical studies,

and the formulation techniques for developing VC as a smoking cessation aid.

Key words: Vernonia cinerea, smoking cessation