CASP3 and Parkinson disease: The phenylpropanoidsverbascoside and isoverbascoside, as well as theirmetabolites were found to be the main constituentsresponsible for the anti-oxidant effects of this plant (11).In an in vitro model of Parkinsons’ disease, simultaneoustreatment with verbascoside, markedly attenuatedmethyl-4-phenylpyridinium ion induced apoptotic death,oxidative stress and the activation of caspase-3 (42).