Plants use as food and in traditional medicine are more likely to yield pharmacologically active compounds. The medicinal properties of plants have been investigated in the recent scientific developments throughout the world, due to their potent therapeutic efficacy and antioxidant activities, no side effects and economic viability. Medicinal plants are serving as raw material for drugs which are effective and reasonable health care for people. However, all plants synthesize phytochemicals, which are beneficial for our health as they cannot be synthesized in the human body [9]. Plants are also rich dietary sources of biomolecules, vitamins and minerals which are crucial for maintaining the healthy body.
It has been observed that numerous plants …show more content…
For centuries, people have turned to natural remedies to cure common ailments such as colds, allergy, upset stomachs and toothaches and the trend is constantly increasing. Thus, there has been a shift in universal trend from synthetic to herbal medicines, which we can say ‘Return to Nature’ for the prevention of diseases and ailments. Nature has been a source of medicinal plants. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that 4 billion people (80% of the world’s population) use herbal medicines for some aspect of primary healthcare [15]. Herbal medicine has been recognized by WHO as essential components for primary health care and about 11% of the 252 drugs are derived from plants …show more content…
Herbal medicine is effective, lesser side effect, and affordable than the medicines bought from an allopathic medicine. Herbal medicines include herbs, herbal materials, herbal preparations, and herbal products that contain different parts of plants or other plant materials as active ingredients. It has been well documented that herbal plants and their derivatives play critical roles in modern drug development. Medicinal plants are the natural resources in developing of new drugs [19, 20, 21]. The development of new herbal medicine may be consisted of the following steps are shown in the
It has been observed that numerous plants …show more content…
For centuries, people have turned to natural remedies to cure common ailments such as colds, allergy, upset stomachs and toothaches and the trend is constantly increasing. Thus, there has been a shift in universal trend from synthetic to herbal medicines, which we can say ‘Return to Nature’ for the prevention of diseases and ailments. Nature has been a source of medicinal plants. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that 4 billion people (80% of the world’s population) use herbal medicines for some aspect of primary healthcare [15]. Herbal medicine has been recognized by WHO as essential components for primary health care and about 11% of the 252 drugs are derived from plants …show more content…
Herbal medicine is effective, lesser side effect, and affordable than the medicines bought from an allopathic medicine. Herbal medicines include herbs, herbal materials, herbal preparations, and herbal products that contain different parts of plants or other plant materials as active ingredients. It has been well documented that herbal plants and their derivatives play critical roles in modern drug development. Medicinal plants are the natural resources in developing of new drugs [19, 20, 21]. The development of new herbal medicine may be consisted of the following steps are shown in the