Description

Due to their dependable pharmacological activities and accessibility to the general public, medicinal plants and herbal medicines are currently attracting widespread interest in scientific circles due to their effectiveness in controlling a variety of ailments. There have been attempts to cover all facets of medicinal plants. In order to achieve this, chapters provide comprehensive information on history, the isolation and characterization of active principles, the transformation of the medical system, the use of medicinal plants widely recognised for their ability to treat specific diseases, the export of medicinal plants and phytochemicals, ideas for enhancing the medicinal crop industry, etc. Phytochemicals are organic plant substances that are biologically active and have the potential to fend off disease. These phytochemicals' antioxidant effects are recognised to help them fight disease. An understanding of ethno-medical data and the chemical components of plants is desirable not only for the discovery of therapeutic agents but also because such data are of great value in revealing a new source for affordable phyto-chemicals for the synthesis of chemical substances and for determining the true significance of ethno-medical remedies.