Advantages And Characteristics Of Medicinal And Aromatic Plants

Herbal medicine is the use of natural plant substances to treat and prevent illness. Throughout America herbalism is not deemed “scientific” by most regulations but herbalists and few medical professionals argue that with the right knowledge of the use and effects of using herbal remedies could possibly be safer to use and deemed supplementary beneficial. It is time to delve deeper into the process of herbal medicines and more specific details on the healing processes. There is no denying that the evolution of medicine has come a long way through the use of science and manufacturing, but where did it all begin?

Rich in history, aromatic plant materials were used in ritual and herbal medicine throughout ancient cultures

Flavonolignans are natural polyphenolic compounds that comprises of flavonoid and lignan. The basic chemical structure of these essential nutrients consists of two benzene rings bound by a three-atom heterocyclic carbon chain which can be chemically modifiable yielding several compounds with different properties. The structural requirements for the antioxidant and free radical scavenging functions of flavonoids include a hydroxyl group in carbon position three, a double bond between carbon positions two and three, a carbonyl group in carbon position four, and polyhydroxylation of the A and B aromatic rings.

Two methods of extractions were employed for the extraction of phytochemicals from the leaves of O.mauritiana. The percentage yield of the methanolic extract was then recorded and compared.

25 plant species were used in traditional medicine to treat skin disease and to treat antimicrobial (viral, bacterial or protozoan) infections. This experiment was to investigate the antimicrobial activity of traditional Ghanaian medicines with special interest in anti-methicillin-resistant/react-text Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) activity. Chloroform, ethanol and aqueous extracts of these plants were arranged and agar-well diffusion tests, MIC's and MBC's were used to examine antimicrobial action. The extracts of 13 plant species showed the growth of one or more of the resulting bacteria, MRSA, methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA), Streptococcus pyogenes, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Proteus vulgaris. Extracts from 11 of these 13 plant species also inhibited the growth of three or more of 14 additional clinical isolates of MRSA. Aqueous extracts of Alchornea cordifolia were active against all 21 bacterial strains tested and showed the highest levels of antibacterial activity overall with MIC's against MRSA in the range of 1.6–3.1 mg ml and MBC's in the range of 6.3–12.5. The presence of antibacterial activity in extracts of Elaeophorbia drupifera, Rauwolfia vomitoria and the leaves of Solanum verbascifolium, plants traditionally used to treat skin infections, are reported for the first time. Extracts from Alchornea cordifolia, also used to treat wounds, had the widest spectrum of antibacterial

Qualitative phytochemical analysis revealed the presence of phenolic compounds, alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, saponins and cardiac glycosides as major components in the acetone methanolic, ethanol, chloroform extract of A. nilotica (Table 1). The anti-bacterial activity of plants that are widely used against human pathogen induced toxicity is majorly due to the presence of various secondary metabolites that bind directly to bacterial cell wall components and destroy their effect. Flavonoids and alkaloids isolated from A. nilotica plant species demonstrated anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activities anticancer activities of human pathogen. Presence of these active secondary

News journalists obtained a quote from the research from the Department of Biotechnology, "Because of their chemical diversity, it is no coincidence that these compounds exhibit a wide range of pharmacologically important properties. In addition to antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer-related properties, particular attention is being paid to prenylflavonoids that occur almost exclusively in hops and are considered to be some of the most active phytoestrogens known. Hop oils and resins are well known for their sedative and other neuropharmacological properties, but in addition, these compounds exhibit antibacterial and antifungal effects. Recently, alpha bitter acids have been shown to block the development of a number of complex lifestyle diseases that are referred to by the collective name metabolic syndrome.

Modern medicine is finally catching up to the ancients in realizing the health promoting benefits of myriad herbs and spices. For instance, a study by the University of Georgia revealed that many herbs and spices are a rich source of the antioxidant phenol, which can prevent inflammation and

Herbal medicines are great alternative for commercially manufactured medicines available in the market. The major reason why herbal medicine differ from modern medicine is because they are produced with 100% natural content. Therefore the plant extract has all the medicinal values that are as effective as modern medicine. Commercially prepared drugs show results quickly but have numerous side effects. However herbal medicines don’t show any side

Plants provide nutritional factors to the human body. Fruits and vegetables are good for our health. But aside from eating or make it a dessert it is also the main source of drugs that is being use from the ancient times as herbal remedies for the health care, prevention and cure of various diseases and ailments. Use of various plants parts like its bark, flowers, fruit, seeds, roots, leaves or let’s say the whole plant as such for medical purpose is been a long tradition in different culture. Use of plants as a medicine is being used by the Filipino. Our ancestors used plants as their medicine when they get sick because that time no ready-made medicine is available so they need to use the parts of plants as cure for their illnesses. Plants

Curcumin: Researchers have been studying on different herbs and nutritional supplements which led to the proposal for managing clinical disorders like depression .For example ashwagandha treats anxiety and brahmi is being used for the cognitive problems while colostrinin for dementia4 and ginseng has been successful in treating the sexual dysfunction .(1-4) Curcumin, is one of the ingredients present in turmeric. It is also an unconventional treatment that has been studied in the management of depression.Turmeric is a spice originally from the rhizome of the plant Curcuma longa.Turmeric contains differentnumber of bioactive substances, like polyphenols, sesquiterpenes,diterpenes, triterpenoids, sterols, and alkaloids.(5,6)

What is your favorite medicinal plant? There are hundreds of medicinal plants throughout the world and have been used for thousands of years by many people. There are numerous of medicinal plants still used today and we are constantly finding new uses for these plants. Medicinal plants are common plants that most people use every day, but you do not know that they are in your vitamins and other medicines. One such plant is the Blood Flower which is a very beautiful flower that has very important medicinal purposes and has interesting facts that the vast majority of the population does not know.

The antimicrobial activity of alkaloids, tannins, saponins, flavonoids, phenol and cardic glycoside present in the various parts of Chrysophyllum albidium plant were investigated. These phytochemical were determined quantitatively and tested against staphylococcus aureus, B. subtilis, pseudomonas aeruginosa, E. coli, C. tetani, and the fungus; candida albicans. Most the plant parts were found to contain alkaloids, tannins, phenols and flavonoids except for the absence of cardic glycosides in the root, tannins in leaves, and phenol in seed. The significance of the plant parts in traditional medicine and the importance of the distribution of these phytochemicals were discussed with respect to the role of these plant parts in

The present study was carried out to evaluate the antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of leaves of Elephantopus scaber by using different solvent (ethyl alcohol ,acetone and aqueous). The leaves extract from Elephantopus scaber using different solvents to extract were evaluated for antioxidant activity by using DPPH method using a different concentrations (1, 10, 20, 30, 40, 60, 80, 100) μg/ml. The results of this method was compared with ascorbic acid as standard. The IC50 value of standard (ascorbic acid) was found to be 20 mg/ml. This study showed the strongest DPPH radical-scavenging activity of (52.54±0.81)% inhibition at concentration of 40 mg/ml, and IC50 value was 30 mg/ml was found the scavenging activity of (44.92±0.26)% for ethyl alcohol extract. Acetone extract of leaves was found at of concentration 60 mg/ml scavenging activity of 53.26±0.34%. The IC50 value of aqueous extract of leaves was (60)μg/ml with percentage inhibition of (54.28±0.28)% followed by (44.57±0.53)% at concentration 40 mg/ml.

Medicinal plants are frequently used in traditional medicine to treat different disease condition all over world. The knowledge about this traditional medicine system has been significantly helping to develop more and more effective treatment options to cure disease without or least side effects. The ongoing process of finding new bioactive molecules for pharmaceutical and medicinal need, requires continues optimization. As per current novel drug molecule discovery practice one new molecule is found from the screening of 10000 natural products. The biologically active natural substances have played an important role in discovery of new beneficial chemical entities. A traditional plant which is used since decades, having multiple therapeutic use known as "Musa Paradisiaca L" belonging to family Musaceae. It provides a important source of carbohydrate (food) all over the world. Commonly it is used to treat some disorders such as diarrhoea, diabetes, uraemia, hypertension, nephritis, gout, cardiac disease. Around the world there are more than 100 common name used for Musa Paradisiaca but in most of the regions known as "Banana". More than 70 species have been identified of it. According to the study almost all parts it is having some kind of therapeutic activity. Here we are