Abstract

RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN HERBAL DRUG RESEARCH FOR GLOBAL HEALTH CARE

Tarasankar Maity*, Nilanjan Pahari, Khokan Bera, Manas Chakraborty

Abstract

Herbal drugs play a major role of all the officially recognized systems of Health in India such as Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, Homeopathy and Naturopathy, except Allopathy. India is a diversity source of herbal plants and is one of the richest countries in the world with regard to genetic resources for medicinal plants. Increased awareness regarding herbal drugs is due to current widespread belief that green medicine is safe, more accessible and more affordable than costly synthetic drugs, many of which have adverse side effects. Traditional herbal medicines are naturally occurring, plant-derived substances. Herbal medicines make up a significant constituent of the tendency toward alternative medicine. This medicine is becoming ever more popular in today’s world as natural remedies for the treatment of various complications. Governments, international agencies and Pharmaceutical industries are increasingly investing in traditional herbal medicine research for isolating potential phytochemicals. Therapeutic uses of herbal medicines are getting significant attention in global health debates. Therefore in this review attempts have been made to know about some plants and beneficial potency like antimicrobial, antidiabetic, antifertility, antiageing, antidepressant, antianxiety, antispasmodic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-HIV, hepatoprotective etc. It may be useful for the pharmaceutical professionals, health professionals and research scientists to grow an interest for working in the field of phytomedicine to develop herbal medicine which will be cured different kinds of diseases in man and animals.

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