Phytomedicines: Diversity, extraction, and conservation strategies
Phytomedicines: Diversity, extraction, and conservation strategies
- PhytoMedicine, p.1-33, 2021 .
Herbal medicines also called as phytomedicines are mixtures of plant metabolites that contain pharmacologically active compounds that exhibit some therapeutic properties. Phytomedicines have a massive array of biological activities, and therefore these are practiced worldwide since ancient times. The parts of plant utilized for phytomedicines are leaves, barks, tubers, roots, herbs, and the plant extracts. These plant parts secrete substance like alkaloids, terpenes, phenolic compounds, basic metabolites, glycosides, and secondary metabolites, and preparations formed with medicinal plants include decoction, emulsion, apozems, liniments, electroactives, and powdered. The futures of plant-derived medicines are likely to have marvelous opportunity for discovering some novel and innovative therapeutic strategies and products. The important secondary metabolites possess some specific pharmacological properties for the human body. Excessive harvesting and habitat destruction have put most medicinal plants at various degrees of risk. To conserve medicinal plants, various in situ and ex situ efforts have been made by world's richest biodiversity regions so that the sustainable utilization of herbal drugs is ensured for the generations to come without compromising the quality and efficiency of the active constituents present in herbal medicines.
HERBAL MEDICINE
PHYTOMETABOLITES
ALKALOIDS
CONSERVATION
SUPERCRITICAL FLUID
Herbal medicines also called as phytomedicines are mixtures of plant metabolites that contain pharmacologically active compounds that exhibit some therapeutic properties. Phytomedicines have a massive array of biological activities, and therefore these are practiced worldwide since ancient times. The parts of plant utilized for phytomedicines are leaves, barks, tubers, roots, herbs, and the plant extracts. These plant parts secrete substance like alkaloids, terpenes, phenolic compounds, basic metabolites, glycosides, and secondary metabolites, and preparations formed with medicinal plants include decoction, emulsion, apozems, liniments, electroactives, and powdered. The futures of plant-derived medicines are likely to have marvelous opportunity for discovering some novel and innovative therapeutic strategies and products. The important secondary metabolites possess some specific pharmacological properties for the human body. Excessive harvesting and habitat destruction have put most medicinal plants at various degrees of risk. To conserve medicinal plants, various in situ and ex situ efforts have been made by world's richest biodiversity regions so that the sustainable utilization of herbal drugs is ensured for the generations to come without compromising the quality and efficiency of the active constituents present in herbal medicines.
HERBAL MEDICINE
PHYTOMETABOLITES
ALKALOIDS
CONSERVATION
SUPERCRITICAL FLUID