MEDICINAL PLANTS IMPORTANCE IN HUMAN HEALTH CARE: A REVIEW
AMIT GUPTA *
Department of Immunology and Virology, Vidya Pratishthan’s School of Biotechnology, Baramati, District Pune, India
SUSHAMA R. CHAPHALKAR
Department of Immunology and Virology, Vidya Pratishthan’s School of Biotechnology, Baramati, District Pune, India
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Recently, natural compounds or its derivatives isolated as well as purified from various medicinal plant products represent a major source of molecules with traditional medicinal properties. But the main criterion related to importance of medicinal plants for human healthcare against number of dreadful pathogens but most of the researchers underestimated this concept. However, the use of medicinal plants is not old one fashion for human use but there is an alternative to be used as traditional medicine for human use. It is estimated that more than 80% of the world's population directly pivot on plant based traditional medicines for their healthcare. In this study, our group mentioned various medicinal plants along with its taxonomy, habitat including medicinal uses.
Keywords: Plants, human healthcare, taxonomy, medicinal use