Research Article | Open Access
A REVIEW ON MEDICINAL VALUE OF PLANTS
PRIYA M, POORNI S
Pages: 189-195
Abstract
Medicinal plants are well-known to have various therapeutic values that can be used for treatment of many ailments. India is said to be Botanical Garden in the world since it is the medicinal plants largest producers. The medicinal plants which have therapeutic values to treat various diseases and provides high quality of food and raw materials too. Indian Medicinal plants of 8000 species which account for nearly 40-55% in the higher flowering plant species. Traditional medicine consumes by people across the globe ever since a longer time. This paper surveys on several reports that describes the medicinal activity of plants. In this modern years, usage of traditional medicine which has therapeutically evidences on plant research havereceived significant interest nowadays.
Keywords
Medicinal plants, therapeutic values, traditional, free radicals, cancer, treatment