AbstractsMedical & Health Science

India has rich resource of medicinal plants which are widely used in the newlinetraditional system of medicines since earlier days India possess all types of newlineclimatic conditions ranging from the tropical to the temperate thus providing newlineconditions favorable for the growth of varieties of medicinal and aromatic plants newlineIndia has been considered as Botanical Garden of the World newlineTraditional medicine is the synthesis of therapeutic experience of newlinegenerations of practicing physicians of indigenous systems of medicine About newline500 plants with medicinal uses are mentioned in ancient texts and around 800 newlineplants have been used in indigenous systems of medicine Alderton et al 2001 newlineThe growing concern in the recent past over the toxic effects of various newlinesynthetic drugs has forced the researchers academicians and doctors towards the newlineuse of herbal drugs Chemists gradually started isolating pure substances from newlinevarious anatomical parts of medicinal plants and concluded that certain active newlinemolecules are responsible for therapeutic actions of the plants The technological newlineadvancements and expanding knowledge in the fields of chemistry and biology newlinehave helped in substantiating the value of the medicinal plants as whatever are the newlineglories of our ancient remedies Cox and Balick 1994 newline%%%SUMMARY PGS : 217-220 REFERENCE PGS: 210-216