Phytochemical and pharmacological studies of flavonoids from a few indian medicinal plants

Abstract

As indicated by the WHO, somewhere in the range of 65% to 80% of newlineinhabitants in developing countries at present, utilise medicinal plants as cures[1]. The newlinedevelopment of new drugs from natural sources also promoted, as only 15% are newlineassessed for the pharmacological potential of 300,000 plant species worldwide[2] newline. newlineAcross countries covering a wide range of developmental stages, experiments newlineare being performed internationally to demonstrate the effectiveness and value of newlinemedicinal plants[3-7]. Medicinal plants have sections like leaves, roots, rhizomes, newlinestems, barks, flower, berries, cereals, seeds and they contain chemical components newlinethat are involved in the field of health control newline