Essay On Medicinal Plants

Medicinal plants constitute an important natural wealth of a country. They play a important role in providing primary health care services to rural people. They serve as therapeutic mediators as well as important raw materials for the manufacture of traditional and modern medicine. Substantial amount of foreign exchange can be earned by exporting medicinal plants to other countries. In this way indigenous medicinal plants play significant role of an economy of a country. Past century there has been a rapid extension of the allopathic system of medical treatment in India. It generated commercial demand for pharmacopieial drugs and their products in India. Efforts have been made to introduce many of these drug plants to farmers. Several research
The root of this plant is used in the Indian systems of medicine for the treatment of hepatitis, asthma and orchitis and also the decoction of the root’s bark is credited with properties of aperients (Meenakshi et al., 2010) and the juice of leaf 2 – 3 drops dropped into the nostrils to relieve partial headache (Rama Krishna et al., 2014). It has been known since ancient times for curative properties and has been utilized for treatment of various ailments such as burns and wounds, fever, tooth ache, anti- inflammatory, antidiabetic and other skin disorders (Geethalakshmi et al., 2010). Its species Zaleya portulacastrum has significant hepatoprotective activity and also used in the treatment of oedema in liver and spleen (Javed et al., 2000). The antioxidant activity of Zaleya portulacastrum has been reported earlier (Kumar et al., 2005).Literature survey of genus revealed phytochemical constituent trianthemine, trianthenol and Ecdysteroid reported from chloroform extract of Zaleya portulacastrum along with flavonoids and phytoserolines and ketone (Shivhare et al.,2012). Many species of this genus have been reported to act as folk medicine for treating bronchial diseases, cathartic, irritant, fever, constipation, urinary tract infection as well as dissolve the kidney and bladder stone (Kokpol et al.,
The column fractions were collected in 25 ml test tubes. In that, fraction number 271-275th showed identical clear spot which were loaded on the activated silica gel TLC plates (20 cm × 20 cm). The plates were developed using methanol: ethyl acetate (60:40) solvent system. The single spot was located by exposing the plate to iodine fumes. Thus, it may indicate the presence of single