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Overview of Medicinal Plants and Uses by Areena Gul is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Medicinal plants contain a wide variety of active biochemical compounds that can be used for medicinal purposes. Since ancient times, humans have used plant parts like leaves, stems, and roots to treat diseases. Approximately 80% of drugs worldwide are derived from natural products found in plants. Medicinal plants contain important biochemical constituents like flavonoids, tannins, saponins, alkaloids, steroids, terpenoids, glycosides, essential oils, and proteins that produce beneficial physiological effe
- Author
- Areena Gul
- Language
- EN