ABSTRACT

Medicinal plants have been a major source of therapeutic agents since ancient times to cure human diseases. A plant derived drug serves as a prototype to develop more affective and less toxic medicine. The sources of indigenous medicines have not been studied extensively. The revival of interest in natural drugs started in last decade mainly because of the wide spread belief that green medicine is healthier than synthetic products. The evaluation of plant products on the basis of medicinal and therapeutic properties forms a platform for the discovery of newer drug molecules from different plant sources. Justicia adhatoda L. is well known in the indigenous system of medicine for its beneficial health effects, particularly in treating bronchitis. The physical values like total ash, acid insoluble ash, water-soluble ash, alcohol and water-soluble extractives were determined as per standard methods. Air-dried powdered material has been subjected to qualitative and quantitative physicochemical estimations as per standard methods.The findings of extractive values revealed that it contains higher amount of highly water soluble bio-constituents [51]. The study revealed that the leaves of Justicia adhatoda L. contain higher amount of semi polar and polar secondary metabolites as well as the pharmacological activity of plant material varies according to its polarity or nature of bio-chemical constituents. The present study aims to compile medicinal values of Justicia adhatoda L. generated through the research activity using modern scientific approaches and innovative scientific tools. Keywords: Pharmacological, Pharmacognostic, Therapeutic, Indigenous medicines, Shivalik hills
Publication date: 01/09/2022

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.9.6429