Modern Developments in the Growing of Medicinal Plants

Abstract

Nature has provided us with improved settings throughout thousands of years to promote the growth of medicinal plants. Plants have been used as medicines since ancient times because people thought they were safe and beneficial to human health. For their main healthcare requirements, 80% of the world’s population still mostly uses alternative medicine systems. Several kinds of secondary metabolites, also known as bioactive plant elements, are found in plants and give them their medical value in nature. Scientific agriculture uses technological features to generate secondary metabolites from medicinal plants, but simple methods must be used for their growth, collection, and preservation. The phytochemicals that play a significant part in the pharmacological activities of medicinal and aromatic plants include alkaloids, glycosides, tannins, resins, volatile oils, and other bioactive phytochemicals. The physical environment, which includes sunlight, temperature, rainfall, and soil type, significantly affects how medicinal plants grow and develop as well as the secondary metabolites that emerge from those processes. Biotechnological approaches are being used to improve output and potency of medicinal plants, such as tissue culture, micropropagation, synthetic seed technologies, and methods based on molecular markers. This article also provides a description of the many advanced technologies currently being used in agriculture.