Abstract
Plant secondary metabolites (PSM) are bioactive compounds produced by plants for protection against predatory organisms and to attract insects for pollination.Recently, greater attention is being focused on PSM due to their perceived ability toelicit pharmacological activities, including antihypertensive, antiarrhythmic,antimalarial, anticancer, analgesic, antispasmodic, antidiabetic, and antimicrobialeffects. Therefore, many plant species are continually screened for PSM, such asalkaloids, flavonoids, terpenes, saponins, cardiac glycosides, fatty acids, steroids, andtannins with a view to exploiting them in the manufacture of drugs andpharmaceuticals. In this review, the pharmacological activities and possiblemechanisms of action of selected PSM are discussed.
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