Abstract
As a result of accumulated experience from the past generations, today, all the world’s cultures have an extensive knowledge of herbal medicine. In recent years, ethno medicinal studies has received much attention as this brings to light the numerous little known and unknown medicinal virtues especially of plant origin which needs evaluation on modern scientific lines such as phytochemical analysis, pharmacological screening and clinical trials. This review was designed to highlight the traditional uses of medicinal plants.
Highlights
Plants are a valuable source of a wide range of secondary metabolites, which are used as pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, flavours, fragrances, colours, biopesticides and food additives
Recent reviews revealed that the medicinal plants possessed central nervous [1], cardiovascular [2], antioxidant [3], reproductive [4,5], gastro-intestinal [6,7], respiratory [8], antidiabetic [9], antimicrobial [10,11,12], antiparasitic [13], anticancer [14], dermatological [15], anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and analgesic [16,17], immunological [18], hepato and reno-protective [19,20] and many other pharmacological effects
In our previous paper [21], we discussed the traditional uses of Iraqi medicinal plants
Summary
Plants are a valuable source of a wide range of secondary metabolites, which are used as pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, flavours, fragrances, colours, biopesticides and food additives. Recent reviews revealed that the medicinal plants possessed central nervous [1], cardiovascular [2], antioxidant [3], reproductive [4,5], gastro-intestinal [6,7], respiratory [8], antidiabetic [9], antimicrobial [10,11,12], antiparasitic [13], anticancer [14], dermatological [15], anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and analgesic [16,17], immunological [18], hepato and reno-protective [19,20] and many other pharmacological effects. In our previous paper [21], we discussed the traditional uses of Iraqi medicinal plants. This review - which represented the second part-Web Science, Pub Med, Scopus and Science Direct, were searched for the traditional uses of plants grown in Iraq
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