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Isolation and Characterization of Bioactive Compounds from Medicinal Plants of Ethiopia- A Review

Hazare St

Published 2017 in Unknown venue

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Some plants having the medicinal value in form of chemical substances that produce a definite physiological action on the human body are called phytochemicals. Since the ancient time these phytochemicals are used to cure the disease in herbal and homeopathic medicines. These are non-nutritive substances, have protective or disease preventive property. There arises a need and therefore to screen medicinal plants for bioactive compounds as a basis for further biomedical studies. With advances in phytochemical techniques, several active principles of many medicinal plants have been isolated and introduced as valuable drug in modern systems of medicine. The most important of these bioactive compounds are alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins and phenolic compounds [1]. These are the important raw materials for drug production [2]. Most plants contain several compounds with antimicrobial properties for protection against aggressor agents, especially microorganisms [3]. At present 32% of drugs are introduced in to international marker which are plant origin [4].

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