short note on medicinal plant
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Medicinal plants, also called medicinal herbs, have been discovered and used in traditional medicine practices since prehistoric times. Plants synthesise hundreds of chemical compounds for functions including defence against insects, fungi, diseases, and herbivorous mammals.
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These plants are rich in secondary metabolites and are potential sources
of drugs. The secondary metabolites include alkaloids, glycosides, coumarins, flavonoides and steroids etc. Important medicinal plants are Periwinkle, Opium, Menthi, Cinchona,Dioscorea Yam, Belladona, Senna, Sarpagandha, Aswagandha, Tulasi etc.
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