PHYTOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND TRADITIONAL USES OF SELECTED MEDICINAL PLANTS IN MALAYSIA: A REVIEW

Title

PHYTOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND TRADITIONAL USES OF SELECTED MEDICINAL PLANTS IN MALAYSIA: A REVIEW

Description

Medicinal plants have healing properties and are able to synthesize various chemical compounds. These chemicals (also known as phytochemical compounds) play vital roles in determining the pharmacological properties existing in certain plants. The phytochemical compounds present in plants are associated with primary and secondary constituents. Most of the time, the secondary constituents exhibit the bioactivities in plants such as antimicrobial, antioxidant, antidiabetic, antibacterial and anti inflammatory properties.

Creator

A'attiyyah AB Alim, Wan Afiqah Syahirah Wan Ghazali, Nor Azah Mohd Ali, Kannan Thirumulu Ponnuraj, Suharni Mohamad, Ahmad Azlina

Date

2017

Identifier

200828222

Publisher

JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES