Bioprospecting of Plant Essential Oils for Medicinal Uses

摘要: Essential oils of plant origin have a long history use by various civilizations in the world. They find place almost all traditional systems medicine like Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, and Chinese system medicine. extractable steam distillation solvents from different parts plants constitute complex mixtures low molecular weight compounds. Terpenes terpenoids form major constituents essential determine aroma as well biological properties. Traditionally are prescribed healers for vareity ailments ranging skin infections to cancer. Many these treatments stood test time. As such offer tremendous scope reverse pharmacological studies. With HPTLC, HPLC, GC, NMR, GCMS, entry phytochemists, oil research has matured science its own. We presenting an overview properties potential applications