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Plants Medicinal

Medicinal plants are plant species containing bioactive compounds with therapeutic properties, used in traditional and contemporary medicine to prevent or treat disease. Their value derives from secondary metabolites, including phenolics, flavonoids, alkaloids, terpenoids and essential oils, that confer antioxidant,…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 374× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 3070-2232 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Medicinal plants are plant species containing bioactive compounds with therapeutic properties, used in traditional and contemporary medicine to prevent or treat disease. Their value derives from secondary metabolites, including phenolics, flavonoids, alkaloids, terpenoids and essential oils, that confer antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and other pharmacological activities. The study of medicinal plants spans ethnobotany, phytochemistry, pharmacognosy and pharmacology, characterising active constituents, validating traditional uses, and assessing efficacy and safety through extraction, profiling and bioassay. Research in this area includes essential oils from plants and their applications; antimycotic activity of medicinal-plant leaf extracts against dermatophytes; phytochemical analysis and thin-layer chromatography profiling of Senna occidentalis extracts; reviews of medicinal plants and their traditional uses; antioxidant activity of medicinal plants with adaptogenic properties in relation to total phenolic content; pharmacognostic evaluation of Tephrosia villosa and Cassia tora leaves; the effect of solvent pH on antioxidant and phytochemical activity of Glycyrrhiza glabra; investigation of antioxidant and phytochemical activity of curry leaf; and antibacterial and cytotoxic activity of compounds from Tinospora cordifolia. Further work examines plant extracts in the management of obesity and in complementary approaches to disease. Across these contributions the field characterises the phytochemistry and pharmacological activity of medicinal plants, validating traditional uses and identifying bioactive constituents with antioxidant, antimicrobial and therapeutic potential within agricultural and biomedical research.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2018

Essential Oils from Plants

Butnariu MonicaCorresponding author
Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timisoara, Timis, Romania
Exact topic Biotechnology and Biomedical Science Cited by 237 doi:10.14302/issn.2576-6694.jbbs-18-2489
2018

Medicinal Plants and their Traditional Uses

Keskin CumaliCorresponding author
Mardin Artuklu University, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health, 47100 Mardin, Turkey.
Advances in Plant Biology Cited by 47 doi:10.14302/issn.2638-4469.japb-18-2423

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 374 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Farming (ISSN 3070-2232).

Journal editorial board
Emanuele Schimmenti · Italy Valeria Borsellino · Italy Giuseppe Pulighe · Italy

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