Therapeutic Source: Plants

Authors : Hilal ATEŞ, Erkan YALÇIN

Pages : 336-343

Doi:10.47115/bsagriculture.1078368

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Publication Date : 2022-07-01

Article Type : Review Paper

Abstract :Plants are used to cure many diseases due to their therapeutic properties. The history of phytotherapeutic applications using plants for treatment goes back thousands of years. The reason plants have been used for treatment for so long is that they have produced secondary compounds with thousands of different structures that have therapeutic properties. Many of the secondary metabolites produced by plants have been converted into drugs through rational phytotherapeutic applications. The demand for herbal medicines is increasing day by day all over the world because the synthetic drugs used for treatment have serious side effects, are not sufficiently effective and there are diseases for which there is no cure yet. In our country there are almost 13 thousand plant taxa, and very few of these plants are used for medicinal purposes. In fact, thousands of plants and tens of thousands of secondary compounds that can be used for treatment are waiting to be discovered. The discovery of new, effective and safe herbal medicines is a remarkable field of research today, and the discovery of effective and safe alternative medicines will bring great benefits to human health.
Keywords : Phytotherapy, Secondary compounds, Drug discovery