Abstract

PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND PHARMACOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF ESTROGENIC ACTIVITY OF ETHANOLIC EXTRACTION OF SESSEMUM INDICUM AND LINUM USITATISIMUM

Mubashira Khader* and V. Asha Jyothi

ABSTRACT

Plants have been an exemplary source of medicine. Ayurveda, unani, siddha, traditional medicine, tribal medicine and other literatures mention the use of plants in the treatment of various human ailments. A large portion of the world population, especially in developing countries depends on the traditional system of medicine for a variety of disease. Several hundred genera are used medicinally and plants are vital sources for potent and powerful drugs. India has a rich heritage of knowledge on plant based drugs both for use in preventive and curative medicine. A country like India is much suited for development of drugs from plants. India is a home for about 45,000 medicinal plant species which are used in treatment of various human ailments in India and all over the globe. It is estimated that about 80,000 species of plants are utilized in some form or other by the different systems of Indian medicine. Various plants are used in treatment of diabetes mellitus.

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