Abstract

DETAILED STUDY ON BIFLAVONOIDS FROM MEDICINAL PLANTS -A REVIEWA REVIEW A REVIEW A REVIEWA

*Dr. Vustelamuri Padmavathi

ABSTRACT

India is extremely rich in medicinal plant diversity distributed in various geographical and environmental conditions and associated with tribal and folk knowledge systems, Medicinal plants have been playing an important role in the survival of the ethnic communities, who lives in remote villages and forests. For thousands of years, cultures around the world have used herbs and plants to treat illness and maintain health. Many drugs prescribed today in modern medicinal systems are derived from plants. Biflovonoids are polyphenolic molecules comprised of two identical or non-identical flavonoid units conjoined in a symmetrical or unsymmetrical manner through an alkyl or an alkoxy-based links of varying length. This Review article revels that, A Detailed Study on Medicinal plants in the Light of Biflavonoids and their biological activities.

Keywords: Biflavanoids, Isolation, Structure determination.