Phytochemical and In vitro Regeneration Study of Vitex Nirgundo and Piper Betel

Abstract

Medicinal plants have been a major source of therapeutic agents since ancient times to cure human disease. Interest in the revival of natural drugs started in last decade mainly because of the wide spread belief that green medicine is healthier than synthetic products. Despite the major advances in the modern medicine, the development of new drugs from natural products is still  considered important. In recent times, interest in plant research has increased all over the world owing to its potential use in traditional systems of medicine for treating a wide variety of diseases. Various medicinal plants have been identified and modern scientific approaches have been used to study their authenticity, safety and efficacy of their therapeutic use. The present study focusses on analysis of phytochemical and antibacterial effect of selected two plants i.e. Piper betel and Vitex negundo. Results shows the presence of the phytochemical components such as tannins, flavonoids, alkaloids, terpenoides, saponins, cardiac glycosides in selected plants. Antibacterial activity was also observed in the given plants. Further, the selected phytochemicals were further analyzed using bioinformatics tools. The results highlight the great potential of medicinal plants in the field of pharmacology.

Keyword: Phytochemical, in vitro, Piper betel, Therapeutic, Vitex nirgundo

Cite this Article

Sarita Tiwari, Sandhya Moghe, Sunita Gadegone. Phytochemical and In vitro Regeneration Study of Vitex Nirgundo and Piper Betel. Research & Reviews: Journal of Herbal Science. 2019; 8(1): 32–38p.