ABSTRACT:Medicinal plants play a major role in the development of human cultures. Medicinal plants are a rich source of phytochemical compounds, which have proven therapeutic efficacy throughout the ages. The therapeutic efficacy is attributed to those secondary biologically active compounds. Plants have provided the human being with all his needs of food, drink, and clothing. In addition they are an important source for the treatment of many diseases being the basis of the science of alternative medicine, In recent times, the area cultivated for these medicinal plants has increased, and scientific research has tended to study the effectiveness of these plants in treating many diseases. Most plants have an effective effect as an antioxidant, anti-hyperlipidemia, hypoglycemic, antihypertensive as well as for cardiovascular diseases and strokes. The study aims to provide important data on the extent to which some medicinal plants are used in the treatment of various diseases.

 

Keywords: Medicinal plants, Traditional medicine, Antioxidant, Diabetes, Hyperlipidemia, Hypertension, Secondary metabolic.