Research Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacodynamics
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 1

Potentials of Medicinal Plants as Wound Healers: A Review

  • Author:
  • Yogesh Shivhare, Prashant Soni, Smita Shukla, J.R. Patel
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 41 to 43

Department of Pharmacognosy, RKDF College of Pharmacy, Bhopal (M.P.), India

*Corresponding Author E-mail: yogesh_aot@rediffmail.com; yogeshshivhare23@gmail.com

**Address for correspondence: Yogesh Shivhare, Department of Pharmacognosy, RKDF College of Pharmacy, Bhopal (M.P.), India

Online published on 29 May, 2014.

Abstract

Medicinal plants play a significant role in the field of treatment and cure of diseases. Over the years, scientific research has extended our information of the chemical effects and composition of the active constituents, which conclude the medicinal properties of plants. Several drugs obtained from plant sources are known to amplify the healing of different type of wounds. Though some of these drugs have been screened scientifically for evaluation of their wound healing activity in different pharmacological models. These review summaries the scientific evidenced of those medicinal plants which were assessed by various researchers for the exploration of these plants as wound healers.

Keywords

Healing, Medicinal Plants