EMERGING TRENDS IN MOLECULAR PLANT MEDICINE

Medicinal plants have been used for health care since long time ago. It has been documented and passed down through the generations for over 4000 years. Numerous medicines have been made available for many important global diseases since scientific investigations began in the early part of the 19th century. Now in the early part of the 21st century an urgency to explore these traditional remedies at molecular level by application of biotechnology to meet patient needs the world over has emerged.