Indian mulberry (Morinda citrifolia Rubiaceae)

Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2009 in the subject Medicine - Pharmacology Pharmacy Dr.N.G.P college of arts and science course: Biochemistry language: English abstract: Many of the pharmaceuticals currently available to physicians have a long history of use as herbal remedies including opium aspirin digitalis and quinine. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 80 percent of the world's population presently uses herbal medicine for some aspect of primary health care (Rossi et al. 2008). Herbal medicine is a major component in all traditional medicine systems and a common element in Ayurvedic homeopathic naturopathic traditional Chinese medicine and Native American medicine. According to WHO 74% of 119 modern plant-derived pharmaceutical medicines are used in ways that are similar to their traditional uses.