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A review study on Medicinal plants and their conservation for sustainable development

Dr. Rupa Sanyal
Department of Botany, Bhairab Ganguly College, WBSU, West Bengal, India.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.52756/boesd.2022.e01.002

Keywords: Medicinal plant, Traditional uses, Conservation, Sustainable development.

Abstract:
Plants are essential to human lifestyles and necessary for supporting life on earth. To meet different needs living, all humans are dependent on plants. The world’s most valuable sources of herbal goods are medicinal plants, yet they are vanishing quickly. A plant’s usage as a medicine, therapeutic agent, or active component of a medicinal preparation is inferred when it is given the designation “medicinal”. Therefore, a collection of plants those are used for medicine and have unique qualities that make them suitable as medications and therapeutic agents may be referred to as medicinal plants. Around 21,000 plant species have the potential to be utilised as medicines, and 80% of the world’s population relies on herbal plants for primary healthcare, according to the WHO. Medicinal plants will be helpful for treating common illnesses and injuries, endemic infectious diseases, food and nutrition, mental and oral health, as well as for maternal and child health care, as well as for important pharmaceuticals. Animals and humans both rely on different medicinal plants to treat various health problems. For instance, in Madagascar, pregnant lemurs eat tamarind and fig leaves and bark to boost milk production, eliminate parasites, and increase the likelihood of a healthy birth. The rising trend in the demand for herbal products, there is a possibility of an increasing tendency of indiscriminate and unrecorded removal of medicinal plants from forests. Therefore, medicinal plants need to be conserved in places of their natural occurrence. The meticulous preservation and maintenance of medicinal plant habitats through strategic management constitutes the practice of medicinal plant conservation because it provides raw materials for the development of therapeutic drugs.

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Dr. Rupa Sanyal (2022). A review study on Medicinal plants and their conservation for sustainable development. © International Academic Publishing House (IAPH), Dr. N. R. Madhu & Dr. B. K. Behera (eds.), A Basic Overview of Environment and Sustainable Development, pp. 18 -28. ISBN: 978-81-957954-2-0 DOI: https://doi.org/10.52756/boesd.2022.e01.002

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