Phytochemical, Pharmacological Evaluation of Acanthus Ilicifolius LINN

Phytotherapy, healing by plant material or herbal drugs have played a vital role in alleviating many ailments through the history of medicine. In India herbs have been in use or treating diseases since ancient times. Farley comprehensive information about herbs has been recorded in Charka Samhita and Susruta Samhita (1000B.C), two most important works on Ayurvedic system of medicine. The traditional health care system so much so the herbal medicine have played a vital role and thereby in keeping a rapid growth through the world. Plants have an advantage in this era based on their long term use by humans of a hundreds or thousands of years. One might expect any bioactive compounds from such plants to low human toxicityIn addition, chemical diversity of secondary plant metabolites that result from plant evolution may be equal or superior to that found in synthetic, combinational chemical libraries.