Current status of phytochemical and phytopharmacological study of some medicinal plants used by the tribes in Bangladesh: A review

Abstract

Medicinal plants are emerging ever-increasing demand day by day because of their significant pharmacological values with low cost and less toxicity than the corresponding synthetic chemical entities. These plants have been used since very long times in the traditional folk medicine. Although various momentous advancement have been made in the medical and pharmaceutical sciences, yet the various tribes use the traditional plants as drug for remedial purposes worldwide till today. Enormous research papers are revealed of chemical profiling and pharmacological evaluation of medicinal plants. This comprehensive review is aimed to combine the phytochemical and phytopharmacological worth of medicinal plants used by various tribes in Bangladesh and to inspire advance research for the improvement of phytomedicine to combat various diseases.