A review on medicinal plants as a source of anti-inflammatory agents

Abstract

Natural plants are one of the most important sources of medicines, since ancient’s time plants have been used to treat wide range of diseases. Nowadays, many drugs have been developed from traditional medicinal plants. Inflammation is body’s immune response to any kind of injury. There are four primary indicators of inflammation: redness, heat or warmness, pain and swelling. This report constitutes an updated review of some medicinal plants and their marker compound having anti-inflammatory activity with in-vitro and in-vivo study models for assessing anti-inflammatory activity of medicinal plant, plant extract or pure compound.