Ancient Ayurvedic sages and herbalists relied on a few parameters to fit a plant to the malady. Plant parts starkly similar to human body parts possess bioactivity with respect to that organ. This study was undertaken to evaluate the merit of Botanical assessment in predicting presence of possible classes of bioactives and further, the potential site or organ where the therapeutic activity could be visualised. Ethnobotanical archives provide a safe plant source of therapeutic molecules and may prove to be a valuable resource for reverse pharmacobotanical evaluation for new drugs or new therapies that could be attributed to existing drugs.
Ancient Ayurvedic sages and herbalists relied on a few parameters to fit a plant to the malady. Plant parts starkly similar to human body parts possess bioactivity with respect to that organ. This study was undertaken to evaluate the merit of Botanical assessment in predicting presence of possible classes of bioactives and further, the potential site or organ where the therapeutic activity could be visualised. Ethnobotanical archives provide a safe plant source of therapeutic molecules and may prove to be a valuable resource for reverse pharmacobotanical evaluation for new drugs or new therapies that could be attributed to existing drugs.
Ancient Ayurvedic sages and herbalists relied on a few parameters to fit a plant to the malady. Plant parts starkly similar to human body parts possess bioactivity with respect to that organ. This study was undertaken to evaluate the merit of Botanical assessment in predicting presence of possible classes of bioactives and further, the potential site or organ where the therapeutic activity could be visualised. Ethnobotanical archives provide a safe plant source of therapeutic molecules and may prove to be a valuable resource for reverse pharmacobotanical evaluation for new drugs or new therapies that could be attributed to existing drugs.