Medicinal Plants

Overview

Medicinal plants are plants that contain naturally occurring compounds with biological activity that can be used to prevent, relieve, or treat illness. Used in traditional healing systems for thousands of years and still important worldwide, they are also a major source of leads for modern pharmacology, supplying phytochemicals such as alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, phenolics, and essential oils that underlie many of their reported effects. The study of medicinal plants spans the identification of active constituents, the evaluation of their biological activities, and the documentation of traditional uses. Within the scope of a journal devoted to advances in plant biology, research in this area has examined medicinal plants and their traditional uses, the pharmacognostic evaluation of medicinal plant leaves, and the antimicrobial and antifungal activity of plant leaf extracts against pathogens. Further work has assessed the antioxidant activity and total phenolic content of medicinal plants, the dose response of plant-derived saponins, phytochemical profiling of crude plant extracts, essential oils from plants, and the antibacterial and cytotoxic activity of plant compounds. These studies span the chemistry, biological activity, and applications of plant-derived substances. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to medicinal plants, offering researchers, students, and practitioners freely accessible scientific work.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 378 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

• Anti-infective potential, chemical profile, and molecular docking investigation on antioxidant-rich fraction of Murraya koenigii against Gram-negative pathogenic bacteria
  2026 · Frontiers in Microbiology
• Deciphering the detailed crystallographic structure of biologically synthesized nano-silver: Antioxidant potential, antimicrobial efficacy and anticancer properties against HepG2 cancer cell line with accentuation to apoptosis and ROS generation
  2026 · Journal of Molecular Structure
• Green-Synthesized titanium dioxide Nanoparticle–Modified glass ionomer cement: in vitro and in Silico assessment of Mechanical, Physical, and safety properties performance
  2026 · Scientific Reports
• Phytofabricated Silver Nanoparticles from Origanum majorana: Anti-Pathogenic Activity and Biocompatibility Evaluation
  2026 · Microbial Pathogenesis
• Antagonistic Bacterial Endophytes from Gingers and their Metabolite Mediated Interactions Against Pythium Soft Rot
  2026 · Current Microbiology
• HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER IN INFRARED ASSISTED HEAT PUMP DRYING OF HOLY BASIL LEAVES $(OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM)$
  2026 · JP Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
• Biodegradable Coatings with Essential Oils for Combating Papaya Anthracnose: State of the Art and Perspectives
  2026 · Food Bioengineering
• Oral essential oil therapy for managing patients with acute pharyngotonsillitis in primary care setting: a real-world experience
  2026 · Otorhinolaryngology

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