Abstract

ANTICANCER, ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF ANNONACEAE FAMILY

Biba V. S., Amily A., Sangeetha S., and Remani P.

ABSTRACT

The Mother Nature provided us with a huge number of flora and fauna. These flora and fauna shows so many charecteristic features such as their medicinal value. Medicinal plants are the oldest known healthcare agent. Their importance is still growing although it varies depending on the ethnological, medical and historical background of each place. Medicinal plants are also important for pharmacological research and drug development, not only when plant constituents are used directly as therapeutic agents, but also when they are used as basic materials for the synthesis of drugs or as a models for pharmacologically active compounds. Some of the natural medicinal plants are so common, that we used in our daily life without knowing their medicinal importants. Annonaceae family is one of the large family showing so many charecteristic features such as antitumor, anioxidant and antimicrobial activities.

Keywords: Annonaceae family, Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, Medicinal Plants, Pharmacology, Theraputic agent.