Open AccessA review on the plant secondary metabolites with special context with North East India
Author(s) -
Ritismita Devi,
Manas Pratim Sarma
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of advances in applied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2722-2594
pISSN - 2252-8814
DOI - 10.11591/ijaas.v10.i3.pp245-250
Subject(s) - sustainability , context (archaeology) , microbiology and biotechnology , indigenous , per capita , business , popularity , natural resource economics , economic growth , medicine , environmental health , geography , biology , economics , political science , ecology , population , archaeology , law
Extracting phytochemicals or phytocompounds for the upliftment of general health and sustainability is one of the greatest needs of the millennium. Plants have immense quality in regards to secondary metabolites although not required for general growth and development yet are very much necessary for forming a protective gear and maintaining homeostasis. With their immense diversity in curing various diseases, these plants' secondary metabolites are therefore must be put forth and give much importance in generation and production from the root level to the mission worldwide. Along with the increasing cases of failure in the usage of chemotherapeutic drugs and its utilities, the implementation of secondary metabolites for its various medicinal characteristic in the therapeutic cases are also increasing in demand. With the increasing demand for Ayurveda treatment and the popularity of the mass for it can be positively taken up as a means of earning capita and making self- sustained. North-Eastern states of India in this regard are a vital source of income and also a media to generate and bringing indigenous products to the world.