Medicinal plants are priceless sources of bioactive compounds, and despite the contemporary progresses in pharmaceuticals and drug developments they remain a major source of medicine for a large proportion of our world.
Medicinal plants are priceless sources of bioactive compounds, and despite the contemporary progresses in pharmaceuticals and drug developments they remain a major source of medicine for a large proportion of our world. Novel antibacterial quinolone compounds derived from Evodia rutaecarpa against Helico bacterpylori, plant-based anticancer agents including vincristine, vinblastine, irinotecan, novel maloyl glucans derived from Aloe vera having wound healing effects, and the antimutagenic agent 4-hydroxypanduratin A isolated from fresh rhizomes of Boesenbergia pandurata are a few examples of the thousands of valuable discoveries in this area of science which help us to maintain our lives in this world. This chapter focuses on presenting some medicinal plants with wound healing and anti-infective properties.