Citation: Amna Nadeem, Hafiz Muhammad Khubaib, Abdus Samee, Arsalan Ali, Saira Kamal, Nelofar Ansari,
Memoona Rehman, Muhammad Faraz Ali (2022). Novel Development of Nutritive, Enhanced Bioactivities, Antioxidant,
Antimicrobial, Antiparasitic, DNA Protection and New Insights. Saudi J Pathol Microbiol, 7(6): 228-232.
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Saudi Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
Abbreviated Key Title: Saudi J Pathol Microbiol
ISSN 2518-3362 (Print) |ISSN 2518-3370 (Online)
Scholars Middle East Publishers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Review Article
Novel Development of Nutritive, Enhanced Bioactivities, Antioxidant,
Antimicrobial, Antiparasitic, DNA Protection and New Insights
Amna Nadeem
1
, Hafiz Muhammad Khubaib
2
, Abdus Samee
3
, Arsalan Ali
4
, Saira Kamal
1
, Nelofar Ansari
5
, Memoona
Rehman
3*
, Muhammad Faraz Ali
6
1
Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad
2
Department of Horticulture, the University of Haripur, KP, Pakistan
3
Institute of Food & Nutritional Sciences, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
4
Department of Horticulture, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
5
Department of Botany, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan
6
Department of Botany, University of Agriculture Faisalabad
DOI: 10.36348/sjpm.2022.v07i06.001 | Received: 12.05.2022 | Accepted: 07.06.2022 | Published: 21.06.2022
*Corresponding author: Memoona Rehman
Institute of Food & Nutritional Sciences, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Abstract
Herbal remedies are widely utilized as therapeutic approaches for different medical conditions all over the globe. Various
chemical herbicides and pesticides, including the organic and inorganic Sulphur compounds, benzimidazoles,
imazalil, and oxidizing compounds, have just been proposed to handle the diseases in plants in recent years to achieve
this goal. Anti-inflammatory, antihyperlipidemic, anticancer, and oxidative, analgesics, anorexiant, plasmid curing, and
antihyperglycemic properties prominent in medicinal plants. The leaves of another medicinal plant , Dracocephalum
moldavica have been used for the treatment of stomach and liver disorders, headaches and congestion. Different plants
also exhibit the multiple action against variety of microbial pathogens. Baccharis trimera used against the infections
caused by Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella gallinarum and Escherichia coli, Bacillus cereus strains. Ascorbic acid
(vitamin C), carotenoids, tocopherol (vitamin E), and plant phenolic compounds are examples of low-molecular-weight
compounds, non-enzymatic anti - oxidants obtained from nutrition. Bilirubin, serotonin, lipoic acid, ketoacids, uric acid,
sex hormones, coenzyme Q, and other low-molecular-mass antioxidant chemicals are produced in vivo.
Keywords: Herbal remedies, carotenoids, coenzyme Q, antioxidant, Medicinal plants.
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INTRODUCTION
Medicinal plants have a long history of usage
in the treatment of a variety of ailments, including
infectious disorders, and hundreds of thousands of plant
species have been examined for potential therapeutic
characteristics in recent years. Nonetheless, many more
plants phytochemical and pharmacological properties
need to be investigated. Patients tolerate and absorb
organic drugs, which appear to be a trustworthy supply
of antibacterial agents. Herbal remedies are widely
utilized as therapeutic approaches for different medical
conditions all over the globe [1-3]. Most rural
populations regard herbal compounded medicines and
traditional health methods to be more inexpensive and
accessible than contemporary pharmaceuticals.
Approximately, over 65 percent of the global
population uses herbal remedies for physical and
physiological roles and fitness. Furthermore, plants and
their derivatives have accounted for roughly 39% of all
medications created since 1980 [1, 4, 5].
Microbes such as viruses, bacteria, fungi,
and nematodes, and are the disease causing agents in
plants that cause a wide range of infections or harm.
Particularly, fungi are the primary plant pathogens. In
agricultural enterprises across the world, fungi cause
significant crop production losses. Fungi that grow on
plants, such as Fusarium spp., can create mycotoxins
that can cause substantial impairment to consumers. In
the citrus crop, P. digitatum and P. expansum induce
orange rotting. Mycotoxins include aflatoxin B1 and
B2, as well as fumitoxins generated by A. fumigatus
and A. flavus[1,4,5].
Chemicals like anti-mycotics are used in
agriculture for two purposes: one, to reduce fungal