Aseem   www.phytopharmajournal.com Volume 1 Issue 1 2012 |     4        ! "#$%&" ’%&" ( "#()%) %* Ethnopharmacology of selected Herbal plants used in Hypolipidemic complications Aseem Sharma *1 , Gajraj Singh 1 , Krishna Tripathi 1 1. Pinnacle Biomedical Research Institute (PBRI), Bhopal,462003 [Email: sharma.aseem04@gmail.com] +#%#, The plant kingdom is a wide field to search for natural effective oral hypolipidemic agents that have slight or no side effects. The search for natural substances with hypolipidemic effects is therefore desirable, particularly in countries with a persistent incidence of hyperlipidemia and cardiovascular diseases. The consumption of synthetic drugs leads to hyperurecemia, diarrhoea, nausea, myositis, gastric irritation, flushing, dry skin and abnormal liver function. More recent ethnopharmacological studies shows these plants used in many parts of the world for the treatment of a number of diseases, e.g. as an hepatoprotective, hypotensive, hyperglycaemic- dibetes, antioxidant, antiinflammatory, anti,allergic, anti,tumor etc. ."/(, Terminalia bellerica, Momordica cymbalaria, Camellia sinensis, Helicteres isora, Capparis spinosa, Perilla Frutescens & Ajuga iva #(%#), Medicinal plants are gaining importance in the fields of research. Medicinal plants originate from almost every part of the globe. Such plants serve the primary healthcare needs of up to 80 % of people in developing countries where there is increasing awareness of and demand for medicinal plants for healthcare and dietary supplements that often help to save lives. A significant number of modern pharmaceutical drugs are based on or derived from medicinal plants. In India;