HERBAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS - Glycyrrhiza glabra (MULETHI)

Medicinal plants are of great importance to the health of individuals and communities. The medicinal value of these plants lies in some chemical substances that produce a definite physiological action on the human body. The most important of these bioactive constituents of plants are triterpenoid saponin, flavonoids, tannins, alkaloids, phenolic compounds. Many of these indigenous medicinal plants are used as a spices and food plant. They are also sometimes added to foods meant for pregnant and nursing mothers for medicinal purposes. Glycyrrhiza glabra is one of the useful medicinal plants.