Abstract

GENERAL OVERVIEW ON IMMUNOMODULATOR ACTIVITY OF HERBAL NATURAL PRODUCTS

*Hanumant Chavan, Anuja Borate, Subhadra Chaure and Sagar S. Muley

Abstract

Herbal immunomodulator is a substance which stimulates or suppresses the components of immune system including both innate and adaptive immune responses. A various medicinal plant products modulates immune system has become subject for scientific investigations currently wordwide. Many plants and phytoconstitutents are responsible for immunomodulation have been explained. A number of plant based principles can be isolated with potential immunomodulator activity that can be explained and justified as use in traditional medicine in the past and can form the basis for further research in the future as well. Some of these plants are, Allium sativum, Morus alba, Acacia catechu, Tinospora cordifolia, and Mangifera indica. The aim of this review is to highlight results of research done on immunomodulators of plant origin. The selection of paper was made using more relevant database for the biomedical science on the basis of their pharmacological use. The review also discusses biological screening methods for various plant drugs that focus on revealing the mechanism involved in immunomodulation.

Keywords: Medicinal Plants, Immunomodulators, Traditional medicine, Plant extracts.