GENERAL BACKGROUND OF IDENTIFICATION, CLASSIFICATION, UTILIZATION AND CONSERVATION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS OF EZZA SOUTH L. G. A OF EBONYI STATE


1.2 GENERAL BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT
From the origin of plants when man mandate of dominion, certain plants especially herbs have been eaten/used to heal injuries and cure diseases and sicknesses. In recent years partly following high lost of modern drugs, usage of medicinal plants has increased and researchers in the field have spread out helping to explain some curative phenomena involving rural herbal remedies.

According to Heywood (1978) enormous progress has
been made in medicine and chemotherapy by the introduction of new plant based drugs. These drugs are prepared from different parts of the plants such as roots, barks, leaves and floral parts which are believed to contain the active ingredients. These ingredients are the “Active principles” that effect the healing of characteristic diseases.
In many developing countries, as the elements of facts what the bible quoted on plant can never be forgotten.
The plant use caused to grow for cattle and vegetation for
the service of man, that he may bring forth food from the earth. (Psalms 104:14) These formed the birthday of botanical and Agricultural Sciences.
These plants used in traditional medicine contain chemicals like alkaloids, tannins, phenols, glycosides, resins, saponins, flavonoids, procynidin, vitamins, fixed essential oils and new tricyclic diterpenoid just identified.
Several medicinal plant of Africa have been investigated for their chemical components and some of the isolated compounds, have been shown to possess interesting biological activity evaluation (Oliver-Berer, 1983), through the isolation of the principal phytochemicals responsible for the therapeutic action.
Furthermore, greater importance is now being attached to the use of locally available medicines as a means of reducing reliance on expensive important drugs. The study drugs began in crude plant materials and the botanical description including genus, species and authority. This however, progressed until new pharmacognosy is an essential branch of medicine.
The medicinal plants are made to be orally taken by the patient or applied externally or used as a hot bath. In other hand, small whole animals or parts of animals are added to make different concoctions.
 Another vital review was that plants in different geological or ecological regions of the world could contain varying degrees of active principles not minding that they could be of the same genera. Such differences could be attributed to difference in climate, soil or other ecological condition. From these indications, collection of medicinal plants should start immediately both at international and national levels.
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