Role of Phyto-Constituents in the Management of Hypertension

Abstract

Hypertension is one of the commonly prevailing ailments around the globe. It is evident that more than 7 million people are suffering from this disease every year. There is a wide variety of allopathic medicines available for the treatment of hypertension, but they are associated with drug dependence and fewer to larger number of adverse effects. Plants has been utilized as significant resources as therapeutic agents in the management of hypertension from the ancient time. There are so many categories of active constituents derived from plants which have excellent hypotensive properties. In this mini review, authors have summarized various phyto-constituents according to their classes which possess significant blood pressure lowering potential. The classes included are alkaloids, flavonoids, glycosides, coumarins and terpenoids.