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Survey Paper | Pharmacy | Volume 15 Issue 2, February 2026 | Pages: 411 - 417 | India
Medicinal Plants of North-East India with Antihypertensive Activity: A Comprehensive Review
Abstract: A great deal of interest has recently been shown in the use of herbs for the treatment of hypertension. Traditional medicine is an old name for an ancient kind of health care that existed prior to the application of science to health care. Hypertension is one of the leading various causes of major public health issue, and it also increase the risk of atherosclerosis and heart attack. There are many synthetic drugs available to treat hypertension in market but they may often cause many side effects, while herbs are generally well tolerated and have lesser side effects compare to synthetic drugs that?s why nowadays, medicinal plants are utilised to treat hypertension and herbal medications are used by the majority of the population across the world. Because they are more widely accepted and medicinal herbs contain a variety of active ingredients like: flavonoids, tannins, glycosides etc. that have pharmacological and preventive activities and can be used to treat hypertension. In this study we discuss a list of thirty plants like: Allium sativum, Phyllanthus emblica, C. reticulata Blanco etc., that have antihypertensive properties which are mainly available in North East, India. And those plants are used by various tribes around north east for treatment of hypertension.
Keywords: Hypertension, Herbal therapy, Allium sativum, Phyllanthus emblica, C. reticulata Blanco
How to Cite?: Shahil Arman, Himanshu Gogoi, "Medicinal Plants of North-East India with Antihypertensive Activity: A Comprehensive Review", Volume 15 Issue 2, February 2026, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 411-417, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SR26206133503, DOI: https://dx.dx.doi.org/10.21275/SR26206133503