Phytonanotechnological perspectives and biological activities in Curcuma species

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Natural resources are always been an essential and invaluable source for the novel chemical entities having therapeutic activities. The structural changes in the chemical compounds are mainly responsible for the vast pharmacological and other biological properties. The upsurge need for the more effective and highly potent drugs for various agents such as antimicrobial, antidiabetic, anticancer, antidiarrhoeal, anti-inflammatory, antiarthritic, etc. Plant based nanotechnology driven drugs, phytonanotechnology materials have been developed and integrated into different applications such as industrial, biomedical and agricultural for better usage in the disease prevention, treatment and management having good efficacy. The utility of these plant based nanomaterials due to their unusual characteristics may resolve several challenges in the drug delivery and exhibit various pharmacological and biological activities. The synthesis by physical and chemical methods is expensive and unsafe, therefore, green synthesis of nanoparticles to be utilized with the aid of medicinal plants, bacteria, fungi which are novel ecofriendly techniques. Zingiberaceae family comprises about 50 genera normally determined at some stage in the warm regions of each the hemispheres. The Curcuma species signify with the aid of the presence of curcuminoids, volatile oils, turmerones and oleoresins of export price. Curcuma species have acquired great importance all over the world due to wide medicinal activities; antimicrobial, antiulcer, antidiarrhoeal, antiageing, antialzheimer, antioxidant, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory. Various species of Curcuma have been extensively reported for their pharmacological activity. These species are effective against several diseases and also in remedies used by tribal.