Medicinal plants and their role in biotechnology and finding alternative treatments

Biodiversity plays a major role in the well-being of the world population by contributing to human livelihood and development. According to WHO reports, about 80% of the world's population still relies on herbal medicines. Today, most of the drugs are self-contained medicinal plants. Natural substances have long served as sources of therapeutic drugs, such as digitalis (from foxglove), ergotamine (from infected rye), salicylates (willow bark) being classic examples. Drug discovery from natural sources includes a multifaceted approach by combining botanical, phytochemical, biological and molecular techniques. Therefore, drug discovery based on medicinal plants is still an important and undiscovered area, research in this issue leads to important results in line with medicinal goals. The decrease in biodiversity is the result of the increase in global population, rapid industrialization, excessive deforestation, overexploitation of natural resources, Pollution and ultimately global climate change. Preserving plant biodiversity is important for creating structural diversity and main compounds in the future for the sustainable development of human civilization. This issue becomes more important for