Diversity of antimutagenic phytocompounds from indian medicinal plants

Abstract

An array of diverse bioactive secondary metabolites synthesized by plants is known for their pharmacological and therapeutic properties. Considerable progress has been made in the last several years on understanding on mutation-related health problems and the potential role of plant extracts and phytocompounds as antimutagenic agent. Various in vitro assays have been developed to scrutinize the antimutagenic efficacy of antimutagenic agents derived from natural products. This chapter presents review of literature pertaining to diversity of antimutagenic phytocompounds from food and traditionally used Indian medicinal plants and their mode of action.