A Review on the Medicinal Potential of Trachyspermum ammi Found in Pakistan
Sana Javaid Awan *
Department of Zoology, Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, Pakistan.
Faheem Hadi
Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), The University of Lahore, Pakistan.
Tahir Maqbool
Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), The University of Lahore, Pakistan.
Shumaila Nadeem
Department of Zoology, Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, Pakistan.
Sabeen Malik
Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), The University of Lahore, Pakistan.
Anam Farzand
Superior University Lahore, Pakistan.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Numerous plants are used as a traditional medicine in herbal therapy and are well known for their effective potential in therapeutics for different ailments. Carom [Trachyspermum ammi] is one of the plants that are crucial in medicine. It was cultivated first time in different regions of Asia. It has been used in traditional medicine for a long time in a variety of pharmacological and medicinal aspects. It is renowned for its curative value in different miseries, especially infections. Like other fatal diseases, great advancements have been made by utilizing the therapeutic abilities of different medicinal plants regarding the cure and control of cancer progression. However still, there is a need for improvement in treatment strategies and meeting up significant deficiencies in cancer management. Carom may have some progressive role in controlling such types of ailments. Moreover, it may be anticipated as an immunotherapeutic agent and would dominate other infection-controlling agents and cancer-treating strategies due to its higher efficiency as well as biosecurity free of adverse side effects.
Keywords: Carom, Trachyspermum ammi, phytochemicals, cancer, nano-silver