Costus pictus–transition from a medicinal plant to functional food: A review

Medicinal plants play a pivotal role in curative care, be it from the olden days to the modern era. Costus pictus, popularly known as ‘insulin plant,’ manifests an extensive range of significant bioactivities including anti-diabetes, antioxidant, anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective and...

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Main Authors: Saranya Selvakumarasamy, Balakrishnaraja Rengaraju, Siddhu Adhiaman Arumugam, Ramalakshmi Kulathooran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-12-01
Series:Future Foods
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666833521000587