Abstract

Providing modern healthcare to rural people in Bangladesh is still a far-reaching goal due to economic constraints. Hence, people mainly depend on the locally available plant materials to cure various health   disorders. Plant possesses components which render beneficial properties.(Tanabe et al 2002) Therefore, currently attention is being drawn towards exploring plant sources for substances that provide nutritional and pharmaceutical advantages to humans. Green leafy vegetables are a good source of minerals and vitamins.(Rahman et al 2010). The use of natural products as medicinal agents presumably predates the earliest recorded history. Moringa oleifera is a plant which is used in several traditional medicine systems to cure various diseases. These plant has been known to possess some medicinal resources as Antimicrobial activity, wound healing effect, antidiabetic effect, antioxidant activity, Nephroprotective activity, anti-carcinogenic properties, Anti-inflammatory Activity, immunomodulatory effects,  Antifertility Activity, Hepatoprotective Activity, cardio-protective effect, Anti-ulcer Activity, Antipyretic and Analgesic activity, Anthelmintic, Diuretic , Antiurolithiatic, CNS Activity, Local Anaesthetic Activity and other miscellaneous activities. The extracts from Moringa oleifera leaf can be a source of natural antimicrobials with potential applications in pharmaceutical industry to control coliform bacteria. .(Rahman et al 2010).A wide range of chemical compounds are found in these plants. The pharmacological studies reported in the present review confirm the therapeutic value of Moringa oleifera. Thus the use of this plant for human and animal disease therapy and reinforce the importance of the ethno-botanical approach as a potential source of bioactive substances.