Abstract:
Natural bioactive substances have a wide range of biological applications, including analgesic, antibacterial, anticancer, and anti-inflammatory properties. Some natural products also have healing properties. The medicinal herb Embelia ribes belongs to the Myrsinaceae family and grows in hilly areas of India up to 1500 metres above sea level, from the outer Himalayas to the Western Ghats. A rare medicinal plant called ‘Embelia ribes’ Burm. f. has undergone extensive research on a variety of therapeutic properties. Herbal medicines have been used for healing since the dawn of recorded history. One of the most important medicinal herbs is Embelia ribes. This plant has various chemical components practically in every part of it, and it is used to treat a wide range of diseases. The berries of Embelia ribes Burm. F include a variety of chemical elements, such as embelin, volatile oil, fixed oil, resin, tannin, christembine, and phenolic acids, such as caffeic acid, vanillic acid, chlorogenic acid, cinnamic acid, and o-coumaric acid. These berries contain 4.33% of the embelin found in nature. This therapeutic plant, which is in grave risk of extinction, has been scientifically proven to have digestive, carminative, and laxative qualities. It has been demonstrated that the potent medicinal plant Embelia ribes has anthelminthic, antibacterial, antioxidant, diabetic, anticonvulsant, anti-cancer, and antihyperlipidemic, antifungal, antihyperhomocysteinemic, molluscidal, wound healing, antifertility, antihyperglycemic, antitumor and anti-inflammatory, chemotherapeutic, contraceptive, and anxiolytic properties the hepatoprotective and analgesic properties of Embelia ribes were also studied.