For the last few years, chemical and pharmacological studies have been performed on a lot of plant extracts in order to know their chemical composition and confirm the indications of traditional medicine. Since ancient times the therapeutic uses of traditional medicines and phytomedicines have proved very popular for health maintenance by various means. The advancement in the field of herbal drug delivery started recently with the aim to manage human diseases efficiently. The Phytosome process produces a little cell because of that the valuable components of the herbal extract are protected from destruction by digestive secretions and gut bacteria. Phytosomes are better able to transition from a hydrophilic environment into the lipid‐friendly environment of the enterocyte cell membrane and from there into the cell, finally reaching the blood.1 Preparations of plants were widely used in popular medicine since older days and till today the use of phytomedicines is widespread in most of the world’s population. Every nation is seeking health care beyond the traditional boundaries of modern medicine; turning to self medication in the form of herbal remedies.2, 3 Toxicity and limited absorption of different phytoconstituents obtained from herbs are major problems in exploring their real potentials against different diseases. So, extensive research in the field of herbal drug delivery systems as a means of improving the therapeutic indices of drugs is inevitable.
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