Since primeval times plants have been utilized as a potent source of medicine to treat many
life-threatening diseases. One of the potential ways to evaluate the importance of a medicinal
plant is to identify its active chemical constituents and pharmacological activities. Thus the
present study involves a thorough discussion about the general description phytochemistry and
medicinal properties of five different plants: Gymnema sylvestre Momordica charantia Coccinia
cordifolia Trigonella foenum-graecum and Lagerstroemia speciosa. All five selected plants
belong to different families but possess similar pharmacological activities such as
anti-diabetic anti-cancer antioxidant antimicrobial analgesic anti-inflammatory
anti-nociceptive hypolipidemic and so on. Here the authors have reviewed all reported
chemical constituents as well as the pharmacological activities of the examined plants.
