Of late there has emerged a great interest in the constituents of medicinal plants. This fact is amply evident by recent spur of publications in journal products and plant Chemistry. In spite of this, a concise account of plant products remains out of reach of a student or a researcher who would like to initiate work on those fascinating groups of compounds.

Knowledge of Chemistry of medicinal plants is essential to understand the manifold activities of the plants, the quality of raw materials, exhibit and formulation of plant derived drugs.

The constituents in plants are of two types, primary and secondary metabolites, the former helps in the healing process while the other one has therapeutic value and because there are about 70,000 medicinal plants, there is a need of systematic studies on them.

The main source of Ayurveda is Athervaveda. In ancient days, the sages used to live in traditional schools of the era established in forests. They routinely investigated and used herbs. Their collaborators were inhabitants of nearby villages tending herbs in the forest, who also collected fresh herbs. The drugs were prepared from these herbs for treatment of diseases. In course of such practices, Ayurveda developed and grew into first Indian Medical System because of untiring efforts of great minds like Dhanvantari, Charak, and Sushrut. It did not take much time to grow in its peak form. From India it spread into Tibet, China, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, also Islamic countries and west. With time it underwent and imbibed many changes and progressed.

As there are only a few platforms to discuss and share the findings, development and recommendations related to the said areas, our society (Phytochemistry and Ayurveda Society) aims to explore and promote research on plant Chemistry and herbs as well as to make sincere efforts for sustainable development of this area.