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Nowadays, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a crucial global health issue. There are many therapies available in the management of COPD. But, due to developing resistance and several adverse effects in conventional therapies, it is an immense need to develop new alternative therapies that should be novel, potent, and effective with lesser side effects. Medicinal plants are easily available medication for targeting several human disorders. Plants as well as herbs have many active constituents in it; hence, these can be considered as the best alternative treatment for COPD. In the current chapter, we focused on the adverse effects of existing drugs and the need of various medicinal plants and phytochemicals used in targeting COPD. Some important medicinal plants and phytochemicals with their active constituents are also described.
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Sonawane, G.B. et al. (2021). Incipient Need of Medicinal Plants in Targeting Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. In: Dua, K., Nammi, S., Chang, D., Chellappan, D.K., Gupta, G., Collet, T. (eds) Medicinal Plants for Lung Diseases. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6850-7_6
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