Revisiting Chlorophyll and Chlorophyllin – A Way to Drug Discovery

Abstract

Historically plants have served as a backbone in alleviating various human ailments. Plants are known as a source of diverse biologically active chemicals, essential for maintaining human health and useful for treating and preventing various diseases. Chlorophyll is considered as one of most abundant molecules on the planet and has been used since ages in folklore medicine for the treatment of various human ailments like cancer, inflammation, diabetes, Fungal and bacterial infections etc. Since last few decades various scientific investigations have discovered and validated the potential health benefits of green plant pigments (Chlorophyll) and their derivatives, which have been clinically proved to prevent various diseases and improve general health. In the present article, a comprehensive study is presented detailing and summarising the various earlier scientific investigations on therapeutic applications of chlorophyll and its water soluble derivative; chlorophyllin.