Background: Medicinal plant based drugs have been used in the history for the treatment
of numerous human health complications including various complicated disorders. Different
part of the plants have been used for the treatment of different disease as all the
parts of plants contain different active phytochemical called phytoconstituents mainly
responsible for their main biological potential. Objective: Health beneficial properties
of capsanthin in the medicine and other allied health sectors have been searched in
the present investigation through scientific data analysis of various scientific research
works. Methods: Capsanthin pigment has been found to be present in almost all type
of capsicum fruits. Present investigation contains the biological potential and therapeutic
benefit of capsanthin in the medicine. Numerous scientific databases have been searched
and collected the scientific information of capsanthin against various form of human
cancers. Molecular data have been also collected from various literature sources to
know the molecular mechanism. Results: Scientific data analysis of various literature
databases reveale the biological importance of capsanthin in the medicine as it is
the main active phytochemical of capsicum used in the daily diet due to its health
beneficial aspect.
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