Plant Stress Hormone Methyl Jasmonate: Potential Candidate for Human Therapeutic Applications

The chemical substances synthesized by the plants which regulated the overall growth and development are called as “Phytohormones” or “Plant hormones” sometimes referred as “plant growth substances”. Similar to human hormones they are synthesized by specialized cells in a very low concentration and regulate cellular processes in targeted cells locally or migrate to target cells. Phytohormones are important for the formation of leaves, stems, flowers, fruits, and also shaping and deciding the size of the plants. In 1937 went and thimann