It is well known that all physicians who practised Ayurveda, Allopathy, Homoeopathy, Sidha, Unani, etc. were to depend on the phamlacopea systems of preparing medicinesfrom extracts of plants, minerals and elements in the crude forms as well as in the most sophisticated forms even from the pre-vedic periods dating back to 5000 to 7000 BC. Due to the recent advancements in the modern medicines, a new branch of science has been evolved for extraction of bio-active agents or
substances from marine organisms and scientists developed many life saving medicine
