Role of Plant Hormones in Mediating Stress Responses in Medicinal Species

Abstract

Medicinal plants, as reservoirs of bioactive compounds, are highly sensitive to environmental stresses such as drought, salinity, temperature fluctuations, and pathogen attacks. The ability of these species to survive and maintain secondary metabolite production under stress is largely regulated by plant hormones, which act as central signaling molecules in stress perception, transduction, and adaptive responses.