The use of approximately 50,000-80,000 plant species for medicinal purposes worldwide underscores their significance. A ...

Cancer remains one of the leading global causes of mortality, with an estimated increase in cases due to lifestyle, ...

These classes provide information about identifying plants and using the medicinal parts for tinctures, oils and teas. The parts of a plant have different uses for the body, Porta said. For example, ...

Marshmallow root (Althaea officinalis), on the other hand, has been used for over 2,000 years for food and medicinal purposes ...

Scientists have uncovered 15,000-year-old medicinal herbs, shedding light on Stone Age health practices that echo today’s ...

Herbal medicine is difficult to produce on an industrial scale. A team of Kobe University bioengineers manipulated the ...

Although centuries of traditional use provides empirical support for the use of plants for medicinal purposes, many and their ...

Ayahuasca is a plant-based psychedelic drug long used by indigenous people in South America for medicinal, spiritual, and ceremonial purposes. Early research has indicated that it may hold promise ...

People have used these small berries for culinary and medicinal purposes since ancient times ... to provide certain vitamins and an array of plant compounds. Like many other berries, they contain ...

Once back at the Iho Kebery center, the scientists interviewed each shaman individually — not in the presence of the other two — to identify, name and explain the medicinal uses of each plant.

Ethanol is more than a human invention. New research reveals how animals across ecosystems encounter and adapt to ethanol.

INDIA’s High Commissioner to Tanzania, Bishwadip Dey, has called for urgent action to protect the environment, urging the ...