According to the World Health Organization, 88% of all countries are estimated to use traditional medicine; more than 40% of pharmaceutical formulations are based on natural products, and many ...

Late fall not only marks the finale of the agricultural season, it has become a transitional date linked to death. It is a very ancient tradition rooted in pre-Christian Europe when native tribes like ...

Enhanced technologies and research standards for plant research could help strengthen the contribution of traditional Chinese medicine to drug discovery. Plants can be frustratingly inconsistent. With ...

Many common herbal plants, when grown in the garden, are drought tolerant. They are native to Mediterranean countries where summers are dry like our own. The biome or ecosystem of Mediterranean ...

NEW YORK — Modern medicine owes a great debt to botany. Plants exploited by ancient apothecaries have given rise to more complex and effective cures, and alkaloids isolated from natural herbs have ...

The company, which is currently working with about 80 farmers, is still working on its grading machinery and is in talks with a couple of companies, including one from abroad ...

Plants have been used as the source of drugs for long ages, and as of today, approximately 70,000 species have been screened for their potential utility as medicines. In recent decades, several ...