New study on medicinal plants established with York’s twin city in China
Posted on 24 March 2025 Researchers are working with scientists based in York’s twin city of Nanjing to further understanding...
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Exploring the antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of five indigenous Kenyan plants used in traditional medicine
Sofowora, A. Research on medicinal plants and traditional medicine in Africa. J. Altern. Complement. Med. 2, 365–372 (1996).Article CAS PubMed ...
The Panamanian shamans working to save their ancestral medicinal plants
In Santa Marta, a small village in Panama’s Ngäbe-Buglé Indigenous region, aging shamans are seeking to preserve and pass...
Indigenous knowledge proves key in a study of plants gorillas use to self-medicate
Seeking plants with potential medical properties, a team of researchers in Gabon looked to the practices of two distinct...
Four plants eaten by gorillas, also used in traditional medicine, provide clues for new drug discovery
Graphical abstract of the study. Credit: Yinda et al., CC-BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Four plants consumed by wild gorillas in Gabon...
