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Gut health research investigates how plant compounds affect human digestive function and intestinal microbial communities. This field is significant for plant science as it validates traditional medicinal plant uses, identifies bioactive compounds with therapeutic potential, and bridges ethnobotanical knowledge with modern biochemistry to develop evidence-based health applications.

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plant-bioactives
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Effect of plant sterols on intestinal health: a comprehensive revie...

Vegetables, nuts, seeds, and whole grains you already grow and eat are packed with plant sterols ...

medicinal-plants
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Steamed garlic attenuates ulcerative colitis in mice by modulating ...

Garlic you grow or buy at the farmers market may be far more medicinal than you realize — and som...

medicinal-plants
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Cardiometabolic and Microbiome Effects of Spices and Herbs.

Growing a window box of thyme, rosemary, and oregano — and actually cooking with them daily — cou...

medicinal-plants
medicinal-plants
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Ancient herbal remedy repairs gut damage in colitis mice

Compounds like gallic acid and ellagic acid, found in many common fruits and plants, appear to fl...

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Water kefir as a paradigm for multi-omics and genome-scale metaboli...

Fermented foods and drinks you make or buy at the farmers market depend on living microbial ecosy...

food-safety
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Common fungicide mancozeb disrupts gut bacteria and liver in mice

If you spray mancozeb on your tomatoes or apple trees to fight blight, this study is a reminder t...

plant-medicine
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Multi-modal therapeutic approaches to inflammatory bowel disease: p...

Plants in your kitchen and garden—herbs, spices, medicinal botanicals—are actively being studied ...

soil-health
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Translational human gut microbiome research: What are the missing p...

Fermented foods you grow and eat from your garden — kimchi cabbage, kefir-ready beets, probiotic-...

microbiome
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Impact of prebiotics, probiotics, and postbiotics on maternal and f...

The same beneficial microbes and fermented substrates you cultivate in compost or fermented plant...

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