medicinal-plants
Medicinal plants are species that produce bioactive chemical compounds with therapeutic applications, a characteristic studied extensively in ethnobotanical and phytochemical research. This field is vital to plant science because it reveals how plants evolved complex chemical defense and secondary metabolic pathways. Research on medicinal plants drives drug discovery, informs conservation strategies, and advances understanding of plant-organism ecological interactions.
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Fifteen herbs from turmeric to lion's mane protect the aging brain
The saffron crocuses you plant in fall, the turmeric on a sunny windowsill, and the lemon balm sp...
Ethnomedicinal plants as green tools for heavy metal phytoremediati...
If your vegetable garden sits on land that was once a gas station, an orchard sprayed with lead a...
Multi-omics and in silico assessment of ecological risks posed by a...
Fungicide treatments sold to protect fritillary bulbs from rot can make rot three times worse by ...
miR2916-p5 and miR6478 from Forsythia suspensa fruit suppress infla...
Herbs and plants you brew into teas or take as supplements may be doing far more than delivering ...
Cacti as novel edible resources for human nutrition.
If you have a sunny, dry corner of your yard, prickly pear cactus can produce edible pads and fru...
Temporal dynamics of rhizosphere microbiome assembly and carbon-pho...
If you're planting a food forest or hedgerow, the herbs and perennials you tuck between your tree...
Blue light regulates terpenoid biosynthesis via jasmonic acid signa...
It suggests that the healing potency of medicinal herbs you grow or buy could one day be enhanced...
Effects of light intensity on the Panax quinquefolius L. growth and...
If you've ever dreamed of growing valuable medicinal ginseng beneath your backyard trees, this st...
Harnessing microbiomes to redefine medicinal plant agriculture.
The herbs you grow for teas or tinctures — echinacea, valerian, holy basil — may be stronger medi...
Metal fractionation and mobility in medicinal plants near industria...
If you forage or wild-harvest medicinal herbs anywhere near a power plant, smokestack, or heavy i...
Regulatory mechanisms of secondary metabolite biosynthesis in medic...
The echinacea, holy basil, and lavender in your herb garden ramp up their protective compounds wh...
Traditional Knowledge and Biocultural Roles of Edible Flowers in Lo...
Dozens of the wild flowers locals in Guangxi have eaten for generations—gathered from roadsides a...
Preliminary Screening of the Herbicidal and Fungicidal Potential of...
Those piles of woody clippings from your annual rose and fruit-tree pruning may harbor natural we...
Identification and functional characterization of SmABCG24 regulati...
Tanshinones from red sage are used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat heart disease and inf...
Natural Modulators of the TP53 Pathway: Potential Herbal and Plant-...
Herbs growing in your garden or spices sitting in your kitchen cabinet are actively being studied...
Reconstitution of gut microbiota by medicinal plant isoflavones ame...
Kudzu — the aggressive vine smothering trees along roadsides across the American South — harbors ...
Garden herbs and kitchen plants show promise against Alzheimer's br...
The sulforaphane in the kale and broccoli you grow is now showing up in lab studies as one of the...
Six culinary plant compounds offer a resistance-proof defense again...
The thyme, cinnamon, and turmeric you grow or cook with produce the same compounds researchers no...
Yunnan's Jinuo healers know 226 medicinal plants, but their knowled...
Plantain, the 'weed' most gardeners yank from their lawns, ranks as the single most culturally im...
Bacillus spp. Mediated Growth Enhancement and Antioxidative Defence...
If you grow peppermint or any mint in your garden, inoculating the soil with a Bacillus subtilis-...
Cardiometabolic and Microbiome Effects of Spices and Herbs.
Growing a window box of thyme, rosemary, and oregano — and actually cooking with them daily — cou...
Microbial dysbiosis and macrofungal outbreaks induced by long-term ...
Oregano and cinnamon sprays marketed as natural pest controls for your greenhouse or indoor plant...
Unveiling the multifaceted roles of crop secondary metabolites: Fro...
Those bitter compounds in your homegrown kale that intensify after a frost aren't accidental — th...
Trending: common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) — 1044 observations ...
Yarrow blooming in your yard or along your fence line is a free pollinator buffet — its flat-topp...
Himalayan medicinal plants for gastrointestinal disorders: ethnopha...
Many of the herbs documented here—like cinnamon and pomegranate—grow in temperate gardens worldwi...
Traditional Respiratory Remedies From Anatolia: Ethnobotanical Insi...
Elderberry, chamomile, plantain, and nettles growing in your garden or hedgerow have been quietly...
Unveiling the Nutraceutical Potential of Yam Dioscorea alata L.: A ...
That purple yam you might grow as an ornamental or edible in a warm-climate garden turns out to p...
Trending: common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) — 1094 observations ...
Yarrow spreading along roadsides and meadow edges near you is one of the easiest native plants to...
Amentoflavone from Ginkgo biloba inhibits EMT-driven lung cancer me...
Ginkgo tree growing in your neighborhood or local park — one of the oldest tree species on Earth ...
Integrated genomic and phenotypic analysis of an endophytic bacteri...
Soil-drenching beneficial bacteria like this one are already available to home gardeners, and und...
Analysis of key nodes and metabolic pathways in the protein network...
Understanding how soil fungi supercharge ginseng's natural chemistry could help growers produce m...
Trending: common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) — 1271 observations ...
Yarrow blooming in roadside ditches and meadows right now is one of the best indicators that your...
Medicinal Plants Used During Childbirth and Maternal-Neonatal Healt...
Fenugreek growing in your herb garden has been trusted by mothers across Punjab for generations t...
Stem thin disc (STD) based somatic embryogenesis and genetic homoge...
Camelthorn is a tough desert plant that stabilizes eroding soils and cleans up heavy metal pollut...
Genetic basis of phytoalexin-mediated chemical defense in plants.
Every tomato plant, pepper, and squash in your garden wages a constant chemical war against bligh...
Plant-Derived Foods and Medicines as Modulators of the Gut Microbio...
Herbs and vegetables you grow — garlic, ginger, chamomile, turmeric — don't just flavor your food...
Scientists decode how a rare tree makes its cancer drug
The plant behind this discovery, Cephalotaxus, is endangered in the wild, so figuring out its che...
Dendrobium huoshanense polysaccharides alleviate DSS-induced ulcera...
It shows that a specific part of a traditional medicinal orchid — the stem — holds the most thera...
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 fermentation: current knowledge and perspectives.
Herbs like moringa you might grow in a pot or forage dried at a market release far more of their ...
Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets of Botanicals Derived from Aster...
Echinacea, chamomile, calendula, and yarrow growing in your garden belong to one of the most medi...
Phytochemistry, Bioavailability, and Molecular Mechanisms Underlyin...
That unpretentious potted aloe on your windowsill — the one you snap open for burns — turns out t...
Foliar metal micronutrients reshape rhizosphere soil multifunctiona...
The foliar sprays sold at garden centers for micronutrient deficiencies aren't just feeding your ...
Trending: common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) — 1285 observations ...
Yarrow blooming in your yard or along roadsides right now is a reliable nectar source for native ...
Trending: common selfheal (Prunella vulgaris) — 1179 observations this week
Common selfheal is almost certainly already growing in your lawn or a nearby path edge — it's one...
Chemical Fingerprinting and Antimicrobial Potential of Selected Eth...
Rosemary growing in your herb bed turns out to be one of the more potent natural antibacterials a...
Diversity and Ethnobotany of the Family Zingiberaceae in Lop Buri P...
Turmeric, galangal, cardamom, and ginger all belong to the same plant family — and this study rev...
Traditional Medicinal Plants Used for Cancer Treatment in Sub-Sahar...
Plants like soursop (Annona muricata) and baobab (Adansonia digitata) — species you may grow as h...
O-acetylated glucomannan from Dendrobium officinale alleviates DSS-...
An orchid you might grow on your windowsill produces a natural compound that could one day help t...
Stressed crops produce more health-protective chemicals than pampered ones
The broccoli you grow under heat stress or drought may pack more cancer-fighting glucosinolates t...
Rose waste from distilleries blocks blood sugar enzymes better than...
Those spent petals and pruned rose canes you're composting after harvest could be worth keeping: ...
Garden plants like garlic and onion can balance skin's bacterial community
Garlic and onion growing in your garden contain compounds that, applied to skin, could clear acne...
Plant-derived indole alkaloids in chronic inflammatory diseases: mo...
Plants growing in traditional herb gardens around the world have quietly been making chemicals th...
UVB light boosts cannabis flower flavonoids without altering cannab...
If you've ever grown any fruiting plant under a grow light, the color spectrum you choose shapes ...
Yarrow's 1,100 sightings this week mark peak pollinator season
Yarrow blooming in your yard or along roadsides right now is a reliable signal that summer pollin...
The "weed" in your lawn is quietly feeding thousands of bumblebees
Selfheal is almost certainly already growing in your lawn or garden path and most people pull it ...
Brazilian folk tea dissolves kidney stone crystals and eases urinar...
Kidney stones affect roughly 1 in 10 people, and a backyard shrub used by Brazilian herbalists fo...
Turmeric mitochondria fed to mice reach the brain and reverse aging...
Turmeric growing in your garden or sitting in your spice cabinet carries living cellular machiner...
Rare soil fungi outperform common ones at reviving depleted yam fields
Growers of medicinal or culinary yams who rotate the same beds year after year face steadily wors...
Iranian spearmint varieties differ wildly in oil yield and chromoso...
If you grow spearmint in your garden, the specific variety you chose matters far more than you mi...
Medicinal plant's own chemicals help sculpt its inner bacterial community
Growers cultivating Paris polyphylla for traditional medicine can now target specific beneficial ...
Genes behind quinoa's bitter coatings and vivid pigments finally decoded
Quinoa grown in your garden or on drought-stressed farms could soon come in varieties with less b...
The right pollen donor turns a self-incompatible citrus into a reli...
Growers of specialty citrus struggling with heavy fruit drop now have a named pollen donor that m...
Wild bergamot blooming across North America draws record observer attention
Wild bergamot blooming in your neighborhood right now is one of the best plants you can add to a ...
Citizen scientists spot common selfheal blooming across the landscape
Common selfheal grows in almost every lawn, meadow, and trailside you pass through in summer, and...
Yarrow blooms draw hundreds of citizen scientists into the field
Common yarrow growing along your fence line or in a neglected corner of your yard is actively bei...
St. John's Wort blooming peak draws hundreds of naturalist sightings
St. John's Wort blooming along roadsides and meadow edges right now is one of summer's most relia...
Wild garlic leaf extract calms gut inflammation in lab tests
If you forage wild garlic in spring woodlands or grow it under trees in a shady garden bed, this ...
Medicinal plants offer scientifically validated alternatives to syn...
Many herbs and flowering plants growing in gardens or foraged from wild spaces have now been rigo...
Advances in natural medicinal plant-based interventions against hyp...
Several of the plants studied — saffron, ginseng, and Rhodiola — are already available in gardens...
Recent advances in decoding biosynthetic pathways and synthetic bio...
Periwinkle, henbane, and barberry growing in botanical gardens or hedgerows are quietly running s...
Phosphorus-solubilizing bacteria and phosphorus-enriched biochar en...
If you're growing herbs or vegetables in soil that feels crusty white at the surface or near a dr...
Boosting salinity resilience and silymarin production in Silybum ma...
Charcoal made from fruit-processing scraps — the kind piling up behind juice factories — can reha...
Phytochemical composition and anti-Alzheimer potential of medicinal...
Common garden vegetables and kitchen staples like avocado, beetroot, and cloves — plants you may ...
Polynesian healers' plant remedies actually kill bacteria in lab tests
If you've ever grown Tamanu or Milo as an ornamental tropical tree, you're looking at a plant who...
The Role of Polyphenols in Respiratory and Gut Health: From the Per...
The elderberries, rosehips, and culinary herbs you grow out back are quietly stocking your gut wi...
Scientists crack the yew tree's cancer-drug recipe for lab brewing
The Pacific yew hedges planted in shady yards grow so slowly that harvesting their bark for medic...
Sustainable valorization of unutilized marigold flowers for eco-fri...
Those buckets of spent marigold blooms you compost after the season could instead be dried and pr...
CmBt and CmBr synergistically regulate cucurbitacin B biosynthesis ...
Melon breeders now have a precise genetic target to eliminate the mouth-puckering bitterness that...
CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing reveals the involvement of a po...
Gromwell's deep-red root dye has colored textiles and lip balms for centuries, and unlocking the ...
Engineering an Artificial Taxol Biosynthetic Pathway from Baccatin ...
Pacific yew trees, once stripped from old-growth forests to harvest Taxol bark at the rate of six...
The Endophytic Microbiota Drives Plant Growth and Flavonoid Dynamic...
Where a plant was grown — not just how you care for it — shapes the invisible microbial community...
Foliar application of green-synthesized MoO₃ nanoparticles alleviat...
If you grow leafy greens in pots or raised beds where salts build up over time from tap water and...
Trending: common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) — 891 observations this week
Yarrow blooming in your yard or along roadsides right now is one of the most reliable signals tha...
Genome sequence of the medicinal plant Urtica dioica reveals the ge...
Stinging nettle has been used in folk medicine for centuries, and now researchers have the geneti...
Plant-derived phenolics as regulators of nitric oxide production in...
Rosemary, turmeric, green tea, and the dark berries ripening in your garden right now are among t...
Monochromatic light reprograms transcription, metabolism, and rhizo...
If you grow medicinal herbs under grow lights, the color of that light — not just its brightness ...
A fructan-type polysaccharide from Lycium ruthenicum attenuates liv...
The black goji berries you might grow along a sunny fence or find dried at a specialty market car...
Anthropogenic Pressures, Rather Than Plant Vigour, Promote Insect H...
Every time a wild medicinal herb is overharvested near a village or trail, the stressed, exposed ...
Scientists mapped RNA switches that help cannabis survive drought
Cannabis and hemp, grown now from backyard gardens to commercial fields in increasingly dry clima...
Plant-derived serine protease inhibitor peptides: in vitro antimicr...
Garlic and ginger already in your garden beds are quietly producing compounds that can slow the s...
Plants and Plant-Derived Compounds Mediate Protection Across Divers...
The sulforaphane in your garden broccoli and kale is now showing up in lab studies as a molecular...
Pairing grain amaranth with a medicinal orchid makes cadmium cleanup pay
Slightly elevated cadmium in farmland soil, common near old industrial areas and some heavily fer...
Genome study finds two genes controlling ginseng's medicinal potency
If you've ever wondered why herbal ginseng supplements vary wildly in strength, this research sho...
Medicinal Plants in Breast Cancer Therapy: Ethnopharmacology, Bioac...
Herbs and wild plants that traditional healers have cultivated and passed down for generations ar...
Ancient roasted lotus leaf remedy fights obesity in mice
The lotus growing in your local pond isn't just a pretty water plant, its leaves contain compound...
Multi-omics and functional analyses in Aesculus wilsonii elucidate ...
Aescin — the active ingredient in horse chestnut creams used for sore legs and bruising — comes f...
Dandelions near factories store cadmium in their leaves, not roots
If you forage dandelion greens or make dandelion tea from plants growing along roadsides or near ...
The Role of Two Glycoalkaloid Metabolism Genes in α-Tomatine Biosyn...
The gray mold that collapses your tomato plants by August has evolved its own molecular toolkit t...
Dendrobium huoshanense attenuates Parkinsonian neurodegeneration vi...
It shows that how long you grow a medicinal plant directly determines its healing power — a remin...
Polysaccharide PSLP-1 from Polygonatum sibiricum Stems and Leaves A...
Those graceful arching stems of Solomon's Seal you cut back each fall — the parts most growers to...
Banana stem powder is safe to take and may feed gut bacteria
Banana pseudostems are typically hauled off as waste after harvest, so if that fibrous inner core...
Regulatory mechanisms of two epiphytic cultivation modes of Cunning...
If you mount orchids or other epiphytes on dead wood versus living bark, you are making a choice ...
Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz. water extract alleviates exercise-...
It gives rigorous scientific backing to a plant you could grow in your own herb garden, suggestin...
West African healers' go-to prostate plants contain promising bioac...
Bamboo you might grow as a privacy screen and soursop you've spotted at a tropical nursery are am...
Researchers mapped exactly how gray mold invades and disables Solom...
Solomon's seal lines shady garden paths across temperate gardens, and the gray mold that collapse...
Ozonated water irrigation boosts growth and soil health in medicina...
Growing the same herbs in the same bed year after year silently depletes the beneficial microbes ...
Elucidating the therapeutic mechanism of Orthosiphon aristatus in h...
It validates a humble garden herb — Cat's Whiskers, which many people grow as an ornamental — as ...
Whole-genome sequence of Rahnella aceris HPDA25 isolated from mycor...
Gastrodia elata — a rootless, leafless orchid prized in traditional medicine — survives entirely ...
Kudzu root-derived carbon dots modulate gut microbiota and metaboli...
Kudzu, the vine smothering roadsides and forest edges across the American South, turns out to car...
Traditional Indonesian plant remedies show promise against drug-res...
The same instinct that leads Indigenous healers to test bark, roots, and leaves against fever is ...
Plant Peptides on the Rise: From Historical Insight to Future Applications.
The tomato plant fending off caterpillars in your garden does it partly through peptide alarm sig...
Mexican Giant Hyssop (Agastache mexicana) observed in Keller Spring...
Mexican Giant Hyssop's confirmed presence in suburban DFW means you can likely grow this drought-...
Aged garlic extracts disarm two major tomato and pepper viruses
If you grow tomatoes or peppers, the viruses this study targets, tomato brown rugose fruit virus ...
Exploring the global mosaic of medicinal plant databases: unveiling...
Herbal remedies your grandmother swore by — and the plants you may be growing in your garden righ...
Advances in hairy root technology: from pathway elucidation and omi...
Many herbal remedies and plant-derived medicines on pharmacy shelves—from cancer drugs to anxiety...
Flavonoids and polycystic ovary syndrome.
Quercetin in your garden onions, the isoflavones in your homegrown soybeans, and the puerarin in ...
Rosemary extract eases fibromyalgia-like pain in animal study
The rosemary bush on your windowsill or in your herb bed contains compounds now shown to calm the...
Freeze-drying beats oven-drying for preserving this herb's medicine
If you grow or forage false daisy (also called bhringraj), a weedy little herb common in warm, da...
Swertia chirayita ameliorates MAFLD by improving intestinal microen...
Chirayita grows wild across Himalayan foothills and has been brewed as a bitter tonic tea for cen...
The anti-obesity potential of Cassiae Semen: A review based on ethn...
A humble seed steeped as tea across Asian households for centuries turns out to work on gut bacte...
Ginseng Polysaccharides: A Comprehensive Review of Extraction, Stru...
Ginseng growing in your woodland garden or shade bed holds polysaccharides in its roots that feed...
Anti-gout active ingredients from natural plant medicines and their...
Herbs like ginseng that you might grow or brew as tea contain compounds scientists are now seriou...
Popular healing herbs can quietly soak up toxic pollutants
If you grow basil, mint, or ashwagandha for tea or remedies, the soil they're planted in matters ...
Unraveling the therapeutic mechanisms of Polygonum cuspidatum in pu...
Japanese knotweed, the plant many gardeners wage relentless war against along fence lines and riv...
Phenolic fraction of Elsholtzia penduliflora W.W.Sm. ameliorates in...
An herb long brewed by Miao healers in southwestern China to fight respiratory infections has now...
wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) observed in Franklin County, KY, USA
Wild bergamot is one of the best native plants you can add to a sunny garden border — it blooms m...
Blockade of GPX4-mediated ferroptosis underlies the protective effe...
That forsythia hedge in your neighborhood or garden isn't just pretty — its fruit contains compou...
Ethnophytotoxicological assessment of toxic flora in Samba District...
Seeds and milky sap are the two most dangerous plant parts in this 93-species catalog — a reminde...
In silico screening reveals natural compounds from Ashwagandha, Har...
Ashwagandha, already a fixture in herb gardens and health-food aisles, contains compounds that co...
Effect and mechanism of Rabdosia rubescens on ulcerative colitis: N...
It's scientific validation that a garden-worthy ornamental herb used in traditional medicine for ...
Exploring the Biomedical Potential of <i>Pereskia grandifolia...
Rose cactus is an easy-to-grow edible shrub with leaves high enough in protein and fiber to rival...
Advances in molecular breeding of medicinal plants.
Herbs you grow for teas, tinctures, or home remedies—chamomile, echinacea, valerian—could soon be...
Ancient memory herb shows real promise against Alzheimer's disease
That low, creeping succulent-looking herb sold at nurseries as an aquarium or bog plant has activ...
Toxic wild honey from rhododendron nectar keeps sickening Nepali ho...
That rhododendron blooming in your yard each spring produces nectar loaded with a compound potent...
A REVIEW: STEMPHYLIUM BLIGHT OF ONION-THE PATHOGEN, THE DISEASE, CU...
If you grow onions at home, Stemphylium blight is the fungal disease most likely to wipe out your...
A REVIEW: STEMPHYLIUM BLIGHT OF ONION-THE PATHOGEN, THE DISEASE, CU...
If you grow onions at home or rely on them in the kitchen, a single season of Stemphylium blight ...
A Comprehensive Review on Metabolomics-Guided Metabolite Production...
Many herbal remedies and plant-derived medicines are limited by slow-growing plants, climate, and...
MS-Net: Multi-Similarity-Based Network Annotation for Untargeted Me...
Every herb, vegetable, and wildflower in your garden contains hundreds of unknown compounds that ...
Forest communities in India rely on 119 plants for medicine
The garlic and black pepper in your kitchen spice rack are the same plants that healers in Chitra...
Discovery of novel anti-hyperlipidemia phytochemicals from the ethn...
An ornamental flowering tree grown in Asian gardens for centuries turns out to carry one of the m...
Medicinal nightshade herbs may absorb toxic metals from soil
If you grow or forage ashwagandha, black nightshade, or datura, the soil they're planted in matte...
Integrating pharmacologically important flora into phytoremediation...
Contaminated brownfields near tanneries and factories could one day be restored using garden-wort...
Modulating Host Lipid Metabolism via Gut Microbiota: Therapeutic Po...
Herbs and botanicals you grow or forage — from turmeric to green tea to legumes — may be quietly ...
Plant-based neuroprotection against memory impairment: Insights fro...
Herbs like turmeric, rosemary, and ginkgo growing in your garden may hold compounds actively bein...
Liver Disease and Plant-Derived Phytoconstituents: From Ethnopharma...
Milk thistle growing at the edge of your garden has been quietly producing one of the most clinic...
Ethnopharmacological Landscape of Azadirachta indica (Neem): Phytoc...
Neem trees planted in tropical gardens worldwide have been used as living pharmacies for centurie...
German soils affect biomass production, elemental profiles, and ant...
Three tropical medicinal herbs traditionally used in Brazilian folk healing can be grown in Europ...
Traditional wisdom unveiled: an ethnobotanical exploration of medic...
Grandmothers in rural Guangdong have quietly maintained a living pharmacopoeia of 108 bath plants...
Neem and punarnava compounds may fight drug-resistant fungal infections
The neem tree grown as a hedge or shade plant across the tropics, and the sprawling punarnava wee...
De novo biosynthesis of halogenated benzoxazinoids in <i>Nicotiana ...
Corn and wheat quietly defend themselves from insects and fungi using built-in chemical shields t...
Fungi and biochar help a medicinal herb survive drought stress
If you garden in a dry climate or water sparingly, mixing biochar into your soil and encouraging ...
Anti-adipogenic cyathane diterpenoids from Onychium japonicum.
A fern growing across East Asian hillsides — long used by Zhuang healers — turns out to make comp...
Cultivar to chemotype: characterizing complex botanicals with mass ...
That echinacea or ashwagandha supplement on your shelf may not contain what the label claims — th...
Chuanminshen violaceum (Apiaceae) as a medicinal-and-edible resourc...
It highlights how a traditional Chinese herb used for centuries to treat coughs and respiratory c...
Red Meat, Plant Protein, and Colitis: Emerging Roles for the Gut Mi...
Legumes and seeds you grow in your garden — lentils, beans, sunflower — are the exact foods this ...
Fermented food microbiome: influence on oral and gut microbiota, an...
The sauerkraut and kimchi you ferment from your garden cabbage aren't just preservation tricks — ...
Effects of Dendrobium officinale on chronic fatigue in rats: Modula...
Dendrobium orchids, long prized in Chinese medicine and increasingly grown as ornamentals, turn o...
A celery and chamomile compound fixed fatty liver via gut bacteria
The chamomile in your tea cabinet and the parsley in your garden bed contain apigenin, a compound...
Integrated serum pharmacochemistry, network pharmacology and transc...
It shows that a climbing vine used for centuries in folk medicine may hold real promise for treat...
Ethyl acetate fraction from Dendrobium officinale inhibits IL-17A s...
It suggests a common ornamental orchid used in herbal teas and supplements may contain compounds ...
Crt-miR166a, a Citrus-Derived MicroRNA, Modulates the Gut Microbiot...
Citrus peels and juice you compost or discard carry microscopic molecular signals that, even afte...
Shaoyao Gancao Decoction ameliorates rheumatoid arthritis via inhib...
Two herbs sitting in traditional medicine cabinets for nearly two thousand years just had their a...
Ameliorative effects of total glycosides from Aralia elata on airwa...
Devil's walking stick, a spiny native tree many gardeners yank out as a nuisance, has been used f...
Osajin attenuates diazinon-induced pulmonary toxicity in rats.
Diazinon, the same pesticide class sprayed on lawns, orchards, and livestock, drifts into the air...
Impact of arid-zone abiotic stress on phytochemical bioactivity: En...
The scraggly, sun-scorched plants clinging to life in the driest corners of the world have been q...
Ancient skullcap herb's healing compound finally explained at the m...
Chinese skullcap grows readily in herb gardens and has been brewed as tea for centuries, and scie...
Shrub bacteria coax fenugreek roots to trap lead from contaminated soil
Soil near roadsides, old industrial sites, and high-traffic urban gardens can carry lead that qui...
Dates fuel workouts as effectively as commercial sports gels and bars
If you grow a date palm or live near a farmers market that carries fresh dates, you're sitting on...
Edible plants engineered to carry vaccines could replace needles an...
The potato plant in your garden could one day carry a working vaccine inside its cells, grown and...
Pomegranate peel extract shields diabetic eyes by calming gut bacte...
The leathery peel you've been composting from pomegranates grown in warm-climate gardens or bough...
Barberry's yellow compound finally reaches the body with new delive...
Barberry shrubs growing in hedgerows and wild edges across North America and Europe have been pro...
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used to treat human ailmen...
Plants you might recognize — olive trees and African cordia — are being lost to farmland clearing...
Hemp's stress-response genes could help seeds sprout in cold or salty soil
Hemp seeds planted in cold, salty, or waterlogged soil often fail to germinate, and knowing which...
A Southeast Asian fever vine works almost as well as acetaminophen in rats
A woody vine that traditional healers in Thailand and the Malay Peninsula have brewed for centuri...
Garden plants like cannabis and gooseberry may block cancer-driving viruses
Several of the plants reviewed here, including Indian gooseberry, cannabis, and the angel's trump...
African medicinal plants show promise killing chemical-resistant ca...
Cattle ranchers and small-scale farmers across Africa are watching chemical tick treatments fail ...
Holly plants yield heart-protecting compounds that scientists have ...
Kuding tea, brewed from leaves of several Ilex species and sold in Asian grocery stores and speci...
Ethiopian herders have used 27 wild plants to treat livestock for g...
Pastoralists in one of Africa's harshest environments have kept their animals healthy for generat...
Ugandan healers near Rwenzori Mountains use 95 plants as medicine
Dozens of plants growing in East African highland forests are treating real illnesses right now, ...
Senecio scandens Buch. - Ham.: A comprehensive review of botany, ph...
Climbing groundsel herbal preparations sold at markets worldwide carry the same pyrrolizidine alk...
Comprehensive analyses of different putative ploidy levels in organ...
King Solomon's seal root—the same plant sold in herbal shops as a longevity tonic—is disappearing...
Jujube extract fixes fly sleep by boosting gut bacteria's antioxidant gene
The red dates or jujube fruit sold dried in Asian grocery aisles have been used for centuries to ...
Integrative transcriptomic and metabolomic profiling elucidates the...
Knowing that a common tumbleweed relative packs its highest levels of antioxidants and medicinal ...
Population structure, genetic diversity and core set construction o...
The lemon balm you grow for tea or calm nerves could soon come in hardier, more potent varieties ...
Sea buckthorn leaves scrub toxic dyes and chromium from wastewater
Sea buckthorn grows wild across roadsides and hedgerows in temperate regions, and this research s...
Gene editing reveals how aloe vera builds its key medicinal molecules
Aloe vera on your windowsill makes its famous soothing gel and bitter compounds through a precise...
Sweet wormwood compound outperforms existing drugs in colorectal ca...
Artemisia annua, the feathery annual wormwood grown in herb gardens and already famous for yieldi...
Crucifer plant compound blocks brain immune overreaction to viral triggers
Watercress and horseradish growing in your garden concentrate PEITC, the compound shown here to p...
Repurposing genome skimming data for non-model plant functional phy...
Roseroot supplements on your pharmacy shelf come from wild plants under pressure in the Himalayas...
Polygonatum sibiricum polysaccharide alleviates irritable bowel syn...
Siberian Solomon's seal, a graceful woodland plant many gardeners grow for its arching stems and ...
Traditional Tibetan liver remedy yields 74 alkaloids, eight of them...
Corydalis relatives grow across temperate gardens worldwide, and understanding which compounds ma...
Common medicinal plants show strong antimicrobial power against ski...
Neem, a tree you may know as a garden pest repellent, turns out to be one of three traditional-me...
Common medicinal plants show strong antimicrobial action against sk...
Plants like neem growing in your yard or neighborhood have been fighting skin infections for cent...
African fig leaf extract rivals a standard drug for arthritis relie...
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Cannabis roots quietly shape the chemistry of the whole plant
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Partial shade helps a medicinal herb grow bigger and resist disease
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Two natural compounds help a medicinal herb survive metal pollution
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Turnip and spinach roots can clean bacteria from spring water
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Shotgun metagenomic dataset of leaf endophytic microbiome of the ga...
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One gene helps a medicinal herb survive drought and boost its heali...
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From Tradition to Trend: Scrutinizing the Logic behind Plant-based ...
Herbs you grow in your garden — chamomile, echinacea, valerian — are part of a global research pi...
Afro-descendant communities keep 36 edible leafy greens alive in Guiana
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Plant immune responses can boost medicinal compound production
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Plant compound apigenin blocks breast cancer's immune-cell helpers
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Traditional Indian herbs may help regrow aging brain cells
The Gotu Kola creeping along shady, damp corners of your garden and the Ashwagandha some gardener...
Cannabidiol and other non-psychotropic cannabinoids from Cannabis s...
Cannabis is increasingly grown as a specialty crop, and knowing which of its dozens of natural co...
Anti-inflammatory properties of Dendrobium: A systematic review of ...
Dendrobium orchids you might grow on a windowsill or find in a specialty nursery have been quietl...
Precise structural characterization and therapeutic potential of a ...
Hardy orchid (Bletilla striata) — the pleated-leaf, magenta-flowered plant already thriving in sh...
Harnessing Indonesian natural products against neglected tropical d...
Tropical plants your botanical garden labels as 'ornamental' may be quietly holding chemistry tha...
The future is new: Historical versus contemporary medicinal plant k...
Herbal remedies passed down in Caribbean communities aren't frozen in the past — they're a living...
HPTLC and LC-MS Based Metabolomics and Network Pharmacology for Gar...
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Metabolomics data of root and stem tissues in five-year-old <i&g...
Herbalists and foragers who work with roots versus stems of medicinal plants now have hard data s...
Comprehensive genomic analysis reveals the class II diterpene cycla...
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Inhibitory potential of Morus alba leaf extract and its phytoconsti...
White mulberry trees grow as volunteers in vacant lots, hedgerows, and backyard edges across much...
A collaborative strategy of multi-technology integration for mycoto...
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Ethnobotany, phytochemistry and pharmacological activities of the B...
Blumea species—aromatic herbs long burned as incense or brewed into fever teas across Asian garde...
Ethnoveterinary practices and traditional medicinal plant use in No...
Garlic and ashwagandha — plants you might already grow — are cornerstones of a centuries-old vete...
Yellowhorn leaf tea matches gout drug at lowering uric acid
The ornamental yellowhorn tree grown for its showy spring flowers is turning out to have leaves w...
Beans, greens, and nuts may help strengthen aging bones
The leafy greens and legumes you might be growing in a raised bed this summer contain magnesium, ...
(Poly)phenol profiles of plant-based diets assessed through dietary...
Every berry, herb, and leafy green you grow in your garden is packed with polyphenols that measur...
Garlic and onion's hidden sugars fight inflammation and boost immunity
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Gold nanoparticle-mediated elicitation enhances andrographolide bio...
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Wild bergamot is blooming everywhere right now, and people are noticing
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A shrub compound tunes plant growth up or down by dose
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Comprehensive review on Cistanche polysaccharides: Structure, gut m...
Cistanche grows by stealing nutrients from the roots of desert shrubs like saxaul, and the same c...
Epimedium brevicornu flavonoids alleviate neuroinflammation and Alz...
Horny goat weed — a low-growing perennial you can actually grow in a shaded garden border — has b...
Chaihu-Shugan San ameliorates perimenopausal obesity with depressio...
Licorice root you can grow in a sunny border and the grapefruit sitting on your counter both carr...
Assessing the impact of Djdi on the growth, nutrient uptake, and se...
If a rock-based soil amendment that costs nothing to mine and has been used for thousands of year...
Beetroot pigments show promise fighting cancer cells in lab tests
The beets you grow or buy owe their deep color to compounds now shown to slow cancer cell growth ...
A pharmacological roadmap for the Cannabaceae family: Prioritizing ...
Hackberry trees lining city streets and suburban yards belong to the same family as cannabis, and...
From gene discovery to synthetic biology: recent advances in the bi...
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A soil fungus makes this medicinal herb's oils stronger
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Integrated in vitro and in silico characterization of Dittrichia vi...
A sticky, yellow-flowered shrub colonizing roadsides around the Mediterranean turns out to pack c...
A plant compound traps and weakens a major rice disease fungus
Rice blast fungus destroys enough rice worldwide each year to feed tens of millions of people, so...
Time-Dependent Gene Expression Patterns in Epidermal Wound Healing:...
A climbing vine used for centuries in Asian folk medicine just passed a clinical trial — the same...
Neuroprotective effects of Uncaria rhynchophylla alkaloid extracts ...
A woody vine used in Chinese herbal medicine for centuries is now showing laboratory evidence tha...
Duckweed biomanufacturing: longstanding promise, decade-long lag, r...
Those green mats carpeting your neighborhood pond could one day grow the vaccines and antibodies ...
Harnessing nature: a systematic exploration of <i>in vitro<...
Garlic growing in your kitchen garden produces allicin and ajoene — the same compounds scientists...
Pomegranate leaf spray helps barley beat heat and disease
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Lab-grown orchid medicine could save endangered species from poaching
The slow-growing wild orchids poached for traditional medicine, the same showy plants admired in ...
The BAHD Acyltransferase Gene Family: Evolutionary Dynamics, Bioche...
Every splash of color in your garden's anthocyanins, every waxy leaf surface that sheds rain, and...
Hedyotis diffusa Willd. extract alleviates CCl4-induced liver fibro...
Snake-needle grass, a sprawling groundcover long stocked in Chinese apothecaries and now naturali...
Ancient healing plants hold clues to fighting drug-resistant infections
Many of the herbs your grandmother might have grown for tea or tonics, like licorice root or barb...
A fig tree's leaves outperform a standard anti-parasite drug
The Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan or curtain fig) grown as a street tree or houseplant in many...
This tart orange berry shrub is a chemistry lab in disguise
If you've ever spotted sea buckthorn's spiky silver branches and clusters of tiny orange berries ...
A natural spray helps rosemary cope with salty water
If you grow rosemary in containers near a coastal garden or use reclaimed water with a bit of sal...
Amino acid spray helps periwinkle survive severe drought stress
The periwinkle in your flower bed isn't just a pretty groundcover, it's the source plant for vinc...
Wood charcoal helps sage plants shrug off toxic soil metal
If you garden near old industrial sites, roadways, or other cadmium-tainted soil, mixing in wood ...
Neem and traditional herbs show promise against viper venom damage
The neem tree many gardeners already grow as a natural pesticide and skincare ingredient source t...
Birch bark compound eases Alzheimer's damage by boosting cell defenses
The papery white bark peeling off birch trees in your yard contains a molecule that researchers j...
Wild medicinal berries face growing threats from climate change
The bilberries or elderberries you might forage on a forest walk owe their potency to the exact h...
Ashwagandha extract kills wound bacteria in livestock trials
The ashwagandha you might grow as an ornamental or the prickly chaff flower weed at the edge of a...
Traditional abortion plants persist among Mexican migrant communities today
The scraggly rue plant many gardeners grow for its blue-green foliage and pest-repelling smell ca...
Clary sage compound kills livestock parasites within 90 minutes
The fuzzy-leaved clary sage some gardeners grow for its fragrant flowers contains a compound pote...
Aloe vera and tea coating keeps mushrooms fresh 8 days
The mushrooms that go slimy or brown in your fridge within two or three days could stay firm and ...
Warming climate is shifting where medicinal herbs grow and what the...
If you grow ginseng, licorice, or other medicinal herbs in your beds, the same heat, erratic rain...
Swapping soil microbes made this medicinal herb more potent
If you've ever wondered why the same herb variety tastes or works better when grown in one spot v...
Olive leaf extract beats olive pomace for heart health benefits
The olive tree in your yard or the potted olive on your patio drops leaves you'd normally rake aw...
Plant compounds show promise against brain-clogging protein clumps
The turmeric in your spice rack and the green tea in your cupboard contain molecules that researc...
This yellow-flowered herb is everywhere on nature apps right now
If you've noticed clusters of small yellow flowers with black-dotted petals along roadsides or in...
This bitter yellow plant compound may help regulate blood sugar
The barberry shrub many gardeners grow for its fall color and thorny hedging has roots and bark p...
Plant compounds switch on a worm's longevity protein
The flavonoids in your garden herbs and the terpenoids in your rosemary or citrus leaves aren't j...
Certain grain proteins tell your liver to make less sugar
The oats and barley you might grow or cook with contain proteins that feed specific gut bacteria,...
Cameroonian tree bark slows breast cancer cells in lab tests
A community's generations-old plant knowledge just got lab-backed proof, showing how ethnobotany ...
Trace mineral helps basil shrug off toxic cadmium soil
If you're eyeing a patch of yard with sketchy soil history, this points to a trick (an easy-to-so...
Polluted soil breeds tougher microbes inside medicinal plants
If you garden near an old industrial lot or a busy roadside, the plants there are quietly recruit...
Old Transylvanian cold remedies mix real medicine and hidden risks
If you brew herbal tea for a cough, this shows why knowing which plant you're using matters: elde...
Leaf bacteria help this medicinal herb fight disease and grow bigger
If you grow medicinal herbs or just like healthy houseplants, this shows that swapping in the rig...
Large-leaf yellow tea oligosaccharides alleviate T2DM by promoting ...
Yellow tea plants, cultivated for centuries in China's mountain gardens and increasingly grown by...
Molecular Mechanisms of Polysaccharides in Regulating Immune Functi...
The fibrous structural carbohydrates in roots, stems, and seed coats of plants you grow or forage...
Endophytic Xenodidymella from Iranian medicinal plants: description...
Fungi living invisibly inside your garden thyme and sage may be quietly protecting them from dise...
Phytochemical Screening of Selected Cholistani Plants and Their Bio...
Desert plants that survive Pakistan's brutal Cholistan heat and drought have had to evolve potent...
An investigation into the efficacy and mechanism of Berchemia kulin...
It's a reminder that the next overlooked shrub in a forest or botanical garden could hold real me...
Role of Oncoviruses in Cancer Progression and Emerging Phytochemica...
The jimsonweed sprawling across roadsides and the amla tree fruiting in South Asian gardens carry...
Plants make nano-sized packets that could treat diabetes and fatty liver
Tiny molecular packets that plants use for internal signaling can survive digestion and enter the...
Pampa biome plant extracts and flavonoids show antiviral activity a...
The Brazilian pepper tree choking out native habitat along Florida's coasts and Gulf marshes turn...
Brazilian folk remedy bark extract eases inflammation and pain in mice
The traditional herbal remedies passed down through generations often turn out to have real, meas...
African eggplant compounds show promise against uterine fibroids in rats
The African eggplant you might grow for its bitter, egg-shaped fruit carries rutin and quercetin,...
Predictive breeding doubles medicinal compounds in a healing herb
The red-leaved shiso in your herb garden, prized for cooking and traditional remedies, could soon...
Eating more plants linked to lower Alzheimer's risk
The vegetables you're growing in your own backyard, rich in fiber and polyphenols, may be doing m...
Beans and lentils can rival meat for kidney health
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DNA fingerprints now identify UAE's medicinal plants with near-perf...
The herbal supplement on your shelf claiming to contain a specific desert plant can now be checke...
Plant compounds show promise against pollution-linked gut damage
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Ancient ginkgo tree extract gets high-tech medical delivery upgrade
The ginkgo tree lining your city street or campus quad, easily spotted by its fan-shaped leaves a...
Watermelon rind and beet peel could support healthy blood vessels
The watermelon rind you toss in the compost bin after a backyard barbecue contains L-citrulline, ...
Compounds from common herbs calmed asthma symptoms in mice
The peony blooming in your garden and the licorice root in your herbal tea cabinet both contain c...
How plants evolved thousands of scent and defense chemicals
The smell of crushed tomato leaves, the sharp scent of pine sap on your hands, and the bitter def...
A weedy edible plant shows promise against ovarian cancer cells
The scrappy, unassuming goosefoot relative growing in disturbed soil along your fence line or gar...
Papaya leaves and other plants may ease sickle cell symptoms
The papaya tree in a backyard garden or local market carries leaves that scientists are now study...
Plant-derived natural compounds targeting drug resistance in ovaria...
Herbs like turmeric, green tea, and berberine-containing plants that you may grow or brew daily a...
Lab-grown prickly pear cactus makes a stronger natural pesticide
If you've battled caterpillars stripping your vegetable beds, this points toward a plant-based sp...
Licorice nasal rinse beat steroids for hay fever symptoms in trial
The licorice root in your herb garden isn't just a soothing tea ingredient; a small clinical tria...
Turmeric's global medicinal history spans continents and centuries
If you grow turmeric in a pot on your windowsill or buy the powder at the store, this review expl...
Traditional herb eases gout-linked kidney damage in mouse study
The gardener growing clematis vines for their showy blooms might not realize a wild relative of t...
This prickly blue-flowered herb eased PCOS symptoms in lab rats
The rough, bristly-leaved borage relative growing wild in Mediterranean scrublands and sometimes ...
Traditional herb extract blocks cancer growth pathway in lab tests
The mint-family plant behind this ancient decoction, sometimes grown as an ornamental or medicina...
Winemaking leftovers could become a heart-healthy supplement
The pomace piling up at any winery or cider press, skins, seeds, stems, isn't waste, it's a conce...
Nanoparticles from plants may help fight signs of aging
The ginger in your kitchen and the grapes on your table are already known to shed nanoscale vesic...
Fungi and nanoparticles help safflower thrive on less water
If you grow safflower or other drought-stressed flowering plants, pairing them with mycorrhizal f...
Plant compounds show promise fighting breast cancer in lab studies
The colorful pigments in berries, tea leaves and grapes that gardeners prize for their antioxidan...
Traditional skincare plants in South Africa are running out
The bark, roots, and leaves behind generations of handmade skincare come from slow-growing wild p...
Insect waste compost cuts toxic metal uptake in medicinal herb
If you grow herbs or vegetables in soil with a questionable history, this points to a low-cost am...
Jewelweed sightings are surging across nature apps this week
The orange, spurred flowers popping up along your creek or shady trail edge right now are jewelwe...
Common herbal teas and supplements can weaken your prescription drugs
That St. John's Wort or green tea you're growing on the windowsill for a soothing cup can quietly...
Light scanning replaces slow chemistry to grade herbal plant powders
If you dry your own herbs like echinacea or calendula for tea, this points toward a future where ...
The weed in your lawn may fight gum disease
That low, purple-flowered creeper spreading through your lawn or shady beds is ground ivy, a plan...
Thai villagers use 129 plants to treat fevers naturally
Roots from wild trees growing near rural Thai villages, brewed into decoctions, represent generat...
Wild thyme extract kills stored-grain beetles, no pesticides needed
The thyme growing in your herb bed isn't just for the kitchen: compounds in its leaves can kill a...
Your houseplant rubber tree has a hidden medicine cabinet
The glossy rubber plant filling the corner of your living room isn't just decoration; traditional...
Red banana stem sap is safe but won't fight cancer
If you've got a red banana plant in your yard or garden, the sap people traditionally tap from it...
Traditional herbs show liver safety limits and brain activity effects
If you brew herbal teas or forage wild plants for home remedies, this study is a reminder that 'n...
Red fig leaves make better antioxidants and stronger silver nanoparticles
The reddish new growth you might notice on a banyan or fig tree isn't just decorative pigment, it...
Mechanism of Inonotus hispidus in treating melasma: integrated in v...
That shaggy, golden bracket fungus you spot on dying ash and apple trees in autumn isn't just a d...
Gene-edited mint produces essential oil with fewer off-flavors
The mint in your herb garden or windowsill pot carries the same chemistry that determines whether...
Berry and tea compounds may fight brain cancer via the gut
The polyphenols packed into the blueberries, dark greens, and herbs in your garden don't just get...
Plant compounds tackle high blood pressure through multiple body pathways
The flavonoids in the citrus peel you compost or the herbs in your kitchen garden are being studi...
This traditional tea plant fights bacteria in several ways at once
The vine tea plant behind this compound has been steeped as a folk remedy in China for generation...
Mediterranean plants-based dietary supplements: focus on classifica...
Many of the herbs growing wild around the Mediterranean basin—plants you might recognize from an ...
Herb powder additive slashes nitrous oxide from manure composting
Composting is a backyard staple for turning waste into soil food, and this study shows that a sim...
Naturalists are spotting colt's-foot everywhere this week
The dandelion-lookalike popping up along your trail edges and disturbed soil is actually colt's-f...
Two wild plants show promise fighting crop-damaging fungus
The scraggly rue growing along field edges and hedgerows might hold a natural alternative to synt...
Banana peel extract protects mouse lungs from smoke damage
That banana peel you toss in the compost bin contains antioxidant compounds that scientists just ...
How plants grow their own chemical factories on tiny hairs
The fuzzy feel of a tomato leaf or a mint sprig comes from glandular trichomes pumping out the oi...
Four common medicinal plants show heart-protective effects in review
The hibiscus flowers you might grow for tea and the olive tree in a Mediterranean-style garden bo...
Common plant compounds hit multiple disease pathways at once
The turmeric in your spice rack and the green tea in your cupboard contain compounds that scienti...
A notorious invasive weed's roots fight bacteria and fungus
The scraggly Siam weed choking roadsides, pastures, and forest edges across the tropics carries r...
Computer models map where healing plants will grow next
If you grow or forage medicinal herbs, the same climate shifts reshuffling their wild ranges will...
Vitamin C sprays help roses bloom more and smell better
If you grow roses for cut flowers or fragrance, a simple vitamin C spray could mean more blooms a...
Two common leaves team up to fight fever better than either alone
The papaya tree in a backyard or the srikaya (sugar-apple) growing in a tropical garden might hol...
AI finds plant compound mix that fights sun-damaged skin cells
The four o'clock flower blooming in your evening garden, along with the quercetin found in onions...
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...
Fermented tea's tiny particles slow liver cancer in lab tests
The teapot in your kitchen holds more than flavor: fermented dark teas are packed with plant-made...
Plant sugars talk to your gut bacteria and immune cells
The mushrooms, seaweed, and medicinal herbs you might grow or forage owe part of their reputed im...
A sugar molecule's shape decides its power against diabetes
The mushrooms you forage, the goji berries you grow, or the seaweed on your plate all contain com...
Root extract eases stroke damage by fixing gut bacteria
The astragalus plant, a common perennial in medicinal herb gardens, is showing that what happens ...
Orchid genus yields hundreds of compounds with healing potential
The showy Dendrobium orchids sold at garden centers and grown as houseplants belong to a genus lo...
A toxic lily's compound may reverse asthma's lung scarring
The corn lily, a striking but poisonous woodland plant many hikers spot and avoid, produces a mol...
Herbal root extract shields liver while boosting a cancer drug's power
The astragalus root sold in herbal shops and grown in traditional medicine gardens is showing up ...
Mugwort compound calms eczema by breaking down an inflammation trigger
The scraggly Artemisia weeds many gardeners rip out of borders or spot along trail edges contain ...
Aging mugwort plants recruit busier microbial helpers in their soil
The wild mugwort growing along trails and roadsides is quietly running a soil nutrient factory th...
Sun and wind powered dryers keep more medicine in herbs
If you dry your own basil, mint, or echinacea for winter tea, how you dry it changes how much of ...
Himalayan juniper populations are genetically isolated and losing g...
The juniper berries that flavor gin and traditional remedies come from a slow-growing mountain sh...
This medicinal herb's chemical fingerprint barely changes with the seasons
If you grow or forage medicinal herbs, this shows that harvest timing matters less than which ind...
Kitchen rhizome mango ginger shields liver and kidneys in mice
The knobby, mango-scented rhizome sold in Asian grocery pickle aisles as mango ginger isn't just ...
Herbal remedies offer a path to antibiotic-free chicken farming
The eggs and chicken in your fridge may have been raised with the same antibiotics doctors need t...
Balkan mountain plants hold untapped medicinal chemical potential
Many of the plants growing wild on Balkan hillsides and rocky slopes carry the same iridoid compo...
Sage and mulberry could help test new diabetes treatments
The sage in your herb garden and the mulberry tree in your neighborhood have long folk reputation...
Macedonian villagers' age-old yarrow remedies documented for the first time
The feathery-leaved yarrow growing wild along trail edges and in cottage gardens has been a go-to...
Traditional fever tree extract lowers blood pressure in animal test
The tree healers in parts of West Africa plant near homes for its medicinal leaves just got lab e...
Plant compounds and nanotech team up to fight crop pests
The tomatoes and herbs you grow at home could one day be protected by pest sprays made from plant...
Iron nanoparticles help a mint relative survive salty soil
Salty soil is creeping into farmland worldwide as irrigation water and coastal aquifers turn brac...
How food compounds hijack the body's cellular messaging system
The polyphenols in the berries and greens from your garden don't just get digested, they can hitc...
Majoon Ushba alleviated IL-17A sensitized keratinocyte ferroptosis ...
Medicinal plants used for centuries in traditional remedies are now being validated by modern lab...
Quinoa seedlings switch on antioxidant defenses the moment light hits
If you've ever grown quinoa microgreens on a windowsill, this explains why that first burst of li...
A potato plant virus becomes a superbug-killing weapon
The virus that stunts potato plants in your vegetable patch turns out to be a near-perfect delive...
Plant-based diets can meet and exceed protein needs at every life stage
The beans, lentils, and sunflower seeds you're growing or buying aren't just a side dish, they're...
Plant compounds show promise as menopause hormone therapy alternative
The soybeans, flaxseed, and red clover you might grow in a backyard plot or edible garden bed con...
Mixing microbes with fungicide fights ginseng root rot better
If you grow root crops or herbs, this shows how pairing beneficial soil microbes with a smaller d...
A common plant compound shows promise for calming asthma
The kale, broccoli, and apples in your garden beds contain kaempferol, the same flavonoid researc...
Pacific seaweed extract calms inflamed immune cells in lab tests
The tangled brown seaweed you might step over while tide-pooling on a rocky Pacific beach could h...
Ordinary plant tissue may boost vaccines beyond the antigen itself
The tomatoes, potatoes, and leafy greens in your garden already contain compounds like flavonoids...
Onion leaves you'd toss could fight skin aging
The green tops you cut off and compost when harvesting onions contain more antioxidant punch than...
Traditional African plants show promise for fighting gum inflammation
These are the same plants used for generations in traditional medicine across southern Africa, an...
Two traditional herbs matched an antidepressant drug in mice
The same plant chemistry researchers are mining for depression treatments often traces back to le...
Ancient Chinese root herb protects heart tissue in animal studies
The deep purple-flowered sage growing in traditional medicine gardens has spent centuries treatin...
Ancient medicinal fungus calms gut inflammation in mice
The mushroom growing on old pine tree roots in the woods, known as Poria cocos or Fuling, has bee...
Kudzu root fights blood fat buildup via gut bacteria shifts
The kudzu vine sprawling over fences and roadsides across the American South has a root long used...
Gut bacteria turn plant compounds into a cancer drug booster
The flaxseed, sesame seeds, and whole grains in your pantry contain plant compounds that your gut...
Bacteria living inside turmeric plants fight off deadly wilt disease
If you grow turmeric or ginger and have watched a plant wilt and die seemingly overnight, the cul...
Some medicinal plant varieties shrug off toxic city dust better
If you're growing medicinal or edible plants near a busy road, the shape and texture of a plant's...
Bitter gourd plant compound curbs lung scarring in mice
The intensely bitter compound that makes bitter melon and wild cucumber vines unpalatable to brow...
Weedy garden plant's compounds may soothe inflamed intestines
The scrappy little spurge sprouting in sidewalk cracks and untended garden beds has been used for...
Turmeric and grape compounds may guard aging brain cells
The turmeric in your spice rack, the grapes on your patio vine, and the ginseng root some gardene...
Shrub-derived compound eases nerve pain by cooling spinal inflammation
The unassuming Daphne shrub some gardeners grow for its fragrant winter blooms has been a source ...
Herbal root oil compound blocks liver damage in mice
The same folk-medicine logic that sends herbalists digging up umbellifer roots for liver remedies...
Ancient herb astragalus shields lungs from radiation damage in mice
The astragalus root sold in herbal shops and grown by some gardeners as an ornamental legume isn'...
Astragalus root sugars can reprogram immune cells to fight tumors
The astragalus root sold in herbal shops and grown in some medicinal gardens contains dozens of d...
Siberian ginseng stems may fight steroid-related muscle loss
The scraggly stems of Siberian ginseng usually get tossed aside in favor of the root, but this st...
Amazon rainforest bark extract calms inflammation via nitric oxide pathway
Traditional healers in the Amazon have used breu bark for inflammation for generations, and this ...
This desert root gets more potent right before it wilts
If you grow or forage medicinal roots, this shows that waiting until a plant looks 'done' abovegr...
Herb color change reveals hidden chemistry shift after wine processing
If you grow or forage Solomon's seal for its edible, medicinal rhizomes, this shows that simple v...
Plant compound ferulic acid shows promise for calming ulcerative co...
Ferulic acid sits in the cell walls of the wheat, rice, and oat bran, and in the coffee, apples, ...
Microscopic bubbles from edible plants may help train the immune sy...
The ginger root, grapes and medicinal herbs you grow release nanoscale vesicles that researchers ...
Plant fuzz doubles as armor and chemical factory
The fuzzy or sticky leaves on your tomato plants, mint, or lamb's ear aren't random texture, they...
How stressed plants turn on their built-in chemical defenses
The deeper color, stronger scent, and sharper flavor in herbs like sage or thyme grown a little d...
Plant-heavy Mediterranean eating protects against disease, review confirms
The olive tree, legumes, and whole grains that make up a food forest's backbone aren't just garde...
French Guiana's agarwood carries its own microbial fingerprint
If you've ever wondered why the same crop grown in different regions tastes or smells different, ...
Watering just half the roots helps this herb beat drought
If you garden in a dry climate, this suggests alternating which side of a plant's root zone gets ...
Coffee compound fights liver cancer in animal studies
That afternoon cup of coffee contains chlorogenic acid, the same compound researchers are studyin...
Jujube fruit extracts show promise fighting germs and oxidation
The jujube tree many gardeners grow for its sweet, date-like fruit turns out to pack antibacteria...
Ugandan tree bark extract kills two drug-resistant superbugs in lab tests
Albizia trees, relatives of the mimosa and silk trees planted in warm-climate gardens and parks, ...
Charcoal-like soil additive doubles down on mint fertilizer benefits
If you've ever struggled with sandy or fast-draining soil letting water and fertilizer run right ...
Balloon flower particles help immune cells destroy stomach cancer
The balloon flower growing in cottage gardens for its papery blue blooms is now the source of pla...
Scientists find plant enzymes with surprisingly clever chemistry skills
Many of the medicines, dyes, and flavors we rely on come from plant compounds that are hard to ma...
Plant compound helps injured brain cells regrow after trauma
The flavonoid behind this discovery belongs to the same family of plant chemicals found in citrus...
This purple lawn weed is popping up in nature logs everywhere
That low, purple-flowered plant creeping through your lawn or the edge of the trail isn't just a ...
Smart genetic switches let scientists fine-tune plant sugar chemistry
The sturdy stems and tough leaves in your garden owe their structure to cell wall sugars that sci...
Traditional liver-protecting herb damiana turned into tested medicine
Damiana has been brewed as folk medicine for generations, and this kind of formulation work is wh...
An ancient herbal remedy heals kidneys through gut bacteria
The same gut microbes this herbal formula nurtures, like Bifidobacterium and Akkermansia, are the...
This vine root eases alcohol liver damage via gut bacteria
If you've ever grown climbing vines for their tenacious roots, it's worth knowing that this one, ...
Berry-derived gut compound found to directly grab a cell survival switch
The anthocyanins that give blueberries, red cabbage, and purple grapes their color get converted ...
Common weedy shrub packs a surprising medicine cabinet of compounds
If you've spotted a scrubby, sticky-leaved shrub along a dry roadside or hillside, you may be loo...
This scrappy shrub's folk remedies hold up in the lab
If you've ever spotted a tough, sticky-leaved shrub thriving in poor soil along a roadside or dry...
Jamaica cherry bark shows real anti-inflammatory power in lab tests
That fast-growing, sweet-fruited tree you might dismiss as a weedy roadside plant carries bark co...
Medicinal mushroom extract eases PCOS symptoms in rat study
The same fungus you might spot as a shaggy, hoof-shaped growth on old ash or apple trees is being...
Moringa leaf sugars calm gut inflammation by feeding good bacteria
If you grow Moringa in your garden or know it as a backyard 'miracle tree' in warmer climates, it...
Jamaica cherry bark extract shows anti-arthritis potential in lab tests
That scrappy, fast-growing tree with sweet red berries showing up in tropical gardens and along r...
Red ginseng fuels a gut bacterium that curbs appetite
The ginseng root you might grow in a shaded woodland bed or see dried at an herbal market turns o...
Pomegranate root compound shields the gut from alcohol damage
The pomegranate tree many gardeners grow for its fruit also carries this protective compound in i...
Sage leaf extract soaks up mercury, lead, and copper from water
That sage plant on your windowsill or in your herb bed contains natural chemistry that latches on...
Tobacco plant compound reverses diabetes damage in mouse study
The waxy coating on tobacco and tomato leaves in your garden contains solanesol, a compound now s...
Bitter plant compound calms bone-destroying cells via taste receptor
The bitter compounds in plants like goldenseal and barberry that make them unpalatable to browsin...
Himalayan edible flower slows breast cancer cell growth
A wild edible flower long used in Himalayan cooking turns out to have measurable biological activ...
Kava compound blocks gut-damaging cell death in mice
Kava, the same root Pacific Islanders brew into a calming ceremonial drink, turns out to hold a c...
Mangosteen fruit compound shows promise fighting cervical cancer cells
The purple-rinded tropical fruit sold in Asian grocery stores contains a compound researchers are...
Traditional herb compound blocks kidney's uric acid recycling protein
If you or a gardening friend deal with gout flare-ups, this plant used in Chinese herbal medicine...
Stonecrops show medicinal promise, but proof remains incomplete
Those low, fleshy-leaved stonecrops carpeting your rock garden or green roof have been used in fo...
A fern's algae partner boosts its drug-cleaning power
The floating ferns that carpet garden ponds and rice paddies host a hidden algae partner that cha...
Chinese herbs rival antibiotics at fighting chicken gut germs
The same antibiotic resistance crisis showing up in farm animals is a preview of what happens to ...
Stevia extract shields diabetic rat livers from damage
The same leafy plant behind your zero-calorie sweetener packets may carry liver-protective compou...
Scientists pinpoint the gene coloring mutant rice seeds purple
The antioxidant-rich pigments that make some grains look richly colored, from purple rice to red ...
Traditional Chinese tea eases artery plaque buildup in mice
The compound driving this effect, 6'-O-caffeoylarbutin, comes from a foraged herbal tea plant, a ...
Saffron extract eased stress-linked anxiety and blood sugar problem...
The saffron threads in your spice rack come from a crocus flower that's now showing measurable ef...
Red ginseng tunes the immune system up or down as needed
If you grow Panax ginseng or use root extracts, this decade-long review explains the actual cellu...
Plant compound harmane fights colon cancer via gut bacteria
The legume family that harbors this compound spans thousands of species from garden peas to wild ...
Nanoparticles could unlock cancer-fighting power of everyday plant ...
The turmeric in your spice rack, the green tea in your cup, and the grapes on your counter all co...
Periwinkle plant has a built-in brake for its own poison
The same periwinkle you might grow as a garden groundcover is quietly running a chemical factory ...
An herbal compound makes cow's milk fat healthier
The jug of milk in your fridge carries a microbiome of its own, and this study shows that a flowe...
Olive leaf trimmings transformed into liver cancer-fighting nanoparticles
The olive leaves and prunings that most gardeners toss or burn carry compounds like rutin and que...
Ancient Chinese medicine plant yields promising arthritis-fighting compound
The thunder god vine, long used in traditional Chinese herbal medicine and sometimes grown as an ...
Plant flavonoid quercetin helps immune cells fight stomach cancer
The onions, apples, and capers in your kitchen contain the same quercetin compound researchers us...
Berry pigments and herb oils could replace synthetic food preservatives
The deep purple in your blueberries, the bitter tang of dandelion greens, and the aroma of rosema...
Saikosaponin D alleviates chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain s...
Chinese thoroughwax (Bupleurum) has been brewed into medicinal teas across East Asia for centurie...
Contaminated soil taints cannabis flowers and disrupts its medicine
If you grow anything in soil near old paint, batteries, or industrial runoff, this study is a rem...
This toxic woodland wildflower is blooming everywhere right now
If you've got shady patches at the edge of your yard or a nearby woodland trail, those clusters o...
Needle-prick method speeds up gene editing in a key medicinal herb
Danshen root extract shows up in heart and circulation remedies across Asia, and faster gene-edit...
Gut bacteria and plant compounds may team up to protect the brain
The polyphenols in the herbs and berries you grow don't work alone; gut bacteria have to break th...
Ginseng fights liver cancer in rats through gut bacteria shifts
The ginseng root sold in health-food stores and grown in shaded woodland gardens may work its med...
Fungal partners help cardoon plants pack in more antioxidants
The silvery, thistle-like cardoon you might spot in a Mediterranean-style garden bed is being stu...
Turmeric relative's compound may slow colon cancer development
The turmeric growing in your herb garden has a lesser-known cousin, Curcuma comosa, whose rhizome...
Solomon's seal root sugars feed gut bacteria in structure-specific ways
The knobby Solomon's seal rhizome sold in herbal medicine shops turns out to work by feeding spec...
Tough plant proteins feed gut bacteria in surprisingly healthy ways
The beans, greens, and whole grains you grow or buy contain proteins your own gut enzymes can't b...
Avocado pits show real promise for preventing stomach ulcers
The avocado pit you scoop out and toss into the compost bin contains fatty compounds that, in thi...
Plants' own chemical weapons could replace synthetic pesticides
The bitter compounds that make some garden plants unappetizing to pests are the same chemistry re...
Tiny plant particles could deliver medicine better than raw extracts
The ginger in your kitchen and the herbs in your garden may already contain nature's own drug-del...
Berry pigments show modest but real anti-obesity benefits in studies
The deep purple and red hues in your blueberries, black currants, and purple cabbage aren't just ...
Plant compound quiets bacterial chatter to fight lung infections
The same plant chemistry that gives pine forests and herb gardens their scent is showing up as a ...
Plant compound helps enzymes destroy antibiotic pollution in water
The antibiotics that wash off farms and into streams and park ponds can linger for years, and thi...
Peanut meal beats urea for composting herbal medicine waste
If you compost at home, this confirms that what you feed the pile (not just how much) decides whe...
Quieting a plant's immune system boosts lab protein output
Tobacco relatives like Nicotiana benthamiana are the workhorse behind many plant-made vaccines an...
This purple lawn weed is popping up everywhere right now
That low-growing patch of purple flowers dotting your lawn or the trail edge isn't just a weed to...
Buckwheat's natural compounds may boost gut and metabolic health
The buckwheat you might grow as a fast-maturing cover crop or harvest for homemade soba and panca...
Konjac root fiber, broken down smartly, feeds gut bacteria better
Konjac, the starchy corm behind the konjac yam and products like shirataki noodles, turns out to ...
Jackfruit leaves show real promise as a stomach ulcer treatment
The jackfruit tree in a backyard orchard or fruit market isn't just prized for its sweet flesh; i...
Plant compounds fight colon cancer by hitting many targets at once
The turmeric in your spice rack and the quercetin-rich onions in your garden contain compounds th...
Plant compounds could help calm an enzyme driving gut disease
The same plant chemicals showing up in herbal teas and colorful vegetables, polyphenols, flavonoi...
One moringa tree species handles climate stress better than its cousin
If you're growing moringa for its nutrient-dense leaves, knowing that Moringa oleifera outperform...
A medicinal herb compound may help repair sun-damaged skin
The same Cnidium monnieri plant some herbalists grow for traditional remedies contains osthole, a...
Your algae supplement might carry hidden toxins from blue-green algae
If you or someone in your household takes Spirulina or Chlorella capsules for a health boost, thi...
Plant compounds in your food may help fight drug-resistant TB
The colorful pigments that make berries, onions, and citrus peels vibrant are the same flavonoid ...
Camellia compound helps skin cells clear out sun damage
The camellia blooming in your garden or a neighbor's yard belongs to the same plant family now li...
Some Polish herbal remedies carry trace mercury contamination
The dried herbs in your kitchen cabinet for tea or home remedies aren't automatically free of hea...
Soviet scientists mined Buddhist monk medicine for new drugs
The next time you read about a plant's traditional medicinal use, remember that knowledge often s...
Goji berry particles disguised as cells restore fertility in mice
The goji berries sold dried in health food aisles or grown on a backyard trellis are turning out ...
Plant compound kaempferol helps neurons grow and resist Alzheimer's damage
Kaempferol isn't some exotic lab chemical, it's a flavonoid already found in everyday plants like...
Investigating the mechanism of Rehmannia glutinosa-Ephedra sinica i...
Rehmannia, the waxy-leafed, crimson-flowered plant sold at Chinese herb markets and grown as a pe...
Current advances in restoring intestinal barrier homeostasis by nat...
Herbs you might already grow — astragalus, ginger, licorice root — are now being rigorously valid...
Mysterious giants in the world of lipids: long linear isoprenoid fu...
Every tomato that sets fruit in your garden depends on a molecular relay—these lipid chains quiet...
Plant-based whole-food diets are feasible during auto-HCT and are a...
Every high-fiber meal you eat from your garden — the beans, the kale, the winter squash — activel...
The prebiotic inulin affects virulence factor expression in Candida...
Dandelion roots you pull as lawn weeds are loaded with inulin — the same plant fiber now shown to...
common selfheal (Prunella vulgaris) observed in N Oakwood Ave, Ocon...
Common selfheal growing in a lawn or sidewalk strip is one of the easiest medicinal wildflowers t...
Inhibition of joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis by Wuwei G...
Five plants you might find in a botanical garden or herbal shop — juniper, rhododendron, wormwood...
Tea from Pods with Seeds of <i>Libidibia ferrea</i> (Ju...
If you've ever reached for a traditional herbal remedy during a gut flare-up, this study is a rem...
Phytochemical Screening of Selected Cholistani Plants and Their Bio...
Desert plants that survive on almost nothing often pack their tissues with potent defensive compo...
Engineered Microbial Production of Sesquiterpenoids: Recent Advance...
Many of the aromatic plant compounds in your herbal remedies and essential oils are so scarce in ...
Plant-derived extracellular vesicles for cancer therapy: Biological...
Ginger roots, grapes, and broccoli in your garden produce microscopic particles that researchers ...
De Novo Biosynthesis of Trigonelline in Engineered Escherichia coli.
Fenugreek seeds have been brewed into medicinal teas and curries for millennia, and now the key c...
Toxicology and biodistribution of plant-derived extracellular vesic...
Plants you grow and eat — spinach, ginger, grapes — are being harvested for nanoscale particles t...
Synthesis of L-arginine functionalized curcuminoid impregnated on b...
Turmeric's healing reputation, long trusted in kitchen medicine cabinets, is now being engineered...
Metabolism and bioavailability aspects of natural products of plant...
Many herbal remedies your grandmother swore by are only now getting the scientific tools needed t...
From Mechanisms to Therapy: Targeting the Gut-Brain Axis in Chronic...
Herbs and plant extracts you might grow or forage—from ginger to chamomile—are now being studied ...
Unveiling the cellular and molecular mechanisms of traditional Chin...
Many of the medicinal herbs reviewed—like turmeric, milk thistle, and Chinese skullcap—grow in ba...
Plant-derived nanoparticles in bandages help chronic wounds finally heal
Plant-derived nanoparticles, extracted from herbs and botanicals you might already grow, are emer...
Plant chemicals disrupt bacterial slime communities that resist sta...
The phenolics that give your rosemary its resinous punch and your black-eyed Susans their bitter ...
Cannabis compounds show promise for ALS but need stronger human trials
Cannabis has been cultivated for medicine for thousands of years, and this research thread is one...
Nux vomica's toxic compounds show promise for pain and cancer treatment
The same seed traditional healers in South Asia have handled for centuries with careful preparati...
Computer models help microbes produce plant medicines more efficiently
Many of the plant compounds in your herbal teas, essential oils, and natural remedies take years ...
Liquidambaris fructus inhibits osteosarcoma through PTGS2/TGFB1 and...
Those spiky sweetgum balls littering your lawn and sidewalks each fall may contain compounds with...
Pueraria lobata-derived exosome-like nanovesicles alleviate rheumat...
Kudzu — the vine choking forests across the American South — sheds microscopic particles that rew...
Research progress on employing medicinal plants and their active co...
Centuries-old herbal remedies sitting in traditional medicine cabinets worldwide are now being sc...
A review on the system-level bioactivity of polysaccharides along t...
Every apple, carrot, and bean in your garden packs its cell walls with pectin and other complex c...
Advances on botanicals targeting programmed cell death in acetamino...
Herbs like grapevine, Chinese herbal medicines, and berry-producing plants that traditional heale...
The X-ray crystal structure and biochemical analysis of a native ba...
The proteins plants pump into their flowers may be doing jobs we haven't imagined yet — and under...
Lilac chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus) observed in Brookhouse Dr, S...
Lilac chaste tree thrives in hot, dry conditions and produces long lavender flower spikes that dr...
Plant-mediated green nanoparticles: combining nanometal and biometa...
Galantamine — the only FDA-approved Alzheimer's drug derived directly from a plant — comes from s...
Yam gel and licorice compound repair worn-out spinal discs in goats
The yam vine climbing your trellis and the licorice root steeping in your tea both contain compou...
South African knobwood yields cancer-killing compound that converts...
Native prickly ash, planted by eastern gardeners for zebra swallowtail caterpillar habitat, belon...
Ayurvedic arjuna tree bark shows early promise for soothing gut inf...
The arjuna tree, a tall riverside species grown in warm-climate gardens and avenues across South ...
Edible tea tree mushroom extract shields rat bones by reshaping gut...
The tea tree mushroom sold in Asian markets and grown on logs or straw in home mushroom patches m...
Mediterranean-style eating keeps proving its worth for far more tha...
The olive trees, herbs, beans and leafy greens that anchor a Mediterranean plate are all things y...
Leaves of a Chinese medicinal hibiscus helped rebuild immunity in w...
The leaves of Abelmoschus manihot, a showy yellow-flowered hibiscus relative you can grow in a wa...
Licorice root compounds curb colon tumors in mice by feeding helpfu...
The licorice root behind the candy and herbal teas in your cupboard holds compounds that, in mice...
Tropical tree compound targets cancer cells, spares healthy ones
The same rainforest trees that folk healers have used for generations are now revealing a molecul...
Medicinal plants for obsessive-compulsive disorder: A review of phy...
Herbs long used in traditional medicine — many of which grow in kitchen gardens or wild hedgerows...
Targeted alleviation of local inflammation by a hydroxypropyl-cyclo...
Mint in your garden and the wintergreen along your hiking trail produce compounds that scientists...
Milkvetch root feeds gut bacteria that protect sows around farrowing
Astragalus, the spiny-leafed perennial grown for ornamental seed pods and traditional medicine, c...
Metformin-phytochemical combination therapy in metabolic dysfunctio...
Milk thistle growing along your fence or in a sunny patch of disturbed soil has been producing si...
Fenugreek supplements show little effect on liver enzymes overall
The fenugreek seeds sold as a cooking spice or herbal supplement in health food stores don't appe...
Hibiscus relative's flower extract shields eye cells from blue light
The showy yellow-flowered mallow relative some gardeners grow as an ornamental turns out to pack ...
Copper-flavonoid combo fights colon cancer cells in lab tests
The flavonoids behind this compound are the same antioxidant-rich pigments found in everyday plan...
Citrus compound hits multiple brain receptors tied to mood
The bitter orange and other citrus trees you might grow or see in a garden produce this compound ...
Cumin seed extract turns bismuth into cancer-fighting nanoparticles
The cumin sitting in your spice rack isn't just flavoring soup; its seed extract can act as a nat...
Chicory root fiber boosts farm animal gut health and yields
The chicory growing in your garden or the Jerusalem artichoke tubers you're about to harvest cont...
Why beet-red plant pigments fade, and how to stop it
The deep magenta color in your beet harvest or prickly pear fruit comes from the same pigment fam...
Olive bacteria produce a natural skin-soothing soap compound
The bacteria living on the skin of olives, the same ones behind traditional fermentation, are tur...
Milling waste from wheat could become a health-boosting food ingredient
The wheat berries you see in ornamental grass plantings or bake into bread have a germ portion no...
Andean tara plant extract selectively kills mouse colon cancer cells
Tara, a tree grown in the Andes for its tannin-rich seed pods used in food and leather industries...
Leftover sesame and perilla seed pulp may guard liver cells
The sesame seeds on your spice rack and the perilla leaves in your garden salad both leave behind...
Development of Bacillus subtilis cell factories for nutraceuticals ...
Many of the supplements and functional foods on shelves—vitamins, antioxidants, and plant-derived...
Sesame oil may shield fertility from a common transplant drug
The sesame seeds you might toss in a stir-fry come from a plant whose oil is showing real promise...
Methanol pulls the most healing compounds from this medicinal shrub...
If you grow Vitex negundo (chaste tree relative) as an ornamental or windbreak, this study confir...
New fungal disease found rotting aloe vera plant tips in India
If you grow aloe vera on a sunny windowsill or in a garden bed, knowing what causes mushy, rottin...
Buddha's hand citron yields new compounds that may protect the liver
The fragrant, finger-like citrus you might spot at an Asian grocery or grow as an ornamental in a...
Why the same berries affect everyone's health differently
The antioxidant boost you expect from blueberries or green tea depends heavily on your own gut ba...
Scientists brew plant scents in yeast instead of fields
The smell of crushed mint leaves or a pine forest after rain comes from monoterpenoids, and under...
Licorice root sugars get digested by gut bacteria into immune boosters
The licorice plant many gardeners grow for its sweet roots and pollinator-friendly purple flowers...
Tropical shrub yields new compounds that kill cancer cells in lab
Plants like this one, related to citrus and used in traditional medicine across Southeast Asia, r...
Scientists chart a path to healthier, better-absorbed soy foods
If you grow edamame or soybeans in your garden, the variety you pick trades off yield against the...
Citrus oil boosts radiation's power against grain-eating pests
The dried beans, rice, or flour in your pantry are protected from bugs somewhere along the supply...
Orchid compound fights lung cancer by cleaning up cell power plants
The showy Chinese ground orchid grown in shade gardens for its purple spring blooms turns out to ...
Moringa leaf may shield reproductive tissue from phone radiation
The scrappy moringa tree many gardeners grow for its nutrient-dense leaves is being studied for p...
Tiny plant particles could deliver medicine through your gut
The ginger and grapefruit in your kitchen naturally produce microscopic vesicles that scientists ...
Plant-heavy diets beat keto for kidney and weight health
If you're growing vegetables, legumes, and whole grains in your own backyard, this review is a re...
Root extract from a traditional herb protects blood vessels from cell death
The astragalus root long used in traditional Chinese herbal medicine turns out to switch on a cel...
DNA barcoding untangles the family tree of flowering mallow shrubs
If you grow Abutilon (flowering maple) for its bell-shaped blooms, this research gives breeders a...
New imaging tech reveals exactly where plants hide their medicine
The next time you brew tea from a medicinal herb like poppy or coffee plant leaves, this technolo...
Mixing elephant garlic with regular garlic changes flavor and nutrition
If you grow both elephant garlic and regular garlic in your kitchen bed, this shows the ratio you...
Traditional diabetes plant shows hidden risks with repeated use
If you've ever assumed 'natural remedy' means 'safe in any amount,' this plant's story is a remin...
Plant compounds in tea and berries may calm disease-linked cell signals
The polyphenols behind the color and bite in berries, tea leaves, and red wine grapes are the sam...
Old medicinal root compound shows new anti-infection powers in labs
The gnarled roots sold in traditional medicine shops as 'han fang ji' come from a woody vine that...
Purple sweet potato leaves become a workable skin gel base
The purple sweet potato vine trailing over your garden bed isn't just a root crop, its leaves car...
Herbal extract rich in plant flavonoids curbs weight gain in mice t...
The flavonoids that give many medicinal herbs and colorful garden plants their pigments and bitte...
Plant compounds and gut bacteria may share brain-protecting pathways
The flavonoids and polyphenols concentrated in everyday herbs, berries, and leafy greens you migh...
Decades of plant medicine research rarely reach pharmacy shelves
If you've ever wondered why the herbal remedy your grandmother swore by never shows up as a docto...
This root extract patched up leaky, inflamed mouse intestines
The gnarly, sweet-tasting root sold in Asian herb shops as 'dang shen' and sometimes grown as a c...
A moringa and paneer booti syrup shows promise against high blood sugar
The moringa tree many gardeners grow for its edible leaves and pods is showing up in labs as a le...
Soy protein powder keeps green plant pigments potent after digestion
The deep green color and nutritional punch of leafy greens and herbs you juice or dry at home cou...
Purple sweet potato and pea flower drink eyed for diabetes care
Butterfly pea flower, the vivid blue bloom many gardeners grow as a climbing vine or brew into te...
Purple sweet potato and blue flower drink may aid pregnancy diabetes
Butterfly pea flower, the plant behind that color-changing blue tea trend, is easy to grow on a t...
Mercury pollution stunts spearmint and damages its stem tissue
If you grow mint near old industrial sites, painted structures, or areas with legacy mercury cont...
Two Iranian wildflowers show promise killing cancer cells in lab tests
A scraggly mullein-family wildflower growing wild on a hillside in Iran just outperformed dozens ...
Plant extracts could replace hormones in farmed tilapia
Malabar spinach, a common leafy green climbing many backyard trellises, is being studied as a nat...
Chickpea protein may calm inflammation in hard-training cyclists
The humble chickpea in your garden bed or pantry carries protein fragments that, once broken down...
Two algae proteins team up to make more pigment
The lycopene in your tomatoes and the beta-carotene in your carrots come from the same biological...
Grape and turmeric compounds team up to heal gut lining
The same plant chemistry that makes red grape skins and turmeric root prized in herbal medicine c...
A common garden mallow plant may help fight tooth decay
The mallow growing along fences and in cottage gardens turns out to have a long folk-medicine his...
Pollen shells treated with thyme and mint soak up dye pollution
If you've ever noticed dye runoff tinting a creek near a textile or craft dye operation, this poi...
Common plant compound may protect against deadly pancreas disease
The compound behind this discovery, kaempferol, is the same flavonoid found in kale, broccoli, an...
Plant nanoparticles could replace animal cells in anti-aging skincare
The ginger in your kitchen and the grapes on your vine contain microscopic particles that researc...
Ancient herbal formula boosts arthritis drug's bone protection in rats
The two plants behind this formula, Chinese privet and false daisy, are staples of traditional he...
Your gut bacteria quietly rework plant coumarins after you eat them
The fragrant coumarins in plants like sweet woodruff, cassia, and tonka bean don't just get absor...
Tree bark compounds fight piglet diarrhea via gut microbes
The same tannin chemistry that oak and chestnut trees use to defend their leaves and bark turns o...
Common yarrow is blooming everywhere right now, data shows
That feathery-leafed plant popping up along trails and in untended garden corners right now is co...
Plant and mushroom sugars show promise for tuning the immune system
The echinacea in your garden bed and the shiitake mushrooms you grow in the backyard both contain...
Rhubarb-family plant compounds may target a liver cancer gene
The tart rhubarb stalks in your garden and the aloe on your windowsill both produce anthraquinone...
Long pepper compounds may protect blood vessels by boosting cell energy
The spicy long pepper used in Indonesian cooking and traditional medicine contains compounds that...
Plant chemicals remain a huge untapped source for new medicines
The herbs in your garden, from mint to echinacea, carry the same classes of chemical compounds th...
Algae could replace plants as a source of medicinal compounds
The essential oils, resins, and medicinal compounds that come from slow-growing plants like yew t...
Brazilian health workers and healers team up on medicinal gardens
If you've ever grown mint for tea or aloe for burns, this is the same idea scaled up: towns growi...
Digested food fragments can quiet or trigger immune responses
The beans and peas you grow in your garden break down during digestion into tiny protein fragment...
Yeast factories now brew a rainforest fruit's natural sweetener
The intensely sweet thaumatin protein comes from the katemfe plant, a West African rainforest shr...
Old-world medicinal herb spotted thriving on Lake Ontario shoreline
If you walk the Waterfront Trail near Pickering, you're passing a plant once cultivated across Eu...
A tropical leaf extract makes goat meat juicier and more tender
The same wild pepper leaf used in Southeast Asian cooking and traditional medicine turns out to r...
Wild daisy compound outperforms its own lab-made copies against bacteria
The scrubby, aromatic Helichrysum shrubs some gardeners grow for their papery 'everlasting' flowe...
Four related medicinal herbs each grow their own unique root microbes
The soil microbes clinging to a plant's roots can influence how well it grows, resists disease, a...
Plant toxins get retooled into glowing tools for medical research
The bitter, toxic compounds that plants evolved to fend off insects and grazers are the same mole...
This tree's leaves flush out fluid almost like a prescription diuretic
If you've got a Putranjiva roxburghii in a botanical garden or traditional medicine collection, t...
Four common roadside plants confirmed to hold real medicinal compounds
The scrappy vine climbing a fence near you might be Tinospora cordifolia, a plant local healers h...
Hens-and-chicks succulents build sugary armor to survive cold
If you grow hens-and-chicks on a rock garden or windowsill, this is the chemistry behind why they...
Backyard gardens quietly feed and heal rural families
The patch of herbs and vegetables outside your door can double as a pharmacy and a paycheck, not ...
Candytuft plants' chemistry confirms their family tree
The candytuft flowers sold as garden border plants belong to a genus with hidden chemical diversi...
Changes in gut microbiota composition following water kefir consump...
Fermenting plain sugar water into water kefir at home — the same low-tech craft as brewing tepach...
Lipid ligand binding and membrane interactions of a novel food-deri...
If you grow lupins or peaches and eat them fresh from the garden, the fats naturally present on t...
Traditional Chinese medicine treatment of asthma: From the insight ...
Herbs that traditional healers have prescribed for lung conditions for centuries are now being ma...
Plant-derived L-asparaginases: Comprehensive functional and biologi...
Common beans — the same ones you're growing in your vegetable patch — carry enzymes in their prot...
BioTD: An Online Database of Biotoxins.
Dozens of plants in your garden or local woods — from foxglove to monkshood — produce compounds t...
Rhubarb extract shields brain cells after hemorrhagic stroke in mice
Rhubarb, the tart stalks you might harvest from a backyard patch, turns out to carry compounds th...
Garden spinach compound reduces brain inflammation and aids recover...
Spinach, broccoli, and other leafy greens you grow contain alpha-lipoic acid, and this research a...
Why cannabis affects people so differently depends on how you take it
If you grow cannabis medicinally or know someone who does, the reason a homegrown tincture can fe...
A cough-relief herb from Europe is spreading through Newfoundland streets
If you spot yellow, dandelion-like flowers popping up on bare stems along a sidewalk crack in ear...
ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata) observed in Brookfield
Ribwort plantain growing along roadsides and lawns in Brookfield is one of the most underapprecia...
Noni plant confirmed growing wild near historic Hawaiian coastal site
Noni has been used by Hawaiians for over a thousand years as medicine, dye, and food, so spotting...
New green method measures calming compound in tea leaves
The tea you steep every morning contains a natural compound linked to relaxation, and this method...
How you extract apple pectin changes its health benefits
The apple peels and cores you toss in the compost bin contain a fiber whose molecular structure, ...
Medicinal Cordyceps fungus eased diabetes and high cholesterol sign...
Cordyceps militaris is the orange, club-shaped fungus sold as a wellness supplement and grown on ...
Plant compound rutin calms runaway immune response and protects lun...
Rutin is the same pigment-like flavonoid that shows up in buckwheat, citrus peel, and the leaves ...
Traditional Chinese herb slows aging signs in worms and mice
Breviscapine-rich Erigeron breviscapus, a daisy-family wildflower from the mountains of southwest...
Soil microbe naturally makes a compound scientists thought was synthetic
The same class of soil bacteria that gives us antibiotics is now shown to produce a compound with...
Tiny dose of plant flavonoids boosts rabbit health and meat quality
The flavonoids packed into colorful fruits, herbs, and tea leaves in your garden turn out to be p...
Rosewood's inner wood chemistry helps confirm its family tree
The rosewood furniture and instrument trade depends on being able to tell true Dalbergia species ...
Plant-heavy Mediterranean eating may ease inflammatory bowel diseas...
The vegetables, legumes, and olive oil you're already growing or buying could double as a low-cos...
Spotted: a native orchid with snake-patterned leaves in the woods
The mottled, silvery-veined rosette hiding under the leaf litter on your next forest walk isn't a...
Goji berry's sperm protection claims outrun the actual human evidence
That goji berry shrub sold at nurseries as a hardy, drought-tolerant edible landscape plant is no...
Plant-based exosome skincare is popular but barely tested
If you've ever wondered why a serum on the shelf lists 'plant exosomes' as an ingredient, this re...
Mapping the global landscape of biofilm-associated antimicrobial re...
Plant-derived compounds — the same broad category that includes garlic, thyme oil, and herbal ext...
The association between dietary total, animal and plant protein and...
Every bean plant, lentil row, or nut tree you tend in your garden is producing the kind of protei...
Innovative Field Applications of Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Medici...
Herbal and probiotic additives being tested on fish farms are drawn from the same medicinal plant...
Discovery of novel antimicrobials within microbiomes.
Fungal diseases are quietly devastating crops, forests, and wild plant populations worldwide — an...
Cannabis simultaneously raises and lowers immune markers in habitual users
Cannabis you might grow as a medicinal herb or fiber crop produces compounds that nudge the human...
Medicinal cannabis left liver enzymes undisturbed in cancer patients
Cannabis sativa is one of humanity's oldest cultivated plants, and understanding its safety profi...
Intelligent plant exosomes synergize miRNAs and cisplatin for spati...
Medicinal plants you can grow at home are being harvested for their naturally occurring nanoparti...
AI tools may help Kenyan libraries preserve vanishing plant and far...
Traditional plant medicines and agricultural practices passed down through generations in Kenya e...
Lab fungus naturally fights soybean blight, then gets a CRISPR cleanup
Soybeans in fields near you face a water mold called Phytophthora that rots roots and can wipe ou...
A report on the international conference on environmental mutagenes...
Farmers in chemically intensive regions are already turning to plants that naturally suppress pes...
Structure-function paradigms of natural polysaccharides in hepatoce...
Shiitake and reishi mushrooms you might grow on a shaded log in your backyard share the same beta...
Cannabinoids and cognition in Parkinson's disease: Insights from an...
Cannabis plants have been used medicinally for millennia, and scientists are now tracing exactly ...
Gut bacteria make hidden fat molecules linked to diabetes risk
The soil microbes you nurture in your compost pile and garden beds work by the same logic as the ...
Plant-derived ring peptides inspire precise new drug designs
The tough, ring-shaped proteins some plants make as a defense against pests, called cyclotides, t...
Ginger and turmeric compounds show promise against aggressive breast cancer
The ginger root and turmeric in your kitchen spice rack contain compounds now shown to bind effec...
Protein powder studies can't separate protein from exercise effects
If you're growing your own peas or soybeans for a plant-based protein boost, this review is a rem...
Common fermentation bacterium is surprisingly hard to predict
The bacteria fermenting your homemade sauerkraut or kimchi are the same ones scientists are strug...
A plant flavonoid may help stop diabetes-related bone loss
The flavonoid family behind this discovery shows up in tea leaves and other plants, and it's a re...
Researchers map the chemical makeup of a flowering vine
The sweet autumn clematis climbing your fence or trellis carries a chemical fingerprint that trad...
How herbal syrup makers meet safety rules in two regions
The herbal tincture or elderberry syrup you buy at the pharmacy went through a quality-control ga...
Catnip relative shows promise for protecting DNA from damage
The catmint growing in your pollinator border isn't just cat entertainment, it may harbor compoun...
A gut bacterium's vitamin B5 output guards against metabolic disease
The fiber-rich plants you grow and eat, think chicory root, Jerusalem artichoke, or garlic, may f...
Plant-forward living after cancer treatment cuts relapse risk meaningfully
The plant-forward diets linked to better cancer survival outcomes are built on the same vegetable...
Chicory compound shields rat hearts from aluminum damage
The bitter compound giving chicory root and horse chestnut their medicinal reputation just showed...
Bitter Mediterranean herb confirmed growing wild in LA County
If you're weeding a dry, sunny corner of your yard in Southern California and find a fuzzy gray-g...
Plant-rich diets feed the gut bacteria that calm digestive disease
The vegetables, legumes, and whole grains you grow or choose at the market aren't just food, they...
Plant sugars inspire a new generation of smart medicines
The gel-like polysaccharides that make aloe soothing or that thicken a slice of okra are the same...
Two traditional plants combined into a stable diabetes syrup
The moringa tree many gardeners grow for its edible leaves and pods is now being formulated into ...
Toxic mint relative spotted growing wild in Eugene, Oregon
If you've got a dog that likes to nibble roadside greenery, pennyroyal's pretty purple flowers hi...
Seed chemistry helps place silver cockscomb on the plant family tree
If you've grown the feathery, flame-shaped cockscomb flowers in your garden, this research helps ...
Finland turned 1980s dairy biotech into a billion-euro industry
The breeding techniques and plant cell cultivation methods refined in Finnish labs over 40 years ...
Old-world heart herb confirmed growing wild in Ontario
Motherwort spreads readily along fence lines and garden edges, so if you've seen a scrappy mint-f...
Experts agree on what makes herbal medicines sold responsibly in pharmacies
The herbal remedies lining pharmacy shelves, from turmeric capsules to andrographis extract, only...
Fiber-rich diets may protect gut and heart health
The beans, greens, and whole grains you grow or buy feed the exact gut bacteria this review says ...
Paeoniflorin suppresses cardiomyocyte pyroptosis and ameliorates di...
Humble peony plant growing in your garden may hold compounds that could one day help the millions...
Exosome-like nanovesicles from acerola for CRISPR-Cas9 ribonucleopr...
The acerola cherry — a tropical fruit you might find at a Latin market or growing in a warm-clima...
Harnessing edible extracellular vesicles for inflammatory bowel dis...
Tiny vesicles shed by the edible plants in your garden — not extracted chemicals, but the plants'...
Addressing the Precision Delivery Challenges of Food-Medicine Homol...
Medicinal herbs you might grow in a tea garden — astragalus, goji, licorice root — contain powerf...
The plant nutrient boron may also matter for human health
The same boron you might add to your soil for tomatoes or roses to prevent blossom-end rot and we...
Hospital feeding tubes may need a whole-food makeover
The same corn and soybean oil that dominate industrial ICU nutrition are grown in the vast monocu...
Edible seaweed extract eases pollution-worsened asthma in mice
The brown seaweed used here, Ecklonia cava, is the same edible kelp relative you'll find dried in...
Plant compound sponge speeds up healing of mouth wounds
Chinese skullcap, a plant long used in traditional medicine, keeps turning up in modern labs beca...
Plant compounds and engineered antibodies could better block danger...
If you hike, garden, or forage in viper country, the plant-derived compounds under study as venom...
Inoculation of Bacillus velezensis SD24 enhancing the accumulation ...
Tea grown with beneficial soil microbes can produce healthier plants that need fewer pesticides —...
Natural products targeting the gut-brain axis for the treatment of ...
Herbal compounds used in traditional medicine for centuries are now backed by clinical evidence f...
Gut microbiota dysbiosis and osteoporosis: pathogenesis and novel i...
Fermented plant foods — kimchi, miso, sauerkraut — are among the richest sources of the probiotic...
Computer models reveal how moldy grain toxin harms kidneys
The corn, peanuts, and grains you store in a pantry or feed to backyard chickens can grow this to...
Plant-based nanoparticles emerge as a tool against gut inflammation
The same plant compounds that stock your kitchen and garden, edible portions of ginger, grapefrui...
Turmeric's active compound doesn't undo pesticide damage in lab cells
The turmeric root sitting in your spice rack is being studied as a shield against pesticide expos...
Cancer patients with more pain and anxiety turn to cannabis more often
Cannabis is a flowering plant whose medicinal use is reshaping conversations about pain and palli...
Middle-aged women replacing prescriptions with cannabis often strug...
Cannabis is a plant whose medicinal use is reshaping how people manage mental health prescription...
Celery-derived stroke drug rebuilds brain blood vessels via one protein
The humble celery seed sitting in your spice rack contains a compound that pharmaceutical researc...
Herbal fertility tablet shows no toxic effects in rat study
If you've ever wondered whether a plant-based supplement on a store shelf has actually been teste...
Rewiring mTOR signaling in Alzheimer's disease: emerging mTOR modul...
Dozens of the most promising experimental Alzheimer's drugs trace their chemical blueprints to ma...
New tools target blinding fungal eye infections from farm fungi
The same mold species that rot your tomatoes and blight your garden beds, Fusarium and Aspergillu...
Chewing gum enzymes could block a cancer-causing mouth chemical
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Silver nanoparticles in everyday products may harm heart tissue
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Impaired NF-κB/Nrf2 Crosstalk in Rett Syndrome.
Sulforaphane, the compound that makes broccoli and other brassicas bitter, is emerging as a genui...
Gut microbiota and immune modulation: role in neurodegenerative dis...
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Tiny natural carriers deliver pain relief exactly where the body needs it
Pain management research that reduces reliance on opioids and systemic drugs opens the door to to...
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The same protein-disposal machinery that researchers are now targeting for cancer drugs also cont...
Recombinant Protein Drugs: A 2025 Update.
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Journal issues correction notice for earlier aloe vera gene study
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Metal nanoparticles can heal or harm cells depending on context
The 'green synthesis' technique mentioned here, brewing metal nanoparticles using plant extracts ...
Scientists refine tools to fight a costly chicken gut parasite
Plant-derived compounds are being tested as part of the next generation of treatments for this po...
Ultrasound-powered nanoparticle calms gut inflammation in mice
The tannic acid in this treatment, the same plant compound found in tea leaves, oak galls, and po...
Why cannabis rules loosen as nicotine rules tighten, oddly
If you grow tobacco or cannabis plants yourself, or just track how these two crops get treated so...
Metal nanoparticles show promise as antibiotic-free acne treatment
One of the nanoparticle production methods reviewed here relies on plant extracts to grow the par...
Boron compound stresses and kills skin cancer cells in lab dishes
The boron in the boric acid you might sprinkle on a garden bed to fix a deficiency also shows bio...
Breast cancer drug harms fish immunity, algae extract helps
The astaxanthin that showed up as a protective shield in this study comes from microalgae, the sa...
Garden plants like roselle and thyme spare the mouth bacteria that ...
Roselle and thyme growing in your garden turn out to be candidates for safer oral care; the plant...
Lab compound calms brain inflammation in Alzheimer's mice
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Comprehensive review on ethnobotany, phytochemistry, and pharmacolo...
A complete abstract would reveal which plant's traditional uses and medicinal compounds were revi...
Light-driven chemistry builds tougher sugar molecules for new medicines
Many of the protective compounds plants make, like the bitter glycosides in dandelion leaves or t...
Bacteria-mimicking vaccine coating boosts immune attack on tumors
This is a biomedical immunology study with no connection to plants, gardens, or botany.
Teen marijuana use lowers grades and raises addiction risk in one-i...
Cannabis is one of the most chemically complex cultivated plants humans grow, but rising THC conc...
Old antifungal drug shows promise against a dangerous gut infection
This one sits outside the garden and greenhouse: it's a medical microbiology study about human gu...
Lab-made compound library yields leads against parasite enzymes
This one sits outside the garden entirely: it's chemistry aimed at malaria, Chagas disease, and l...
New chemistry trick attaches double sugar tags to lab-made peptides
This is pure synthetic chemistry for drug development and has no connection to plants, gardens, o...
Frog skin yields a possible new antibiotic and cancer-fighting compound
This is animal biochemistry research with no connection to plants, gardening, or botany, so it fa...
Frog skin peptides reveal new clues for fighting resistant bacteria
If you've ever worried about antibiotic-resistant infections spreading through hospitals or commu...
Peptide helps damaged tooth pulp calm down and heal
This study is about human dental biology, not plants, so it has no direct relevance to gardening,...
Common diabetes drugs may help or harm cancer patients
This one's about human medicine rather than plants, so it won't affect your garden or anything gr...
Snake venom peptide redesigned to fight drug-resistant staph infections
This one is outside the garden gate: it's a medical research finding about snake venom-derived an...
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Aphanizomenon flos-aquae
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Aralia
Arjuna tree
Artichoke
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Azolla (water fern)
Bael (Stone Apple)
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Balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
Baobab
Bat Flower
Beet
Bengal Quince
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Berchemia kulingensis
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Bhringraj
black currant
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Black Goji Berry
Black Seed
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Black Wolfberry
Bletilla striata (Chinese ground orchid)
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Borage
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Brazilian ironwood
Brazilian Pepper Tree
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Broad-leaved Holly
Broadleaf Plantain
Buddha's hand citron
Burclover
Bushkiller
Buttercup family
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Callicarpa macrophylla
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Chamber Bitter
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Chaxingu mushroom (Agrocybe chaxingu)
Chenopodiastrum hybridum
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Chinese chastetree
Chinese Foxglove
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Chinese Fritillary
Chinese Ground Orchid
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Chinese Herbal Plants
Chinese Holly
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Chinese lantern
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Chinese privet (Ligustrum lucidum)
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Chinese Red Sage
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Chinese sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza)
Chinese silk vine
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Chinese yew
Chirayita
Chive
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Chuanminshen
Cissus quadrangularis
Cistanche
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Clematis hexapetala
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climbing groundsel
climbing senecio
Clove Basil
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Cnidium monnieri
Coatbuttons
Codonopsis pilosula (Dang Shen)
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Corn Mint
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Creeping Charlie
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Cucurbitaceae (gourd family)
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Cyclotides
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Dalbergia bariensis
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Dan Shen
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Datura
Deadly Nightshade
Dendrobium (dendrobine source)
Dendrobium huoshanense
Desert Date
Devil's Walking Stick
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Dracocephalum kotschyi
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Egregia menziesii
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Ekebergia capensis
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Elsholtzia
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False Yellowhead
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flowering maple
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hopjack bush
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Horse-whip Tree
Horseradish
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Huoshan noble dendrobium
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Iberis carica
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Iberis saxatilis
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Iberis simplex
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Indian Birthwort
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Japanese Claw Fern
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Job's tears
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Kalanchoe
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Kalmegh
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King Solomon's Seal
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Kleinia longiflora
Konjac
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ku shen
Kuding Tea
Kudzu (Pueraria thomsonii)
lapacho
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Leaf Cactus
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Lilac Tasselflower
Lily of the Valley
Lion's Mane Mushroom
Lippia alba
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Luchuan Juhong
Lupine
Ma Huang
Malabar nut (Justicia adhatoda)
Malay apple (Syzygium malaccense)
Mangosteen
Manila Tamarind
Maricá
Marijuana
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Melicope pteleifolia
Mexican Giant Hyssop
Mexican prickly poppy
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Milkweed/Dogbane family
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Mimosa pudica
Molokhia
Moringa peregrina
Mucuna
Mugwort (Artemisia)
Mullein
Mushrooms
Narrow-leaved ash
Nepeta grandiflora
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Nettle
Newbouldia laevis
Nile Tulip
Noble dendrobium
Nostoc (cyanobacteria)
Notoginseng
Nux Vomica
Onion (Allium cepa)
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Ornamental Ginger
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Osbeckia opipara
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panacéia
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Pea family
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Pennyroyal
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Periploca forrestii
Phanera
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Plantain Banana
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Polygonati Rhizoma
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Polygonum multiflorum (Fo-Ti)
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Prosopis
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Punarnava
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Purple-berried nightshade (Solanum trilobatum)
purple cabbage
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Purple-skinned Dendrobium
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Putranjiva roxburghii
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Que Zui tea
Quebracho
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Quercetin-containing plants
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Quercetin-rich plants (onion, apple)
Quince
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Red Perilla
Rhodoleia championii
Rivina humilis
Rocket
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Rose of Jericho
Roselle
Roseroot
Rosewood
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Rough Holly
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Round-leaved Holly
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Rubber Plant
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Salsola
sand olive
Saposhnikovia
Sarsaparilla
Sausage Tree
Saxaul
Scutellaria barbata
Senna tora
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Sesamum senecioides
Shaggy Bracket
Shaggy Bracket Fungus (Inonotus hispidus)
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Shaggy Polypore
Shankhapushpi (Convolvulus pluricaulis)
Showy Stonecrop
Siam weed
Siberian ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus)
Sievers Wormwood
Silver Cockscomb
Skullcap
Small Knobwood
Smilax glabra
Snake-needle grass
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Snakeroot
Snowdrop
Sodom Apple
Sodom Apple (Giant Milkweed)
Sophora flavescens
Spiny monkey orange
Spirulina
eco
Spreading Hedyotis
eco
Stauntonia brachyanthera
Stephania
Stephania tetrandra
Stonecrop (Sedum)
Strychnine Tree
Strychnos
Suaeda
Sugar-apple (Srikaya)
Sweet Autumn Clematis
Sweet Leaf
Sweetgum
Swiss Chard
Sycamore Fig (Ficus sycomorus)
Tamanu (Calophyllum inophyllum)
Tara (Caesalpinia spinosa)
eco
Tetraena gaetula
eco
Tetrastigma hemsleyanum
Thaumatococcus daniellii (katemfe)
Thunder God Vine
eco
Thymus carmanicus
eco
Tilpushpi
Trema
Triphala (Chebulic Myrobalan, Beleric Myrobalan, Indian Gooseberry)
eco
Tumbleweed saltwort
eco
Tupistra nutans
eco
Verbascum kurdicum
Verbena
Vine Tea
Water Pepper
Watercress
eco
Wax Rose
eco
Weilingxian
eco
Wilson's horsechestnut
Wintergreen
Yashtimadhu (Glycyrrhiza glabra)
Yellow tea
Yellowhorn
Yew
eco
Ziziphora tenuior
Zoapatle
Zygophyllum