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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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plant-signaling
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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 ...

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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...

soil-health
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Harnessing microbiomes to redefine medicinal plant agriculture.

The herbs you grow for teas or tinctures — echinacea, valerian, holy basil — may be stronger medi...

medicinal-plants
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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...

medicinal-plants
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Regulatory mechanisms of secondary metabolite biosynthesis in medic...

The echinacea, holy basil, and lavender in your herb garden ramp up their protective compounds wh...

pruning

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...

medicinal-plants
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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...

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Reconstitution of gut microbiota by medicinal plant isoflavones ame...

Kudzu — the aggressive vine smothering trees along roadsides across the American South — harbors ...

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

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

crop-improvement
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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...

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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...

phytoremediation
plant-signaling
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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...

medicinal-plants
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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...

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

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

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Phytochemistry, Bioavailability, and Molecular Mechanisms Underlyin...

That unpretentious potted aloe on your windowsill — the one you snap open for burns — turns out t...

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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: ...

medicinal-plants
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Plant-derived indole alkaloids in chronic inflammatory diseases: mo...

Plants growing in traditional herb gardens around the world have quietly been making chemicals th...

iNaturalist → · observation

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 ...

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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...

medicinal-plants
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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...

medicinal-plants
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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...

medicinal-plants
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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...

floral-waste-upcycling
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CmBt and CmBr synergistically regulate cucurbitacin B biosynthesis ...

Melon breeders now have a precise genetic target to eliminate the mouth-puckering bitterness that...

crispr
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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 ...

soil-health
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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...

medicinal-plants
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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...

medicinal-plants
anthropogenic-disturbance
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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 ...

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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
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Medicinal Plants in Breast Cancer Therapy: Ethnopharmacology, Bioac...

Herbs and wild plants that traditional healers have cultivated and passed down for generations ar...

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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...

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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 ...

medicinal-plants

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...

fungal-disease
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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...

ethnobotany
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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 ...

medicinal-plants
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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...

medicinal-plants
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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...

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Flavonoids and polycystic ovary syndrome.

Quercetin in your garden onions, the isoflavones in your homegrown soybeans, and the puerarin in ...

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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...

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Ginseng Polysaccharides: A Comprehensive Review of Extraction, Stru...

Ginseng growing in your woodland garden or shade bed holds polysaccharides in its roots that feed...

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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...

ethnobotany
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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...

medicinal-plants
medicinal-plants
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Advances in molecular breeding of medicinal plants.

Herbs you grow for teas, tinctures, or home remedies—chamomile, echinacea, valerian—could soon be...

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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...

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 ...

medicinal-plants
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A Comprehensive Review on Metabolomics-Guided Metabolite Production...

Many herbal remedies and plant-derived medicines are limited by slow-growing plants, climate, and...

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...

medicinal-plants
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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 ...

medicinal-plants
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Plant-based neuroprotection against memory impairment: Insights fro...

Herbs like turmeric, rosemary, and ginkgo growing in your garden may hold compounds actively bein...

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Ethnopharmacological Landscape of Azadirachta indica (Neem): Phytoc...

Neem trees planted in tropical gardens worldwide have been used as living pharmacies for centurie...

ethnobotany
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Traditional wisdom unveiled: an ethnobotanical exploration of medic...

Grandmothers in rural Guangdong have quietly maintained a living pharmacopoeia of 108 bath plants...

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...

mycorrhizal-networks

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 ...

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Anti-adipogenic cyathane diterpenoids from Onychium japonicum.

A fern growing across East Asian hillsides — long used by Zhuang healers — turns out to make comp...

medicinal-plants
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Cultivar to chemotype: characterizing complex botanicals with mass ...

That echinacea or ashwagandha supplement on your shelf may not contain what the label claims — th...

medicinal-plants
gut-microbiome
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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 ...

medicinal-plants
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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...

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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...

medicinal-plants
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African medicinal plants show promise killing chemical-resistant ca...

Cattle ranchers and small-scale farmers across Africa are watching chemical tick treatments fail ...

ethnobotany

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, ...

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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...

medicinal-plants

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...

Traditional healers across tropical Africa have long used fig tree leaves as medicine, and this s...

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Shotgun metagenomic dataset of leaf endophytic microbiome of the ga...

The microscopic hitchhikers living inside your sage plant's leaves may be shaping the very oils a...

medicinal-plants
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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...

medicinal-plants
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Harnessing Indonesian natural products against neglected tropical d...

Tropical plants your botanical garden labels as 'ornamental' may be quietly holding chemistry tha...

ethnobotany
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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...

Europe PMC → · research article

Ethnobotany, phytochemistry and pharmacological activities of the B...

Blumea species—aromatic herbs long burned as incense or brewed into fever teas across Asian garde...

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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...

plant-based-diet
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(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...

iNaturalist → · observation

Wild bergamot is blooming everywhere right now, and people are noticing

If you've got bees, hummingbirds, or swallowtails visiting your yard this week, wild bergamot's l...

medicinal-plants
climate-adaptation
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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...

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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 ...

medicinal-plants
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Molecular Mechanisms of Polysaccharides in Regulating Immune Functi...

The fibrous structural carbohydrates in roots, stems, and seed coats of plants you grow or forage...

medicinal-plants

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...

plant-signaling
medicinal-plants
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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...

plant-signaling
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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...

medicinal-plants
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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...

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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...

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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...

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medicinal-plants
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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...

medicinal-plants
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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...

medicinal-plants
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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...

iNaturalist → · observation

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...

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medicinal-plants
Europe PMC → · research article

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 ...

Europe PMC → · research article

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...

ethnobotany
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Thai villagers use 129 plants to treat fevers naturally

Roots from wild trees growing near rural Thai villages, brewed into decoctions, represent generat...

medicinal-plants

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...

medicinal-plants

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...

medicinal-plants

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...

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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...

medicinal-plants
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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...

medicinal-plants
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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...

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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...

medicinal-plants
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Mediterranean plants-based dietary supplements: focus on classifica...

Many of the herbs growing wild around the Mediterranean basin—plants you might recognize from an ...

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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...

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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...

medicinal-plants

Banana peel extract protects mouse lungs from smoke damage

That banana peel you toss in the compost bin contains antioxidant compounds that scientists just ...

plant-signaling
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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...

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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...

medicinal-plants
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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...

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

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

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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...

medicinal-plants
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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...

medicinal-plants
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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...

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Root extract eases stroke damage by fixing gut bacteria

The astragalus plant, a common perennial in medicinal herb gardens, is showing that what happens ...

medicinal-plants
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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...

medicinal-plants
Europe PMC → · research article

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 ...

medicinal-plants

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...

crop-improvement

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...

medicinal-plants

Iron nanoparticles help a mint relative survive salty soil

Salty soil is creeping into farmland worldwide as irrigation water and coastal aquifers turn brac...

crop-improvement
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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...

PubMed → · research article

Coffee compound fights liver cancer in animal studies

That afternoon cup of coffee contains chlorogenic acid, the same compound researchers are studyin...

iNaturalist → · observation

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

Mangosteen fruit compound shows promise fighting cervical cancer cells

The purple-rinded tropical fruit sold in Asian grocery stores contains a compound researchers are...

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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 ...

medicinal-plants
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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 ...

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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 ...

medicinal-plants
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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...

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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...

medicinal-plants
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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...

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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...

medicinal-plants
gut-microbiome
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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...

medicinal-plants
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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...

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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 ...

iNaturalist → · observation

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...

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...

medicinal-plants
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Current advances in restoring intestinal barrier homeostasis by nat...

Herbs you might already grow — astragalus, ginger, licorice root — are now being rigorously valid...

plant-signaling
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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...

gut-microbiome
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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...

prebiotic-fiber
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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...

medicinal-plants

Phytochemical Screening of Selected Cholistani Plants and Their Bio...

Desert plants that survive on almost nothing often pack their tissues with potent defensive compo...

medicinal-plants
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Engineered Microbial Production of Sesquiterpenoids: Recent Advance...

Many of the aromatic plant compounds in your herbal remedies and essential oils are so scarce in ...

medicinal-plants
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Plant-derived extracellular vesicles for cancer therapy: Biological...

Ginger roots, grapes, and broccoli in your garden produce microscopic particles that researchers ...

medicinal-plants
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Toxicology and biodistribution of plant-derived extracellular vesic...

Plants you grow and eat — spinach, ginger, grapes — are being harvested for nanoscale particles t...

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Synthesis of L-arginine functionalized curcuminoid impregnated on b...

Turmeric's healing reputation, long trusted in kitchen medicine cabinets, is now being engineered...

medicinal-plants
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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...

medicinal-plants
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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 ...

medicinal-plants
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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...

medicinal-plants
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Plant-derived nanoparticles in bandages help chronic wounds finally heal

Plant-derived nanoparticles, extracted from herbs and botanicals you might already grow, are emer...

medicinal-plants
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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 ...

medicinal-plants
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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 ...

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Pueraria lobata-derived exosome-like nanovesicles alleviate rheumat...

Kudzu — the vine choking forests across the American South — sheds microscopic particles that rew...

medicinal-plants
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Research progress on employing medicinal plants and their active co...

Centuries-old herbal remedies sitting in traditional medicine cabinets worldwide are now being sc...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

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...

PubMed → · research article

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
Europe PMC → · research article

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...

PubMed → · research article

Milkvetch root feeds gut bacteria that protect sows around farrowing

Astragalus, the spiny-leafed perennial grown for ornamental seed pods and traditional medicine, c...

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 ...

medicinal-plants

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...

PubMed → · research article

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...

PubMed → · research article

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...

PubMed → · research article

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...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

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...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

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...

plant-signaling
PubMed → · research article

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...

PubMed → · research article

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...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

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...

PubMed → · research article

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...

PubMed → · research article

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...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

Plant compounds and gut bacteria may share brain-protecting pathways

The flavonoids and polyphenols concentrated in everyday herbs, berries, and leafy greens you migh...

medicinal-plants
Europe PMC → · research article

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...

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...

medicinal-plants

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...

medicinal-plants

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...

crispr
PubMed → · research article

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...

PubMed → · research article

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...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

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...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

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...

iNaturalist → · observation

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...

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...

crispr
PubMed → · research article

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...

food-forest
PubMed → · research article

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...

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medicinal-plants

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...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

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...

fermented-foods
PubMed → · research article

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...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

Traditional Chinese medicine treatment of asthma: From the insight ...

Herbs that traditional healers have prescribed for lung conditions for centuries are now being ma...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

BioTD: An Online Database of Biotoxins.

Dozens of plants in your garden or local woods — from foxglove to monkshood — produce compounds t...

PubMed → · research article

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...

iNaturalist → · observation

ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata) observed in Brookfield

Ribwort plantain growing along roadsides and lawns in Brookfield is one of the most underapprecia...

iNaturalist → · observation

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...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

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...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

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...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

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...

iNaturalist → · observation

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...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

Mapping the global landscape of biofilm-associated antimicrobial re...

Plant-derived compounds — the same broad category that includes garlic, thyme oil, and herbal ext...

plant-based-diet
PubMed → · research article

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...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

Innovative Field Applications of Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Medici...

Herbal and probiotic additives being tested on fish farms are drawn from the same medicinal plant...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

Discovery of novel antimicrobials within microbiomes.

Fungal diseases are quietly devastating crops, forests, and wild plant populations worldwide — an...

PubMed → · research article

Medicinal cannabis left liver enzymes undisturbed in cancer patients

Cannabis sativa is one of humanity's oldest cultivated plants, and understanding its safety profi...

plant-derived-nanomedicine
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Intelligent plant exosomes synergize miRNAs and cisplatin for spati...

Medicinal plants you can grow at home are being harvested for their naturally occurring nanoparti...

ethnobotany

AI tools may help Kenyan libraries preserve vanishing plant and far...

Traditional plant medicines and agricultural practices passed down through generations in Kenya e...

PubMed → · research article

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...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

A report on the international conference on environmental mutagenes...

Farmers in chemically intensive regions are already turning to plants that naturally suppress pes...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

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...

PubMed → · research article

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...

fermentation
PubMed → · research article

Common fermentation bacterium is surprisingly hard to predict

The bacteria fermenting your homemade sauerkraut or kimchi are the same ones scientists are strug...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

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...

medicinal-plants

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...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

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...

gut-microbiome
PubMed → · research article

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...

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 ...

native-plants
iNaturalist → · observation

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...

iNaturalist → · observation

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...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

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 ...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

Harnessing edible extracellular vesicles for inflammatory bowel dis...

Tiny vesicles shed by the edible plants in your garden — not extracted chemicals, but the plants'...

medicinal-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...

plant-nutrition
PubMed → · research article

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...

PubMed → · research article

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...

PubMed → · research article

Inoculation of Bacillus velezensis SD24 enhancing the accumulation ...

Tea grown with beneficial soil microbes can produce healthier plants that need fewer pesticides —...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

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...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

Gut microbiota dysbiosis and osteoporosis: pathogenesis and novel i...

Fermented plant foods — kimchi, miso, sauerkraut — are among the richest sources of the probiotic...

food-safety

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...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

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...

PubMed → · research article

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...

PubMed → · research article

Middle-aged women replacing prescriptions with cannabis often strug...

Cannabis is a plant whose medicinal use is reshaping how people manage mental health prescription...

PubMed → · research article

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...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

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...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Silver nanoparticles in everyday products may harm heart tissue

Some of the plant extracts gardeners use to make silver nanoparticles at home or read about in ec...

PubMed → · research article

Impaired NF-κB/Nrf2 Crosstalk in Rett Syndrome.

Sulforaphane, the compound that makes broccoli and other brassicas bitter, is emerging as a genui...

gut-microbiome
PubMed → · research article

Gut microbiota and immune modulation: role in neurodegenerative dis...

The fermented foods and fiber-rich vegetables you grow or forage feed the same gut microbial comm...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

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...

plant-signaling
PubMed → · research article

A special issue of Essays in Biochemistry on proteasome and protein...

The same protein-disposal machinery that researchers are now targeting for cancer drugs also cont...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

Recombinant Protein Drugs: A 2025 Update.

Plant-based platforms are now being engineered to manufacture life-saving medicines, meaning the ...

PubMed → · research article

Journal issues correction notice for earlier aloe vera gene study

If you've read about scientists editing aloe genes to boost its medicinal compounds, this notice ...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

Metal nanoparticles can heal or harm cells depending on context

The 'green synthesis' technique mentioned here, brewing metal nanoparticles using plant extracts ...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

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...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

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...

ethnobotany
PubMed → · research article

Comprehensive review on ethnobotany, phytochemistry, and pharmacolo...

A complete abstract would reveal which plant's traditional uses and medicinal compounds were revi...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

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...

medicinal-plants
PubMed → · research article

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...

medicinal-plants

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,...

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