Geolashon (Teloschistes flavicans), a natural yellow dye from the Peruvian Andes: traditional uses, bioactive extraction, and potential applications

The Antimicrobial properties of the Methanol Extracts of Parmotrema tinctorum and Teloschistes flavicans

Bioactive egg components and their potential uses

Hen egg plays a crucial role in the development of embryonic bird. It serves first as source of energy and nutriments of high digestibility and, second, protects embryonic bird against external aggressions. The unique structure of egg with yolk containing the embryo surrounded by albumen and shell as physical barriers is the first element of this protection. The second one consists in the pecul...

Traditional use of the Andean flicker (Colaptes rupicola) as a galactagogue in the Peruvian Andes

This paper explores the use of the dried meat and feathers of the Andean Flicker (Colaptes rupicola) to increase the milk supply of nursing women and domestic animals in the Andes. The treatment is of preColumbian origin, but continues to be used in some areas, including the village in the southern Peruvian highlands where I do ethnographic research. I explore the factors giving rise to and sus...

On the Spotted-Hæmorrhagic Yellow Fever of the Peruvian Andes, in 1853-57

Introduction.?On the 20th of March, I860, I had the honour of being nominated by the Medical Society of Lima, as one of four physicians on its Epidemiological Committee. I was thus placed in a position, which led me to inquire with more care into the origin and progress of certain epidemics in Peru, and very particularly of the yellow fever, which reigned on the Andes since the latter end of 1853.

Traditional and Modern Uses of Natural Honey in Human Diseases: A Review

  Honey is a by-product of flower nectar and the upper aero-digestive tract of the honey bee, which is concentrated through a dehydration process inside the bee hive. Honey has a very complex chemical composition that varies depending on the botanical source. It has been used both as food and medicine since ancient times. Human use of honey is traced to some 8000 years ago as depicted by Stone ...