Plant MicroRNAs—Novel Players in Natural Medicine?

Plant MicroRNAs—Novel Players in Natural Medicine?

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) represent a class of small non-coding RNAs that act as efficient gene expression regulators and thus play many important roles in living organisms. Due to their involvement in several known human pathological and pathogenic states, miRNA molecules have become an important issue in medicine and gained the attention of scientists from the pharmaceutical industry. In recent few ...

Musicians' Medicine: Musculoskeletal Problems in String Players

There is increasing attention to medical problems of musicians. Many studies find a high prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in musicians, ranging from 73.4% to 87.7%, and string players have the highest prevalence of musculoskeletal problems. This paper examines the various positions and movements of the upper extremities in string players: 1) basic postures for holding instru...

More players in the plant unfolded response.

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the major source of molecules that directly interact with the cell’s external environment. This occurs through the secretory pathway, which starts from the ER and regulates macromolecular traffic to the cell surface and inner hydrolytic compartments. It is thus no wonder that the ER functions as a major, very efficient station that integrates signaling from the...

Plant Flora of Iran: History and Applications in Traditional Medicine

Component and Application Aloe Vera Plant in Medicine

For centuries, Aloe Vera has been used by many different cultures. The ancient Greeks, the Romans, the Babylonians, Indians and the Chinese have all used Aloe Vera as a medicinal plant. One of the common experimental cancer models is sarcoma-180. When Aloe was administered to mice bearing S-180 tumors, the tumor growth was inhibited. Aloe vera is a dietary supplement and not a regulated drug. T...