Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616 (M.M., P.R.O.); Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 (L.Z., S.Y.H.); Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 (L.Z., S.Y.H.); and Plant Resilience Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute-Gordon and Betty...

Traditional herbal formulae and conventional plant medicines have been recognized as “new” drugs approved in China and the complementary therapeutics appreciated in the West. With over 2,000 years evidence-based implementation in China, traditional plant medicines have showcased incredible modernized botanical drug development, but have not been accepted by international main stream medical mar...

background: diabetes is a chronic disease that despite of medical and specific treatments has reminded as an important medical problem. various herbal were presented for treatment of diabetes. one of these plants is prosopis farcta that was used as hypoglycemic agent in traditional medicine. the aim of this study was investigation of hypoglycemic effect of prosopis farcta root in diabetes and h...

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE The medicinal plants employed in the ethnomedicine of Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria are studied. AIM OF THE STUDY The survey aims at identifying and documenting the plants used amongst the indigenes of Akwa Ibom State. MATERIALS AND METHODS Using ethnobotanical survey list, information is gathered through personal interviews with traditional medical practitioners...