Medicinal plants have been used in India for thousands of years as natural remedies for everyday health issues. Growing them ...

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Alkaloids constitute one of the major classes of bioactive natural products identified in plant species used in traditional medical systems. Among them, ...

Scientists saw an orangutan named Rakus chew up leaves from a medicinal plant that has been used to treat pain as well as inflammation in Southeast Asia, according to a new study in Scientific Reports ...

Introduction to the Ak Plant The Ak plant, commonly found in dry and elevated terrains, is often overlooked for its medicinal ...

Chimpanzees in Uganda use plants to treat wounds and help injured companions, revealing potential roots of human medicine.

With their bright eyes and prominent beards and mustaches, it’s easy to see how orangutans got their name; “orang” is Malay for person, while “hutan” means forest. Their similarity to humans doesn’t ...

Husband-and-wife duo Travis Gumbs and Cynthia Cervantes have officially entered the wellness space with a new brand targeting holistic healing. Medicinal Plant Index, founded this year by Gumbs with ...

Sylvia Mitchell (left) is Head of the Medicinal Plant Biotechnology Research Group in the Biotechnology Centre at the University of the West Indies (UWI; Mona, Jamaica). She founded this research ...

An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant— the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists reported ...