Plants produce an enormous abundance of natural products. Many natural plant products are ancestry-specific and occur only in ...

Cannabis has been a globally important crop for millennia. While best known today as marijuana for its psychoactive ...

The pharmacology of a traditional African psychedelic plant medicine called ibogaine has led to the development of two new drug candidates for the potential treatment of addiction and depression.

Artworks in Big Rapids Michigan opens new exhibit focused on the arts and science of plants featuring photography, botany and ...

which could lead to potential future applications that range from medicine to pesticide production. The mint family of herbs, which includes sage, rosemary, basil, and even woody plants like teak ...

Today, herbalism and wild plant foraging has become an increasingly popular alternative to modern medicine. Herbal medicine is still widely used among American-Indian, Chinese and European populations ...

This line of research, broadly, suggests that primates are capable of finding and determining the medicinal value of plants. “Chimpanzees rely on the forest, not just for food, and not just ...

It collected some dead wood from the Alstonia boonei and chewed it. The plant has long been used in traditional medicine, and when the scientists tested it, they confirmed it had high ...

Or what remedies filled the medicine cabinets of pyramid builders? Turns out, one of ancient Egypt’s most treasured healing plants still exists today — and modern science is finally catching ...