Antibacterial Activity of Medicinal Plants and Their Constituents in the Context of Skin and Wound Infections, Considering European Legislation and Folk Medicine-A Review. [PDF]
Int J Mol Sci, 2021 Bacterial infections of skin and wounds may seriously decrease the quality of life and even cause death in some patients. One of the largest concerns in their treatment is the growing antimicrobial resistance of bacterial infectious agents and the spread
Bittner Fialová S +4 more
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Searching for Scientific Explanations for the Uses of Spanish Folk Medicine: A Review on the Case of Mullein (Verbascum, Scrophulariaceae). [PDF]
Biology (Basel), 2021 Simple Summary Mullein (Verbascum spp.) has been widely used in Spanish folk medicine to treat several pathologies, and these applications suggest the potential anti-inflammatory action of these plants.
Blanco-Salas J +3 more
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Inonotus obliquus - from folk medicine to clinical use. [PDF]
J Tradit Complement Med, 2021 The Inonotus obliquus (I. obliquus) mushroom was traditionally used to treat various gastrointestinal diseases. For many years, mounting evidence has indicated the potential of I.
Szychowski KA +3 more
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A narrative review of the ethnomedicinal usage of Cannabis sativa Linnaeus as traditional phytomedicine by folk medicine practitioners of Bangladesh. [PDF]
J Cannabis Res, 2021 Background There is a worldwide interest in the use of Cannabis sativa for biomedicine purposes. Cannabis has ethnomedicinal usage as a natural medicine in Bangladesh and cultivated during the British Empire period for revenues.
Shakil SSM +4 more
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Potential anti-influenza effective plants used in Turkish folk medicine: A review. [PDF]
J Ethnopharmacol, 2021 Ethnopharmacological relevance Due to the outbreaks such as SARS, bird flu and swine flu, which we frequently encounter in our century, we need fast solutions with no side effects today more than ever.
Sargin SA.
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The Genus Adonis as an Important Cardiac Folk Medicine: A Review of the Ethnobotany, Phytochemistry and Pharmacology. [PDF]
Front Pharmacol, 2019 The genus Adonis L. (Ranunculaceae), native to Europe and Asia, comprises 32 annual or perennial herbaceous species. Due to their cardiac-enhancing effects, Adonis spp. have long been used in European and Chinese folk medicine.
Shang X +9 more
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Red Yeast Rice: A Systematic Review of the Traditional Uses, Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Quality Control of an Important Chinese Folk Medicine. [PDF]
Front Pharmacol, 2019 Red yeast rice (RYR), a Chinese traditional folk medicine produced by the fermentation of cooked rice kernels with a Monascaceae mold, Monascus purpureus, has long been used to treat blood circulation stasis, indigestion, diarrhea, and limb weakness in ...
Zhu B +6 more
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Prevalence and factors associated with the use of alternative (folk) medicine practitioners in 8 countries of the former Soviet Union. [PDF]
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2013 BACKGROUND: Research suggests that since the collapse of the Soviet Union there has been a sharp growth in the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in some former Soviet countries.
Balabanova, Dina +5 more
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Deconstruction of an African folk medicine uncovers a novel molecular strategy for therapeutic potassium channel activation. [PDF]
Sci Adv, 2018 Analysis of a leaf extract used in African folk medicine reveals a high-affinity K+ channel agonist and its binding site. A third of the global population relies heavily upon traditional or folk medicines, such as the African shrub Mallotus ...
De Silva AM, Manville RW, Abbott GW.
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Yerba Mate (Ilex paraguariensis) Beverage: Nutraceutical Ingredient or Conveyor for the Intake of Medicinal Plants? Evidence from Paraguayan Folk Medicine. [PDF]
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2018 The use of medicinal plants mixed with yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) has been poorly studied in the ethnopharmacological literature so far. The Paraguayan Mestizo people have the longest tradition of using the yerba mate beverage, apart from the ...
Kujawska M.
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