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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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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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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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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Bryophytes Used in Folk Medicine: An Ethnobotanical Overview
Horticulturae, 2023 Bryophytes are considered the oldest living plants of terrestrial habitats and the closest modern relatives of the ancestors of the earliest terrestrial plants.
R. Motti, A. Di Palma, B. de Falco
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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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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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Withaferin A: from Ayurvedic folk medicine to preclinical anti-cancer drug.
Biochemical Pharmacology, 2020 Despite the recent successes of targeted cancer immuno-therapies, drug resistance and disease relapse remain a huge burden in cancer patient treatment.
Behrouz Hassannia +4 more
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