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Planta Medica is a peer-reviewed journal published by Thieme Medical Publishers and covers medicinal plants and bioactive natural products of natural origin. Planta Medica is the official journal of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal's 2016 impact factor is 2 ...
Archaeological evidence indicates that the use of medicinal plants dates back to the Paleolithic age, approximately 60,000 years ago. Written evidence of herbal remedies dates back over 5,000 years to the Sumerians, who compiled lists of plants. Some ancient cultures wrote about plants and their medical uses in books called herbals.
Medicinal plants, also called medicinal herbs, have been discovered and used in traditional medicine practices since prehistoric times. Plants synthesize hundreds of chemical compounds for various functions, including defense and protection against insects , fungi , diseases , and herbivorous mammals .
The plant extract showed antibacterial and anticandidal activities and moderate antifungal activity. [141] Silybum marianum: Milk thistle: It has been used for thousands of years for a variety of medicinal purposes, in particular liver problems. [142] Stachytarpheta cayennensis: Blue snakeweed Extracts of the plant are used to ease the symptoms ...
The Plant Journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of plant science published by Wiley-Blackwell for the Society for Experimental Biology. It was established in 1991 and is currently edited by Katherine J. Denby .
The Open Access Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants is a biannual peer-reviewed open-access medical journal published by the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Association of India. The journal was established in 2010 and covers all aspects of medicinal and aromatic plants. The present editor-in-chief is Manivel Ponnuchamy, Director (Acting ...
The Journal of Herbal Medicine is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal that covers research on herbal medicines.It is an official journal of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists and was established in 2011.
It is linked to pharmacognosy, phytotherapy (study of medicinal plants) use and ethnobotany, as this is a source of lead compounds for drug discovery. [4] Emphasis has long been on traditional medicines, although the approach also has proven useful to the study of modern pharmaceuticals. [5] [6] It involves studies of the: