Medicinal Plant Rewrites the Rules of Continuous Cropping Through a Single Sterol Enzyme
Researchers in China have shown that the enzyme AbDHCR7 drives accumulation of the ecdysteroid 20-hydroxyecdysone in Achyranthes bidentata, enabling the ...
Tag: Medicinal plants
Stress Hormone Trick Triples Memory-Boosting Compounds in Bacopa monnieri After Harvest
Treating excised Bacopa monnieri plantlets with methyl jasmonate triples bacoside content within 24 hours by switching on key triterpenoid biosynthetic ...
Stinky Leaf Plant Yields Tiny Nanoparticles Packed With Anti-Inflammatory Cargo
Researchers isolated exosome-like nanoparticles from the medicinal vine Paederia foetida and found they carry five anti-inflammatory terpenoids and 1,170 microRNAs ...
Temperature and Hormone Tweaks Give Scientists a Dial to Turn Bulb Dormancy On and Off
By combining cool-temperature storage with gibberellic acid or gibberellin synthesis inhibitors, researchers achieved precise bidirectional control of summer dormancy in ...
Underground Fungal Allies Supercharge Milk Thistle Yields and Healing Compounds
A field study shows that inoculating two varieties of milk thistle with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi boosts seed yield by up ...
Hidden Bacterial World Inside a Famous Yunnan Medicinal Plant Revealed
A new study combining culturomics and high-throughput sequencing provides the first characterization of the diverse root endophytic bacteria of the ...
Climate Change Is Rewriting the Chemistry and Geography of the World’s Medicinal Plants
A new integrative review warns that climate change is simultaneously reducing the yields, altering the therapeutic chemistry and shrinking the ...
Traditional Liver Remedies From Ethiopia Fail a Simple Toxicity Test, Raising Safety Alarms
A brine shrimp lethality assay found that aqueous and methanol extracts of three Ethiopian medicinal plants traditionally used for liver ...
Himalayan Tribe’s Medicinal Plant Knowledge Documented Before Climate Change Erases It
A household survey in Dehradun district, India, has documented 36 medicinal plant species used by the Jaunsari tribe, revealing how ...
Ugandan Medicinal Plants Show Hidden Liver Risks in Rat Safety Tests
A new rat study finds that three Ugandan plants used against bacterial skin infections are safe in single doses but ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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