A newly published study highlights the importance of medicinal plants that thrive on the ancestral lands of the Manobo Indigenous group in the southern Philippines. The Manobos of the highland Agusan ...
Frontiers: Multi-omics insights into metabolic regulation, gene function, and quality evaluation in medicinal plants
The study of medicinal plants represents a vital interdisciplinary field at the intersection of traditional botanical knowledge and modern life sciences. In ...
Multi-omics insights into metabolic regulation, gene function, and quality evaluation in medicinal plants
Mongabay: Filipino communities use vast variety of endemic plants for health: Study
In the mountains of Mindanao Island in the southern Philippines, the Manobo-Dulangan community continues to rely on plant-based medicine for everyday health needs, passing down healing knowledge ...
Millie profiles her favourite native climber. Climbing plants are really useful. They’re fantastic at making use of vertical space and creating privacy. Millie’s favourite is a little native climber, ...
Medicinal chemistry, also known as pharmaceutical chemistry, is a branch of chemistry focused on the development of new drugs and the improvement of existing ones. It is an interdisciplinary field ...
These plants crop less well but probably have a better flavour and a thinner skin or an irregular shape and colour. Modern seed produces a much greater yield, thicker skin, brighter colour and little taste. It's all a question of marketing.
With a population of over 114 million, it is the world's twelfth-most-populous country. The Philippines is bounded by the South China Sea to the west, the Philippine Sea to the east, and the Celebes Sea to the south.
The Philippines is an island country of Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. It is an archipelago consisting of more than 7,000 islands and islets lying about 500 miles (800 km) off the coast of Vietnam. Manila is the capital, but nearby Quezon City is the country’s most-populous city.