Scientists at the University of California-Riverside recently discovered a chemical that plants produce that could help prevent infections in medical patients. Science Daily reported on the findings, ...

Plants make substances called alkaloids to protect themselves, and humans have long taken advantage of these chemicals, using ...

"When a child has a fever, crush a 'candlenut' (fiyaai [Aleurites moluccanus]). Add water to the mixture, and apply it to the ...

In a recent Heliyon study, researchers reviewed the application and utility of traditional medicinal plants in treating gynecological complications and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in ...

Some of the plants that make up our county's landscape are not just beautiful; they could be the key to maintaining our health. A partnership has blossomed between the San Diego Botanic Garden and the ...

Few living things seem to have less in common than plants and animals, but that assumption is being increasingly challenged. Evolution, and the ways in which the kingdom of plants and the kingdom of ...