Now a team of Brazilian scientists has put that tradition through a modern stress test: standardized extracts, controlled ...

A plant used in Brazilian medicine has scientific potential to help people with arthritis and other inflammatory conditions.

A group of Brazilian researchers has confirmed the effectiveness of the traditional Alternanthera littoralis plant, known as "Joseph's Coat," in combating inflammation and arthritis. This was reported ...

As the opioid epidemic continues to claim lives, UC Irvine researchers have identified a plant extract that may help fight opiate addiction. The COVID-19 pandemic has further worsened the opioid ...

Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease in which the immune system turns against itself, attacking a person's healthy tissue, cells and organs. New findings by a biomedical engineer and his team raise ...

In the first posting of this two-part blog, we described how plants and animals engaged in a coevolutionary process, in which each developed defensive measures against the other, in a cyclic manner (1 ...

Research from Israel has illustrated pure CBD wasn’t as effective as at alleviating pain as extracts from the flowers of a high CBD strain. The extract from the high CBD strain contained 17.9 percent ...

Licorice extract inhibits tyrosinase production to effectively minimize dark spots and even out skin tone. It's safe to use ...