Host Plants And Traditional Medicine

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Mistletoe’s medicinal quality depends on the environment of its host plant, discover researchers from China and the UK.


Asian Scientist Magazine (Jun. 29, 2022) — Imagine a dull joint soreness when you wake up in the morning or a feeling that your knees ache right before it rains. For many, this is what arthralgia (joint pain) feels like. Globally, more than 6 billion people turn to traditional medicine for common ailments like arthralgia. Recognizing the importance of traditional medicine, the World Health Organization (WHO) established a global center for traditional medicine this year in India.

Taking the traditional medicine research forward in Asia, a team of scientists studied a plant Viscum coloratum or mistletoe, which is popular in Traditional Chinese Medicine. The team led by researcher Dr. Yun-Li Zhao discovered that Viscum coloratum’s medicinal properties are affected by the environment and its host plant. The study published in the Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis  is also the first-of-its-kind to use a comprehensive analysis involving both biological and chemical approaches to determine a plant’s medicinal profiles.

Mistletoe is partly a parasitic plant which thrives off its host plant in addition to photosynthesizing on its own.

The 9th International Conference on Herbal and Traditional Plant Medicine conference, which will be place on November 14-15, 2022 in Tokyo, Japan, will address the core issues surrounding herbs It will bring together the world's top scientists so that you can hear from and interact with people who are on the cutting edge of our field.

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Source: https://www.asianscientist.com/2022/06/in-the-lab/of-host-plants-and-traditional-medicine/


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