PLANT, HEALTH AND MAN-PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE /
Plants have been used as a source of medicines from ancient times and even in modern arena, plant-based systems continue to play an essential role in health care. Medicinal plants contain curative bioactive ingredients which have proven to be valuable as primary or supplemental therapies when carefu...
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Kepong, Selangor Darul Ehsan : Forest Research Institute Malaysia,
2008
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| Summary: | Plants have been used as a source of medicines from ancient times and even in modern arena, plant-based systems continue to play an essential role in health care. Medicinal plants contain curative bioactive ingredients which have proven to be valuable as primary or supplemental therapies when carefully applied. Despite the increasing use of synthetic drugs, natural remedies have persisted as the treatment of choice for many diseases throughout the world. |
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