Herbal medicine has been used for the treatment of human and livestock ailments since ancient times. Numerous rural and urban communities in Ethiopia practice traditional medicine and transfer the knowledge verbally from generation to generation. Thus, t
more than 80 % of vascular plants are herbaceous plants (Whigham2004), and herbaceous plants are of great significance for maintaining the species diversity of forest ecosystems. Compared with trees and shrubs, understory herbs are more sensitive ...
We pluck the berries and begin to fill a quart-size crate to brimming, working steadily in the shade of a few trees, stripping each bush of its bounty. My girls want to move further down the row, but I keep us in the shade, the brute sun sure to transform the fun of berry picking...
A total of 276 articles were included in the systematic review, with a further 145 reviewed for information on a general discussion of scrub typhus ecology. Only 6 articles were excluded, as the full text could not be obtained (Fig.1). Systematic review articles were published between 1924 an...
many tree species also assist staple crops through soil-fertility improvement. This was demonstrated in an analysis of more than 90 peer-reviewed studies on the planting of nitrogen-fixing green fertilizers, including trees and shrubs, which found consistent evidence of benefits to cereals in semi-...
Camellia sinensis belongs to the Theaceae family and has small perennial shrubs widely used to produce green and black teas [131]. Its beneficial properties are attributed to green tea’s polyphenol components (catechins). Epicatechin-3-gallate and epigallocatechin-3 gallate are the two significant ...