The plant deserves special attention because of its medicinal properties. Local tradition credits that this plant can help pa-tients stricken with dengue fever. While it does not fight with the virus, it promotes the develop-ment of blood platelets and softens the effect of the viruses which ...
Euphorbia hirta Linn, herb, a folkloric medicinal plant in the Philippines against dengue is reportedly effective against the dengue virus. This deadly and painful mosquito-bom disease continuously affects millions of people worldwide for there are no commercially developed drugs or vaccines available. ...
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Isolation and Structure Elucidation of Potential Anti-Dengue Metabolites from Tawa-tawa (Euphorbia hirta Linn.)doi:10.2004/WJST.V11I9.537Wilanfranco Caballero TayoneJaneth Cuevas TayoneMasaru HashimotoInstitute of Research and Development, Walailak University...