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Tag: medicine

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Revealed, the hidden kingdom of fungi

Author Keith Seifert is a charming guide as he introduces us to a fungal world many of us are largely unaware of.

by Nigel ChaffeySeptember 13, 2022September 13, 2022
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For fans of fungi – The magic of mushrooms

by Nigel ChaffeyAugust 4, 2022August 4, 2022
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Plants that … CURE

by Nigel ChaffeyNovember 22, 2020November 20, 2020
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Books

Does the Garden of Eden contain magic medicine trees?

by Nigel ChaffeyNovember 15, 2019November 15, 2019
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Old man and a plant
Featured Plant Cuttings

Houseplants as human health monitors

by Nigel ChaffeyMarch 15, 2019March 15, 2019
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Dog admiring plant
Plant Cuttings

Man’s best friend now plant’s best friend too?

by Nigel ChaffeyMarch 1, 2019March 1, 2019
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Achuar with a blowpipe in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Featured Plant Cuttings

How much do you know about … blowguns?

by Nigel ChaffeyMay 8, 2018May 13, 2018
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Seaweed in a Valentine heart shape
Articles Featured

Seaweeds for a “broken heart”

Seaweed protein in your food could help you to reduce your blood pressure and the risk to suffer heart attacks and other cardiovascular diseases.

by Marco Garcia-VaqueroApril 18, 2018April 16, 2018
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Prize winning Hereford bulls from cryogenically stored Embryo Transfer
Life

Cryopreservation on the farm and in the news

by Editor Pat Heslop-HarrisonNovember 27, 2016November 27, 2016
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Image: William Woodville, Medical Botany, volume 3. London: James Phillips, 1793.
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Cures: Ancient and Modern…

Ancient medical text books may hold the key to fighting many modern diseases.

by Nigel ChaffeyJuly 22, 2015July 21, 2015
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Image: Florian Hirzinger/Wikimedia Commons.
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Trees, good for the spirit (and the mind…)

Do trees make us happier?

by Nigel ChaffeyJuly 9, 2015June 28, 2015
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Image: From Tacuinum Sanitatis, ca. 1400.
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Garlic and octopus battle tree disease

An allicin-based solution has been shown to treat trees infected with fungal diseases.

by Nigel ChaffeyFebruary 12, 2015February 6, 2015
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Feedback

  1. Nigel Chaffey on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 18, 2023

    Good afternoon, Patrick, Aha, one now begins to wonder if the spelling Catherine in the cited source should really have…

  2. Patrick Collins on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 17, 2023

    The bisindole alkaloid catharine is said to have been published and the molecular structure can be found scattered about, though…

  3. Nigel Chaffey on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 17, 2023

    Hello Patrick, Thank you for taking th etim eto comment on this item. The source for 'catherine' that's stated in…

  4. Patrick Collins on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 15, 2023

    Catherine? I know there are many variants of the basic skeleton with related names but surely the most well-known is…

  5. Nigel Chaffey on Plants named for the great, the good, and the bad..?January 5, 2023

    ICYMI, Dr Sandra Knapp has been awarded an OBE in the UK's New Year's Honours list, for the important contributions…

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