Medicinal Plants
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Medicinal plants represent the most ancient form of medication, used for thousands of years in traditional medicine in many countries around the world [...]
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Medicinal plants are a source of bioactive compounds with potential pharmacological benefits, including antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective effects.
“These plants are a source of bioactive compounds with potential pharmacological benefits, including antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective effects [11,12].”
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The Medicinal Plants text describes bioactive plant compounds and reports antibacterial activity in Nepeta extracts and anti-inflammatory potential in other plant extracts. It mentions testing plant extracts against enzyme targets relevant to Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases, but does not report a neuroprotective effect; that part of the claim is unsupported. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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“Plants are the most ancient medication used worldwide to treat illnesses (Pucci et al. 2019; Marrelli 2021; Bernitsa et al. 2023).”
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“Medicinal plants represent the most ancient form of medication, used for thousands of years in traditional medicine in many countries around the world (Marrelli 2021).”
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“In fact, natural products play a pivotal role as a source of drug compounds, and currently, a number of modern drugs derived from traditional herbal medicine are used in modern pharmacotherapy (Marrelli, 2021).”
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“Herbal medicine, a key component of traditional medicine in many cultures, serves as a natural antioxidant (30).”
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“The use of plants for medicinal purposes has been documented from time immemorial, as these plants possess therapeutic properties and exert beneficial pharmacological effects on animal tissues and cell lines (Marrelli 2021; Samuel et al. 2024, 2026a, b, c).”
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- Authors
- Marrelli, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Calabria (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Marrelli, Mariangela
- ORCID
- Marrelli, Mariangela
- Venue
- Plants
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2021-07-02
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 1355
- ISSN
- 2223-7747 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC8309240
- OpenAlex
- W4242045199
- Cited by
- 91
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2026: 20 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 1
- FWCI
- 6.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Plants (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Archive of Doctoral Theses and Digital Collections (University of Calabria) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Medicinal Plant Research
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications
- Keywords
- medicinal plants, traditional medicine, herbal medicine, history of medicine
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