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Free exports of herbs could mean the death knell for India's biodiversity

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Patent solution

Digital library to store data collected from ancient texts on medicinal properties of plants

On medicinal value of Assam's plants

The biochemical disciplinarian

Root out cancer

Grow a curry leaf plant

And control type 2 diabetes

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Go wild

Ashwagandha that grows in the wild fights illness better

A fig for the pain

Bark of the banyan tree cures joint pain and inflammation  

New plants species with healing properties found in Manipur

Researchers documented 145 medicinal plants that the healers use for treating 59 ailments

Goa’s signature spice

Pungent teppal balances dishes’ strong sweet-sour flavour

Home remedies

Making a case

The Patent Bill gives oral traditions document status

Scent of good business

Herbs spell commercial success for villages in Jowahar Valley

Trouble in Mexico

Mayans may lose traditional knowledge to a Us-funded project

Herbal cures to fight kala azar

Tamed for good

CITES ban forces India to hasten formulation of legislation to protect endangered species

Root therapy

Thirst for profits rises as disease spreads

Even as AIDS spreads throughout the world, Australians are determined to get their share of the profits from the use of a shrub that halts …

Working wonders with neem

There has recently been a flurry of international activity centred around the versatile neem.

Without a trace

Medicinal plant biodiversity is rapidly vanishing in India and the government has still to come up with a plan of action

Loss of the wild

Greed has taken a heavy toll on the wealth of herbs in India. Manufacturers of herbal products are cutting the very branch on which the industry …