UNESCO-EOLSS Online presents peer reviewed scientific chapters related to Medicinal Plants. It is thematically organized archival content in many traditional disciplines and interdisciplinary subjects with including the coverage of transdisciplinary pathways. The contributions are from thousands of scholars from over 100 countries and edited by more than 350 subject experts. It also includes up-to-date coverage of various aspects of sustainable development that are relevant to the current state of the world.
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WHO Supports Scientifically-proven Traditional Medicine
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines Indigenous (Traditional) medicine is defined as “the sum total of knowledge, skills and practices based on the theories, beliefs and experiences indigenous to different cultures that are used to maintain health, as well as to prevent, diagnose, improve or treat physical and mental illnesses". The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes innovations around the world including repurposing drugs, traditional medicines and developing new therapies in the search for potential treatments for COVID-19.
Indigenous medicine comprises medical aspects of traditional knowledge that developed over generations within various societies before the era of modern medicine. In some Asian and African countries, up to 80% of the population depends on traditional medicine for their primary health care needs. Use of plants as a source of medicine has been an ancient practice and is an important component of the Indigenous health care system which includes traditional African, Ayurveda, Chinese, European, Iranian, Islamic, Korean, Siddha, Tibetian and Unani traditional medicine.
Latest/upcoming Chapters on - Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (Immune Boosting Medicinal Plants) : available in the EOLSS-Online
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil: Processing, Quality, Safety, Authenticity, Nutritional and Health Aspects - M. Antoniadou, T.H. Varzakas
- Pharmacological And Nutritional Importance Of Artemisia - Ali Esmail Al-Snafi
- Herbal Plants Used in Cosmetics and Cosmeceuticals and Their Advantages Over The Synthetic Counterparts - Charu Gupta and Dhan Prakash
- The Medical, Pharmaceutical, and Nutritional Biochemistry and Uses of Some Common Medicinal Plants - Chinaza Godswill Awuchi, Hannington Twinomuhwezi
- Phytochemistry and Therapeutic Potential Of Turmeric (Curcuma longa) - Sayantani Chanda, T.V.Ramachandra
- Important Medicinal Plants – Sudan - Sakina Yagi, Ahmed Yagi
- Several Important Medicinal Plants, Comparative Analysis of Bioactive Compounds of Total Phenolic and Flavonoids - Oksana Sytar
- Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Properties of Arab Medicinal Plants - Bashar Saad,Sameena Z.H. Haq
- Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Arabia and Iran - Shahina A. Ghazanfar
- Important Medicinal Plants of Ethiopia: Uses, Knowledge Transfer and Conservation Practices - Admasu Moges, Yohannes Moges
- Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (Turkey) - Munir OZTURK, Ernaz ALTUNDAG and Sahil GUCEL
- Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Azerbaijan - Naiba Mehtiyeva and Sevil Zeynalova
- Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Iberian Peninsula - Inigo Uriarte-Pueyo, Maria Isabel Calvo and Rita Yolanda Cavero
- Herbal Medicines in the United Kingdom - Michael Heinrich, Anthony Booker
- Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Australia - Ian E. Cock
- Medicinal And Aromatic Plants – Portugal - Ana Maria Barata, Filomena Rocha, Violeta Lopes, Eliseu Bettencourt, A. Cristina Figueiredo
- Industrial Uses of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - María Paz Arraiza and José Luis de Pedro
Merlin L Willcox and Benjamin Gilbert - in Ethnopharmacology, [Eds. Elaine Elisabetsky, and Nina L. Etkin], in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO-Eolss, [https://www.eolss.net]
Kenneth Anchang Yongabi, (2008) - in Biotechnology, [Eds. Horst W. Doelle, Stefan Rokem, Marin Berovic],in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems(EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO-Eolss, [https://www.eolss.net]
R. Kutalek and A. Prinz, (2005) - in Ethnopharmacology, [Eds. Elaine Elisabetsky, and Nina L. Etkin], in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO-Eolss, [https://www.eolss.net]
