Plants have remarkable stress resistance, owing to the high flexibility in their architecture and growth pattern in response to external conditions. This flexibility is based on the continuous ...

Scientists at Purdue University and the Scripps Research Institute have identified a natural compound from a common shrub that could help fight cancer. The compound is the first found to inhibit a ...

HUMIC compounds are acidic dark coloured and predominantly aromatic substances that occur in soil organic matter in concentrations which range from close to zero to near 100 per cent. Because of their ...

Scientists scouring the natural world for medicines have come up with another promising prospect. A compound isolated from the root of an African tree can kill fungi and bacteria, reports Kurt ...