Sentences with phrase «important medicinal uses»

The various properties of witch hazel have some important medicinal uses:

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«For 20 years we have been using rational bioengineering to modify the chemical structures of clinically important natural products — using genetics to make a new molecule in a process that parallels medicinal chemistry — and that's what we were doing when we stumbled upon this,» said Professor Barrie Wilkinson from the John Innes Centre.

A native of China and India, ginger was an important part of ancient Chinese medicine and was adopted for medicinal use in Europe after arriving on the earliest trading routes.

Mate has a long traditional use as a medicinal herb, and research has confirmed that it possesses several important health benefits, notably an ability to energize, stimulate urination, and reduce cholesterol.

Maca was used by the ancient Peruvians as currency for trade and played an important role in their cooking and medicinal uses for over 3,000 years.

Finally, the great diversity of coral reef organisms may be important for such future uses as mariculture and medicinal production.