Study confirms anti-inflammatory property of traditional Samoan remedy

Medicinal plants being studies at the Scientific Research Organization of Samoa’s (SROS) medicinal garden. Image courtesy of Seeseei Molimau-Samasoni.
November 26, 2021
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Aided by traditional Samoan healers, researchers isolated the bioactive compounds from the leaves of a small, tropical tree called Psychotria insularum. The leaf extract, along with the isolated compounds, was recently discovered to prevent the production of inflammatory molecules in immune cells as well as ibuprofen did. 

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traditional medicine
traditional knowledge
indigenous and local knowledge
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