Forest communities in southwestern Ghana use 70 species of medicinal trees to treat up to 83 ailments, according to a recent study. These plants contain high levels of bioactive compounds with pharmacological benefits, but many are also threatened by factors including overharvesting and agricultural expansion in the area that...
Pham My Hanh, #chairwoman of #Hanoi based My Hanh Group JSC, has been detained in a VND1.26 trillion ($51.8 million) #fraud involving false information about #ginseng cultivation.
The arrest was announced Friday by Hanoi's Cau Giay district police, who said the case fell under Article 174 of the Penal Code dealing with "fraudulent appropriation of property."
(Ngoc Linh ginseng (Panax vietnamensis, or Vietnamese ginseng), a #rare#medical#root containing 52 saponin compounds, was found on #NgocLinh Mountain at the boundary between Kon Tum and Quang Nam provinces in the late 1960s.)
Ghana’s Medicinal Plants, the ‘First Aid’ for Communities, Are Under Threat (goodmenproject.com)
Forest communities in southwestern Ghana use 70 species of medicinal trees to treat up to 83 ailments, according to a recent study. These plants contain high levels of bioactive compounds with pharmacological benefits, but many are also threatened by factors including overharvesting and agricultural expansion in the area that...