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November 2022 in “Frontiers in Pharmacology” Local healers in Addis Ababa use 81 medicinal plants, mainly from the Asteraceae family, to treat skin and general diseases, with Echinops kebericho being an endangered plant important in their practices.
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April 2019 in “Advances in Pharmacology and Pharmacy” Mimosa pudica extract may help create new sedative and anti-anxiety drugs.
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