Celastrus orbiculatus, a woody vine long revered in traditional Asian medicine, has emerged as a promising candidate in the arena of gastric cancer research. Modern investigations have revealed that ...

North America (Great Lakes region, Wisconsin, Minnesota): bark of vine boiled and eaten by Native American groups: Chippewa, Forest Potawatomi and Menomini groups. Chippewa: Bimikwud ('Twisting around ...

Celastrus paniculatus (known as jyotishmati in Sanskrit) is a herb that sounds celestial. However, when I studied its function in the ayurvedic texts, superficially I found that it had very ...

India (Uttar Pradesh, Balrampur region): unripe fruit boiled and eaten as vegetable. This site is provided to Mr. Freedman by Dr. Jules Janick, Emeritus Professor and Former James Troop Distinguished ...