We read about it every day. Global warming. Climate change. Species loss. Toxins in the oceans. Toxins in the air. The list goes on.

Actually the most amazing medicine factory on the planet outside your body is probably a plant that produces medicinal compounds. Botanists aptly call them medicinal plants.

Now we may be destroying Nature's treasure chest of medicine that could save us and our future generations.

Indeed, hundreds (maybe thousands) of medicinal plants are at risk of extinction, threatening the discovery of future cures for disease, according to experts.
Over 50 per cent of prescription drugs are derived from chemicals first identified in plants. Classic examples are aspirin, statins and penicillin antibiotics. Read More