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Why Study Herbal Plants?

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The word “herb” has been derived from the Latin word “herba” and an old French word “herbe”. Nowadays, herb refers to any part of the plant-like fruit, seed, stem, bark, flower, leaf, stigma or a root, as well as a non-woody plant. Earlier, the term “herb” was only applied to non-woody plants, including those that come from trees and shrubs. These medicinal plants are also used as food, flavonoid, medicine or perfume and also in certain spiritual activities (Anselem 2004).

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Shaheen, S., Ramzan, S., Khan, F., Ahmad, M. (2019). Why Study Herbal Plants?. In: Adulteration in Herbal Drugs: A Burning Issue. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28034-5_3

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