Traditional Medicine with Plants – Present and Past

Thomas Efferth^1* and Henry Johannes Greten^2,3

¹Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

²Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute, University of Porto, Portugal

³Heidelberg School of Chinese Medicine, Heidelberg, Germany

^*Corresponding Author: Thomas Efferth, Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Staudinger Weg 5, 55128 Mainz, Germany, Tel: 49-6131-3925751, Fax: 49-6131-3923752 Email:

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