Plant Therapeutics

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Medical Research, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan City 71101, Taiwan.
² Department of Pharmacy and Master Program, Collage of Pharmacy and Health Care, Tajen University, Pingtung 90741, Taiwan.
³ Graduate Program of Nutrition Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 11677, Taiwan.

Editorial

Juei-Tang Cheng et al. Plants (Basel). 2022.

. 2022 Oct 14;11(20):2720.

doi: 10.3390/plants11202720.

¹ Institute of Medical Research, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan City 71101, Taiwan.
² Department of Pharmacy and Master Program, Collage of Pharmacy and Health Care, Tajen University, Pingtung 90741, Taiwan.
³ Graduate Program of Nutrition Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 11677, Taiwan.

Abstract

Plants for therapeutics and the phytotherapy for disorders are the same thing in practice [...].

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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