Akshay S Dinesh

@asd.learnlearn.in

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https://asd.learnlearn.in

Public meeting with large banner in background, 6 people seated and one person at the mic
Screenshot of a terminal window showing commands like jj describe, jj log, jj git push and their corresponding output on a folder named learnlearnin.gitlab.io (presumably the author's blog)
The influence of plant products on drug research has been disproportionate to theirtherapeutic value. During the twentieth century, both academic and commercial researchersspent time in seeking out novel preparations employed by native tribes or users of folkmedicines. The paucity of useful outcomes from this is hardly surprising, for the rationale oftreating the sick with such products is inherently unsound since in most cases the productswere chosen on account of a perceived property such as taste, smell, colour or shape.Alternatively, plants were selected because of a dramatic effect like purgation, emesis,sneezing, increased urination, salivation, sweating, stupefaction, hallucination or moodalteration. Truly effective modern drugs such as antibiotics, antivirals, statins, hormonederivatives, and the like, are often devoid of any perceptible effect that is related to theiraction. If research into plant products is to be more successful in the future, rigorous criteriafor their selection for investigation will need to be developed.