Are Ancestral Medical Practices the Future Solution to Today’s Medical Problems?

Abstract

Our cells and organs are threatened and, in most cases, constantly subjected to the aggression of numerous situations, both endogenous, characterized by unfavorable genetics, and exogenous, by deficient or inadequate nutrition, and even by a hostile environment; in most cases, they ultimately cause a cascade of degenerative and cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and infections, as well as those related to the metabolic syndrome, all of which eventually generate irreversible damage to the organism and, consequently, a significant deterioration in its survival [...]

Phytochemicals: “A Small Defensive Advantage for Plants and Fungi; a Great Remedy for the Health of Mankind”

“…The classification of organic compounds has always been very ambiguous and that is also the case of phytochemicals. However, five groups can be included among them as the most significant: flavonoids, phytosterols, terpenoids, lignans and stilbenes [5], all of which are recognized for their large number of bioactive effects as nutraceuticals, essential nutrients and even allelopathic, thus influencing both the growth and survival, as well as the reproduction of other organisms [6]. Among all these phytochemicals, polyphenols and triterpenoids should be highlighted, as many of their bioactive capacities are known, both in vitro and in vivo [4].…”