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Science, research, and perspectives on the bioactive potential of Latin American plants, molecular intelligence, and natural compounds.

Orangutan self-treating with medicinal plants
May 2024 Research

Active self-treatment of a facial wound with a biologically active plant by a male Sumatran orangutan

First recorded observation of a wild animal treating a wound with a medicinal plant, demonstrating the ancestral link between primates and natural bioactive discovery.

By Isabelle B. Laumer, Arif Rahman, et al.
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AI molecular mapping visualization
Jan 2025 Research

Large-Scale Mapping of Cryptic Metabolomes in the Plant Kingdom via Foundation Transformer Models

A 2025 breakthrough using AI Transformer models to predict over 100,000 previously 'invisible' plant molecules, solving the chemical gap without land extraction.

By Chloe Engler Hart, Yojana Gadiya, Daniel Domingo-Fernández, et al.
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