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From sunscreens to medicines: Can a dissipation hypothesis explain the beneficial aspects of many plant compounds?

Medicine has utilised plant‐based treatments for millennia, but precisely how they work is unclear. One approach is to use a thermodynamic viewpoint that life arose by dissipating geothermal and/or solar potential. Hence, the ability to dissipate energy to maintain homeostasis is a fundamental princ...

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Autores principales: Nunn, Alistair V.W., Guy, Geoffrey W., Botchway, Stanley W., Bell, Jimmy D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7496984/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32166791
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ptr.6654