Financial Times talks with scientists and the pharma industry and explores different models for sharing benefits of drug discovery in plants (article in English)

With an estimated 33,000 species in the Amazon region alone, their exploitation cound be of great importance to this country´s GDP (article in English)

Local Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA) and pharmaceutical company Lafar S.A. develop topic anti-inflammatory product based on native plant "Chilca" in Bolivia (article in Spanish)

Camu-camu and acerola have joined the more commonly mentioned cranberry and açai among the list of frequently-mentioned antioxidants (article in English)

Chiloé company promotes wild maqui berries to health conscious consumers around the globe (article in English)

Hailing from across the globe, these nutrient-packed snacks are the latest in great-tasting nutrition. And many are from the Neotropics! (article in English).

The Library of Medicinal Plants of the National Institute of Health (INS) of Peru currently has more than one thousand native species of medicinal use (article in English)

With support from local and international funds, researchers will identify most popular species used in indigenous communities and boost their production (article in Spanish)

Sales of herbal dietary supplements in the United States increased by 3.3 percent in 2010, reaching a total estimated figure of more than 5.2 billion dollars, acording to data published by the American Botanical Council (ABC)(article in English)

Acai juice may provide anti-inflammatory benefits that offer protection from hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis), according to new research (article in English)