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2025 | EURASIAN EXPERIMENT JOURNAL OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL SCIENCES (EEJMMS) | Pp. 134-145
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with atherosclerosis, endothelial dysfunction, oxidative stress, and chronic inflammation as central mechanisms in their pathogenesis. Increasing evidence highlights...
2025 | EURASIAN EXPERIMENT JOURNAL OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL SCIENCES (EEJMMS) | Pp. 186-194
Neurodegenerative disorders (NDs), including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and Huntington’s disease, represent a major global health challenge due to progressive neuronal dysfunction and irreversible neurodegeneratio...
2025 | EURASIAN EXPERIMENT JOURNAL OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL SCIENCES (EEJMMS) | Pp. 177-185
Stress, a physiological and psychological response to internal and external challenges, can negatively impact health when chronic or excessive. Plant-based adaptogens are a class of herbal compounds that enhance the body’s resilience to stress by modulating n...
2025 | EURASIAN EXPERIMENT JOURNAL OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL SCIENCES (EEJMMS) | Pp. 165-176
Malaria remains a major global public health challenge, with an estimated 247 million cases and 619,000 deaths in 2021, predominantly affecting children in sub-Saharan Africa. Efforts to develop an effective malaria vaccine have spanned over a century, with s...
2025 | EURASIAN EXPERIMENT JOURNAL OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL SCIENCES (EEJMMS) | Pp. 156-164
Herbal nanomedicine represents a rapidly evolving field that combines the therapeutic potential of plant-derived bioactive compounds with the technological advantages of nanocarriers. Traditional herbal formulations often face challenges such as poor solubili...
2025 | EURASIAN EXPERIMENT JOURNAL OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL SCIENCES (EEJMMS) | Pp. 146-155
Essential oils (EOs) are complex mixtures of volatile compounds extracted from plants that have been historically employed for therapeutic and preventive purposes. Their antimicrobial, antiviral, antifungal, antioxidant, and immunomodulatory properties have g...
2025 | EURASIAN EXPERIMENT JOURNAL OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL SCIENCES (EEJMMS) | Pp. 124-133
Bioactive peptides (BPs) are short amino acid sequences with significant health-promoting properties. Increasing evidence highlights plant-derived peptides as sustainable and safe alternatives to synthetic drugs and animal-based peptides, given their wide dis...
2025 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND PHARMACY (NIJPP) | Pp. 59-63
Membrane redox potentials represent a critical yet underexplored dimension of cancer biology. These potentials, generated across mitochondrial and plasma membranes through electron transport and redox-active enzymes, tightly regulate bioenergetics, reactive o...
2025 | EURASIAN EXPERIMENT JOURNAL OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL SCIENCES (EEJMMS) | Pp. 112-123
Wound healing is a complex biological process involving hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. Medicinal plants, used since antiquity, remain a primary therapeutic option in many cultures due to their accessibility, affordability, and divers...
2025 | EURASIAN EXPERIMENT JOURNAL OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL SCIENCES (EEJMMS) | Pp. 102-111
Traditional childbirth practices remain a cornerstone of maternal healthcare in many parts of the world, where medicinal plants play a central role in managing pregnancy, labor, and postpartum recovery. Ethnobotanical knowledge, transmitted across generations...