This notion suggests a strong potential for prenylated flavonoids as antimicrobial agents as well as anti-inflammatory agents

This could mean that attending physicians are served best with intermediate levels of emotional stability. Future research could examine this possibility. The paper mulberry is a member of the Moraceae family and is naturally distributed in Eastern Asia and pacific countries. The trees are dioecious and deciduous and serum-secretive. As a pioneer species, the paper mulberry has a great adaptability to climates and soils and strong resistance to pests and diseases, among other characteristics. It is the ideal tree species for gardening and ecological reclamation, and widely used in papermaking, livestock, medicine and other industries. The paper mulberry is a shallow-rooted tree with advanced lateral roots but no obvious taproot. Due to its fast growth and strong adaptability, the paper mulberry is commonly used for the ecological afforestation and landscaping along highways, in mined areas and on barren land. The tremendous endogenous distribution range of this tree shows its ability to thrive in various climates. The paper mulberry is even considered an invasive plant because it has quickly spread throughout areas of Florida and Ghana. The bark of the paper mulberry is often used to make paper and envelopes in the handicraft industry. The average length of a phloem fiber which makes it an excellent material for the production of high-quality paper. In addition, bark from the paper mulberry has already been grown as a cash crop, providing a successful example of domestication of a forest product. Indeed, the rotation of upland rice and paper mulberries, from which the inner bark is harvested, increases the productivity of a traditional slash-andburn system. Importantly, paper mulberry may be an alternative crop intercropped with pineapple, sugar cane and kenaf in agroforestry system. Because of its abundance in proteins, the leaves of the paper mulberry have been used as a kind of non-conventional forage, which is superior to compound feed and reduces the cost of feeding livestock and poultry. In addition, the fruit extract can also be used in dietary supplement preparations, as a food additive, or to prevent oxidation in food products. Due to the high contents of flavonoids and other secondary products, the paper mulberry has long been used in Chinese traditional medicine for the treatment of inflammatory disorders, especially for systemic septic inflammation, as well as chronic bronchitis. For example, broussochalcone, one of the medicinal compounds of the paper mulberry, is a powerful antioxidant with versatile free radical-scavenging activity, and is able to directly scavenge superoxide anions and hydroxyl radicals. Papyriflavonol-A, also found in paper mulberries, has an effective antifungal activity and strong antibacterial activity and is used in traditional Asian medicine to treat microbial infections.

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