“Plantas que nos ayudan” book — Rosa Porcel

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Did you know that many of the medicines we use today came from plants that have been with us for centuries? Rosa Porcel, PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and science communicator (@bioamara, winner of the 2021 Prismas Award for Best Popular Science Work), guides us on a journey through the human body to discover the plants that look after the heart, ease pain, regulate the menstrual cycle or have been used to synthesise cancer medicines.

With scientific rigour and accessible language, the book separates what science has proven from what is merely tradition, tracing the history of botanical knowledge from the domestication of plants to today’s scientific advances. An invitation to rediscover that, as the author puts it, “man’s best friend has always been the plant”.