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Organotherapy with Placenta: Past and Present
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: Received: 23 August 2023 / Approved: 24 August 2023 / Online: 24 August 2023 (09:58:31 CEST)
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Teppone M. Organotherapy with placenta: past and present. Int J Complement Alt Med. 2023;16(6):326‒333. DOI: 10.15406/ijcam.2023.16.00671 Teppone M. Organotherapy with placenta: past and present. Int J Complement Alt Med. 2023;16(6):326‒333. DOI: 10.15406/ijcam.2023.16.00671
Abstract
For several millennia, doctors and healers used therapeutic ingredients extracted from minerals, plants, and animals. Among the active remedies derived from animals, the placenta was among the most popular ones. The use of placenta-based remedies has retained its significance in our time. The placenta-based therapeutics are indicated for stimulating immunity, wound healing, reduction of skin pigmentation, treatment of various patients suffering from gynecological disorders, etc. By the beginning of the 21st century, the majority of specific functions and chemical ingredients of the placenta were identified and described. However, only now active proteins and peptides with molecular weight of about ten kDa were revealed. Presumably, they play an essential role during the therapeutic application of placental extract. Hopefully, this discovery will start a new era in the research and clinical application of organotherapeutic remedies, including placenta.
Keywords
Organotherapy; Placenta; Peptides; Nano-peptides; Integrative Medicine
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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