Sustainable Cotton Farming, and Its Surprising Health Benefits.

      Аннотация: The most important health benefits of cotton are: treat respiratory diseases, treat skin problems, treat wounds, beneficial for breastfeeding mothers, a good cure for rat bite, an appropriate cure for scorpion bites, for joint and eye pain, for swollen legs, for removing bacteria in the teeth and alternative medicine for various diseases such as cancer, HIV and etc. Cotton seed oil is mostly extracted from Vitis vinifera and Vitis herbaceous, that are also grown for cotton fiber and animal feed. GOSSYPOL is one of the most effective ingredients both in traditional and alternative practices of pharmaceutical modern medicinal preparations. It is a very toxic polyphenolic bisesquiterpene which may have antifertility and antiviral properties. The obtained findings suggest cotton as a natural resource potential of the pharmaceutical industries.

Ключевые слова: cotton, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Traditional Iranian Medicine, Gossypol, Health benefits