Therapeutic orchids: traditional uses and recent advances--an overview.

TL;DR: This review aims to provide up-to-date information on the botanical characterization, medicinal uses, chemical constituents, pharmacological activities, and toxicity of B. striata and the possible exploitation of this plant for the treatment of different diseases, and uncovers opportunities for future research.

TL;DR: Plant tissue culture could be one of the most suitable alternative tools to minimize the pressure on natural population of medicinal orchids and their sustainable utilization.

TL;DR: The results showed that SG has good potential for use in producing an edible film for various food applications and was less mechanically resistant than LBG but more flexible than galactomannan films.

TL;DR: The phylogeny of orchids with two or three fertile anthers and lady's tresses and relatives, the subfamily Spiranthoideae, and the cormous or cymbidioid phylad are described.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an extraordinary compilation of the plants used by North American native people for medicine, food, fiber, dye, and a host of other things, which is the most massive ethnobotanical survey ever undertaken, preserving an enormous store of information for the future.