Wisteria venusta

Wisteria venusta
Family:Wisteria venusta; Antiinflammatory; Antitumor.
Common name:Silky wisteria
Galls that develop on the plant as a result of infection by the bacterium Erwinia milletiae are used in Japanese folk medicine as an anti-inflammatory agent. Recent research has shown that substances in these galls can be used in the treatment of gastric cancer and can also inhibit kin tumour promotion by the Epstein-Barr virus.

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