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Planta Medica

Planta Medica is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Planta Medica rather than just read about it. In short: Planta Medica is a peer-reviewed journal published by Thieme Medical Publishers and covers medicinal plants and bioactive natural products of natural origin. Planta Medica is the official journal of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA).

Key takeaways

Planta Medica belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Planta Medica to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Planta Medica from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Planta Medica is a peer-reviewed journal published by Thieme Medical Publishers and covers medicinal plants and bioactive natural products of natural origin. Planta Medica is the official journal of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal's 2016 impact factor is 2.342. Planta Medica is a Q1 journal in integrative and complementary medicine, and a Q2 journal in plant sciences. Oliver Kayser, from the TU Dortmund University, and Robert Fuerst, Wolfgang-von-Goethe University Frankfurt are the editors-in-chief. In the 18 issues published per year, Planta Medica covers the following areas of medicinal plants and natural product research:

Biological and pharmacological activities Natural products chemistry and analytical studies Pharmacokinetic investigations Formulation and delivery systems of natural products The journal accepts original research papers, reviews, minireviews, and perspectives.

History When Planta Medica was founded in 1953, the first Editor-in-Chief was E. Schratz, University of Münster, Germany. The journal published its first English language article in 1959 and its first online article in 2001. Since 2013, Thieme has annually awarded the Most Innovative Paper of the Year to the most promising paper from the previous year that was published in Planta Medica.

Indexing Planta Medica is indexed in Current Contents/Life Sciences, Science Citation Index, MEDLINE, EMBASE and SCOPUS.

References

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Planta Medica

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Planta Medica claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Planta Medica before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Planta Medica ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Planta Medica

In research: Planta Medica appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Planta Medica in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Planta Medica is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Academic journals established in 1953, English-language journals, Journals published between 13 and 25 times per year, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Planta Medica outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Planta Medica in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Planta Medica means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Planta Medica in simple terms?

Why does Planta Medica matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Planta Medica?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Planta Medica.