Department of Biology Organizes a Scientific Forum on the Medical Importance of the Small Milkweed

Scientific Forum

The Department of Biology at the College of Education for Pure Sciences organized a scientific forum on the medical importance of the small milkweed. The lecturer, Asst. Prof. Dr. (Ban Abdul Hussein Muhammad), presented it.
The aim of this forum was to introduce the Euphorbia peplus plant, known as “the small milkweed” or “milkweed”, which is a herbaceous plant belonging to the Euphorbiaceae family.
The forum also included several axes on the medical importance of this herb and its scientific composition. The researcher recommended the need to pay attention to such topics to gain this plant great medical attention due to its containing effective compounds used in the treatment of some skin and cancerous diseases.