Plants may be key to new medicines

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Plants may be key to new medicines


























An Ecuadoran wild pepper species, newly discovered by collaborators at the University of Nevada, Reno, might be home to about 40-50 species of insects and provides a wealth of opportunities for studying chemical diversity. The timing of this discovery bears special significance because of a proposed new chemical ecology program at the University. Through this interdisciplinary effort, plants from the Great Basin and around the globe take on a whole new, and very important, meaning as scientists find natural products that may have a huge impact on the discovery of new therapeutics.“We have a new take on this endeavor as  …
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