Biology: Life on Earth (11th Edition)
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Chapter 22, Problem 1AC
Prior to the development of synthetic drugs, more than 80% of all medicines were of plant origin. Even today, indigenous tribes in remote Amazonian rain forests can provide a plant product to treat virtually any ailment. Herbal medicine is also widely and successfully practiced in China. Most of these drugs are unknown to the Western world. But the forests from which much of this plant material is obtained are being converted to agriculture. We are in danger of losing many of these potential drugs before they can be evaluated by Western medicine. What steps can you suggest to preserve these natural
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Biology: Life on Earth (11th Edition)
Ch. 22 - In an alternation of generations life cycle,...Ch. 22 - Prob. 2MCCh. 22 - Prob. 3MCCh. 22 - 4. In which of the following is the gametophyte...Ch. 22 - Prob. 5MCCh. 22 - 1. Scientists hypothesize that the ancestors of...Ch. 22 - Plant adaptations to life on land include a(n)...Ch. 22 - 3. Seedless vascular plants must reproduce when...Ch. 22 - 4. Three groups of nonvascular plants are _______,...Ch. 22 - 1. What is meant by “alternation of generations”?...
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