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Plants and Medicine
This film, from Twig World, explores how artichokes, garlic and poppies play an important role in medicine, for pain management and the treatment of disease.
The key points made in the film are:
•The medicinal properties of plants have saved countless lives.
•Over half of prescription drugs use chemicals first identified in plants.
•Nowadays scientists chemically copy or synthesise them.
•This allows them to increase potency and meet higher demands.
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Flowers 139.35 KB
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Mistletoe 243.84 KB
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Opium poppy 167.83 KB
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Photosynthesis 152.33 KB
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Queen Anne lace plant 87.38 KB
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Opium poppy 167.83 KB
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Photosynthesis 152.33 KB
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Queen Anne lace plant 87.38 KB
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