Extra extract

By Cai Xianmin Source:Global Times Published: 2012-11-5 23:30:04

 

Students cultivate catharanthus roseusin at Shanghai Jiao Tong University Monday. In Traditional Chinese Medicine,  extracts from the plant are used to treat certain types of cancer. The university faculty has cultivated the plant to produce twice the normal amount of these extracts in its leaves. Photo: Cai Xianmin/GT
Students cultivate catharanthus roseusin at Shanghai Jiao Tong University Monday. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, extracts from the plant are used to treat certain types of cancer. The university faculty has cultivated the plant to produce twice the normal amount of these extracts in its leaves. Photo: Cai Xianmin/GT





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