70% of Plants ID’d to Fight Cancer Found Only in Rainforests

9 February 2008 | Science, Health, Nature | No Comments

That’s more than 2,000 tropical forest plants, and yet still less than one percent of tropical rainforest species have been analyzed for their medicinal value. Time is running out, as 5-10 percent of tropical rainforest species will be lost per decade unless more is done.

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