Plants produce aspirin when they are stressed says new study

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By Bonface LandiJul 20, 2022, 7:30 pm255 pts
A recent study published in the journal Science Advances established that plants produce medicine to deal with stress just as like humans. In the study, the researchers examined a model plant known as Arabidopsis and found that it produced salicylic acid – commonly known as aspirin – when stressed.

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