Fungus produces active agent in a medicinal herb

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Dec 3, 2019, 9:18 am390 pts
Tatarinow's aster is used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat a number of ailments; the plant contains an active ingredient known as astin—and it is this agent which cancer researchers are now investigating. However, the plant does not produce the astins itself, as was assumed for a long time; instead,…

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