7. A. Maureen Rouhi, "Seeking Drugs in Natural Products," Chemical and Engineering News, 75(14), 14-30 (7 Apr 97).

This article describes the five International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups funded in 1993 by the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, and the US Agency for International Development to gather extracts from tropical rainforests and subtropical arid lands to be tested for medical promise the past five years. Each group is a partnership of local institutions, American Universities , and a pharmaceutical development lab.


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