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Dioclein – a new drug from an old plant

Letter from Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

John Dunn
John Dunn*
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Departamento de Psiquiatria, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Rua Botucatu, 740, São Paulo – SP, Brazil 04023-900
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Preservation of the world's rainforests and other natural habitats can be argued for from several points of view. Maintaining biodiversity and preventing the ‘greenhouse effect’ are two commonly stated objectives. A less altruistic reason is that many of the floral species in such habitats remain unstudied and could yield new and important drugs to treat human diseases. Many of the drugs we use today are derived from plants or are their synthetic derivatives.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , April 1997 , pp. 235 - 236
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