What medical Discovery has there been from the Amazon Rain Forest Ecosystem?

Question

What medical Discovery has there been from the Amazon Rain Forest Ecosystem?

Answer 1

An estimated one in four of all purchases from pharmacies in countries such as Britain contain an active ingredient derived from a tropical forest species.

Products include anaesthetics, contraceptives, enzymes, hormones, laxatives, cough mixtures, antibiotics and antiseptics. These have all been derived from rainforest species. Derivatives from rainforest plants are used to treat cancer, malaria, heart disease, bronchitis, hypertension, dysentery and tuberculosis.

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Answer 2

There have been many plants from rainforests that are now used in many Prescription Drugs.