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Svetlanka [38]
4 years ago
6

Explain why rainforests are important to western medicine.

Biology
2 answers:
quester [9]4 years ago
6 0
Rain forests are important to western medicine because the supplies needed for the medicine is provided for you in the rain forest, therefore making rain forests important for western medicine.
LuckyWell [14K]4 years ago
4 0

Answer:

The rain forest is very important for western medicine because about 25% of western pharmaceutical are derived from the rain forest. The rain forest has provided a wide variety of medicines like pain relievers and cure for various other diseases for the modern society.

Example: Quinine that cures malaria is an alkaloid that is extracted from the bark of cinchona tree that is known to be found in Latin America and Africa.  


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