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Shocks Make Plants Produce More Chemicals Sunday, March 30, 2008 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Biology   
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A few milliamps of electricity can cause plants to increase synthesis of chemicals. These compounds often also have a pharmacological or commercial value, so the trick could be used to help increase yields of commercially useful biologicals. Artemisinic acid, from sweet wormwood, for example, is used in malarial medications, and shikonin, from the purple gromwell plant, is used against skin infections. (source: nature.com)
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