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Walnut Trees Reduce Stress with Aspirin Saturday, September 20, 2008 - Anuradha Menon Home >> Headlines >> Biology   
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Walnut trees respond to stress by producing significant amounts of a chemical form of aspirin, scientists have discovered. The finding, by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo., opens up new avenues of research into the behavior of plants and their impacts on air quality, and also has the potential to give farmers an early warning signal about crops that are failing."Humans are advised to take aspirin as a fever suppressant" (source: nsf.gov)
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