Hungry animals that have once tasted an adult monarch butterfly leave others alone. The adult's bad taste comes from special chemicals in the milkweed that the caterpillar ate.
Taxol from hazelnuts
Taxol from hazelnuts A researcher from the University of Portland in
Oregon has discovered the cancer drug "taxol" in hazelnuts. Taxol
was first found in the Pacific yew tree, but as the number of trees
decline, new sources of the drug are needed. Taxol is widely used
for breast and ovarian cancers. 25 APRIL 2000
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