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Originally Posted by Mercedes Benzene
Why don't we just determine what the key chemicals are and produce them artificially...
that sounds more economic than harvesting rare plants. 
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Good idea. But no chemical company can patent a naturally occuring chemical so the incentive $ for research is not there.
This is the case with most herbal remedies.
There is one company on the stockmarket looking into ethnobotanical remedies.
You might like to look them up or buy shares. It is
Shaman Pharmaceuticals of the USA
They can patent "processes"
That is what, I think, this wordy document is about
http://www.pharmcast.com/Patents100/...iral051606.htm
