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Samoans to profit from local tree

author(s) Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
from Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
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  • Oceania
  • World
  • Polynesia
citation

CTA. 2005. Samoans to profit from local tree. Spore 118. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

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Abstract

A product derived from a Samoan tree is showing promise as an HIV/AIDS drug, and islanders will get half of the profits from its sale if clinical trials, already under way, prove successful.

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