70% of Plants ID'd to Fight Cancer Found Only in Rainforests

nature.org — That's more than 2,000 tropical forest plants, and yet still less than one percent of tropical rainforest species have been analyzed for their medicinal value. Time is running out, as 5-10 percent of tropical rainforest species will be lost per decade unless more is done. Feb 2, 2008 View in Crawl 4