Many, too many to list here. Please see links. Here are a few:
MEDICINAL DRUGS DERIVED FROM RAINFOREST PLANTS
Quinine
cinchona tree (S. America)
treat malaria
Neostigmine
Calabar bean (Africa?)
used to treat glaucoma and provides a blueprint for synthetic insecticides
Novacaine, cocaine
coca plant (South America)
local anesthetic; cocaine served as a blue print for less toxic, less addictive anesthetics
Turbocuarine
curare liana (America)
Originally used by natives to poison arrow tips. Muscle relaxant for surgery; to treat muscle disorders like Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis. Cannot be synthesized in the lab.
vincristine, vinblastine
rosy periwinkle (Madagascar)
pediatric leukemia, Hogkin's disease
Cortisone
wild yams (Central America)
active ingredient in Birth Control pills
article from wikipedia :
Tropical rain forests are called "the world's largest pharmacy" because of the large amount of natural medicines discovered in rainforests that are derived from rainforest plants. For example, rain forests contain the "basic ingredients of hormonal contraception methods, cocaine, stimulants, and tranquilizing drugs" (Banks 36). Curare (a paralyzing drug) and quinine (a malaria cure) are also found there.
Anti Venom which come from snakes,poisinus frogs which come from frogs (oubisually)
Yes, many modern medicins have come from Tropycal Rainforests all over the world. For example the vincristine or vinblastine comes from Madagascar.
Recently scientists have been going into the rain forest searching for plants that can cure diseases.
bamboo wood/sticks and the dark brown soil of the ground
The medicines that come from a rainforest are:panadol
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tropical rainforests are beneficial because they help clean our air, provides homes for wildlife, and supply us with fruits, nuts, and medicines. hope this helped :)
yes
The rainforest temperature was tropical.
different plants and animals such as the Bromeliad, the toucan, and the spider monkey.
the humid tropical is a rainforest area. Thus, the animals are those native to the rainforest and tropical climates. I recommend googleing rainforest animals.
tropical rainforests are beneficial because they help clean our air, provides homes for wildlife, and supply us with fruits, nuts, and medicines. hope this helped :)
a tropical flower garden
The Amazon Rainforest is a tropical rainforest.
Near the equator
The answer of the tropical rainforest is ....
how to serve in the tropical rainforest
what are the recourses in the tropical rainforest
how did tropical rainforest get its name ?
There is a tropical rainforest nearby
South America the amazon rainforest (tropical)
Of course. It`s the largest tropical rainforest on Earth.
The tropical rainforest qualifies as such.