Ask A Scientist© Biology Archive

name         Qinsheng
status       student
age          30s

Question -   Dear Sir,
Do you think there are  some  viruses  infecting the tree of heaven?
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Dear Qinsheng,

Actually Ailanthus is the source of some anti-virus compounds.

http://chili.rt66.com/hrbmoore/Abstracts/Ailanthus-AB.txt

Sincerely,

Anthony R. Brach

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Anthony R. Brach, Ph.D., brach@oeb.harvard.edu
http://www.herbaria.harvard.edu/~brach/
Flora of China http://flora.harvard.edu/china/
Harvard University Herbaria, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-2094 USA

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