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| Rise in Carbon Dioxide May Boost Anti-Malarial Compound in Plant |
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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their colleagues have found that recent and projected increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide have impacted, Artemisia annua, a common roadside weed in the United States. Globally, the weed is the source of artemesinin, a compound that is commonly used to treat malaria around the world. |
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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their colleagues have found that recent and projected increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide have impacted, Artemisia annua, a common roadside weed in the United States. Globally, the weed is the source of artemesinin, a compound that is commonly used to treat malaria around the world. Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, especially sub-Saharan Africa where it results in the death of half a million children each year.
Although there are extensive scientific efforts to determine the role of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels on plant growth, research on the affect carbon dioxide has on secondary plant compounds is limited. Yet, such compounds can play a significant role in human health.
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) plant physiologist Lewis Ziska at the Crop Systems and Global Change Research Laboratory in Beltsville, Md., was part of an international research team that used historical data and field experiments to determine that rising levels of carbon dioxide can increase artemesinin concentration in A. annua.
See more at http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2015/150909.htm |
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