Word: sarmentosus
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...victims of rheumatoid arthritis impatiently awaiting a boost in the tiny supply of cortisone, there was another slender ray of hope this week. While it might take years to make the hormone from seeds of the over-trumpeted vine Strophanthus sarmentosus (TIME, Aug. 29), a more abundant and more accessible plant has been named as a source of the raw material...
...Last week, hopes were briskly and perhaps brashly fanned for a short cut in production. Science Reporter William L. Laurence of the New York Times reported in a Page One story that "The seed of an African plant holds the answer to the prayers of millions for cortisone...Strophanthus sarmentosus is a potentially unlimited source of the raw material for cortisone." This material, he said, is "more closely related to cortisone than ox bile acid, and will therefore require many fewer steps in its chemical conversion...It is 17 steps nearer to cortisone than bile acid...
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