Describe how a pharmaceutical company might use a bioassay to identify potential drugs in rainforest plants.

What will be an ideal response?


Prepare an extraction solution from the plants, and conduct a bioassay on potential pathogens or tissue culture cell lines to determine the toxic effects of those extracts.

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The most common etiologic agents in acute otitis media in children include:

a. Klebsiella pneumococci. b. H. influenzae. c. Streptococcus agalactiae. d. M. catarrhalis.

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Worldwide, ____ are often used as pollution-monitoring devices

a. fungal infections b. mycorrhizae c. lichens d. yeast e. mushrooms

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Viruses in the extracellular state possess few, if any, active enzymes.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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