Britain wins Chinese medicine deal

08 July 1999

Britain wins Chinese medicine deal

BRITISH plant research organisation Horticultural International has won a multi-million pound deal to mass-produce plants in China for alternative medicines.

Among the plants which will be propagated are the Dendrobium orchid, used to combat viruses, and Astragilis, used to treat high blood pressure.

• The Daily Telegraph 08/07/99 page 12