For hundreds of years, practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine have used an herb called Stemona sessilifolia as a remedy for parasitic infections, such as those caused by pinworms and lice. Now, researchers have identified 10 compounds that might be responsible for the herb’s effectiveness. But there’s a twist: The insecticides are produced by symbiotic microbes that live within the plant’s cells — not by S. sessilifolia itself.
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