Question

Name the plant which yield drug for malaria and cancer?

Answer 1

Malaria - Cinchona , Sweet wormwood etc.
Cancer - Foxglove plant(Digitalis pupurea), Happy tree(Camptotheca auminata) etc.

Answer 2

Artemisia annua and Vinca rosea are the plants which yields drug for malaria and cancer.

Explanation:

• The drug which is made up of Artemisinin isolated from plant called Artemisia annua has destructive ability which kills the most dangerous strain of malaria P.falciparum.

• On the other hand, the secretions of plant called Vinca rosea is been widely used in the treatment of cancer and is nowadays widely accepted as anti-cancer drug.