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More drinkers — especially women — are sipping ros?© wine rather than swilling alcopops, Reuters reported June 20.

In Great Britain, demand for ros?© — fermented from skinless red grapes — has risen between 30 and 40 percent in recent years, and experts see demand rising in the U.S. and Canada, as well. “The girls who were drinking Bacardi Breezer and Smirnoff Ice have matured,” said Paul Waller of Carlsberg UK. “People are trying different things. Consumers have got more sophisticated.”

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The most striking and important feature of plants is the chlorophyll, which they use to capture light energy, which fuels the manufacture of food sugar, starch and other carbohydrates. Without these food sources, most life on earth would be impossible.

With the scientific research, highly specialized extraction and processing patented techniques, we are able to enjoy innovative, value added, plant based beauty products. The continuous evolution of technology and the discovery of plants value have enabled us to optimize our processes to obtain active ingredients from natural raw materials.

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Salvia divinorum, a powerful hallucinogenic plant related to the common sage, is being used by some teens in the United States and the United Kingdom, who videotape their experiences and post them on YouTube, BBC News Magazine reported on Nov. 1.

The plant is legal, but some say it’s a potentially dangerous substance that must be regulated. The plant has been used by Mexican shamans for thousands of years, but now is being sold in both the U.S. and Europe, legally.? 

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Researchers at Children??™s Hospital Boston report finding a new way to increase stem cells in blood, suggesting a possible treatment to help patients who undergo chemotherapy or bone marrow transplant for leukemia and other cancers recover their immune function more quickly. In the June 21 issue of Nature, they demonstrate that a stable analog of prostaglandin can enhance the blood-forming system, both during embryonic development and after it??™s been damaged.

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