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Diversification aims to slow Alzheimer's with daffodils

Welsh beef and sheep farmer Kevin Stephens founded Agroceutical Products in 2012 to develop a 'cost-effective and scalable method' of producing galanthamine from daffodils to help Alzheimer's sufferers

Chris Brayford
clock 鈥� 4 min read
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Growing one of Wales' favourite flowers not only offers a prospective on-farm diversification project, but is also helping to slow down the symptoms of Alzheimer's and vascular dementia. Daffodils ...

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