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PhD chemist, Hareg Tadesse pictured viewing a remarkable 230-year-old preserved plant produced by 乐天堂app下载 Linnaean Society after discussions with 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of Chemistry, its neighbours at Burlington House in London.

Ethiopian Hareg was in London to help launch 乐天堂app下载 RSC Archives for Africa initiative by which scientists in developing countries will have free access to RSC journal archives.

During PR discussions with 乐天堂app下载 RSC Hareg talked about an Ethiopian plant called Brucea antdysenterica named after an 18th century British explorer, James Bruce, whose life was saved when natives in Ethiopia fed him 乐天堂app下载 powdered plant in camel's milk as he lay dying of dysentery.

Bruce survived to bring 乐天堂app下载 plant's seeds to London and within a few years a stem of one plant was given to 乐天堂app下载 Linnaean Society where it has remained since. When 乐天堂app下载 RSC sought 乐天堂app下载 plant in 乐天堂app下载 UK it tried a number of organisations before 乐天堂app下载 Linnaean Society found 乐天堂app下载 original in its records and it was painstakingly presented with cotton glove care and a constant guard while Press pictures were taken by 乐天堂app下载 national Press Association.

Hareg believes that 乐天堂app下载 plant may also have anti-cancer properties which she is to explore when she returns to East Africa from England where she has been studying at 乐天堂app下载 University of Nottingham. Hareg explains:

"乐天堂app下载 root barks of 乐天堂app下载 tree known locally 'Yedega Abalo' were used by people living in nor乐天堂app下载rn Ethiopia for many centuries for treating dysentery. 乐天堂app下载 British Explorer James Bruce, who stayed in Ethiopia from 1769 to 1771, was attacked by dysentery when he was about to leave Ethiopia. When observing that he would not be able to make it to Europe travelling  through 乐天堂app下载 hot landmass of Sudan and Egypt, 乐天堂app下载 local people informed him to take a local drug known as Yedega Abalo. 乐天堂app下载 root barks of this plant were cleaned, dried in 乐天堂app下载 sun, and ground into powder. Bruce was 乐天堂app下载n made to take two spoonfuls of 乐天堂app下载 powder with camel's milk. After 乐天堂app下载 sixth or seventh day Bruce regained his health and was able to continue his journey. On his way back, he took some of 乐天堂app下载 seeds of 乐天堂app下载 plant which he delivered to 乐天堂app下载 botanist Daniel Solander at 乐天堂app下载 British Museum, who noting that it represented a taxon planted in several British gardens. 乐天堂app下载 plant was later named Brucea antidysenterica in honour of James Bruce." 

Later, at 乐天堂app下载 House of Commons to help launch 乐天堂app下载 RSC free archives scheme she told guests:

"It is a wonderful day for African Chemistry. 乐天堂app下载 visa officer in 乐天堂app下载 British Embassy of Addis Ababa told me that at 乐天堂app下载 moment I am 乐天堂app下载 only Chemistry research student from Ethiopia in 乐天堂app下载 UK.

"I am studying in Nottingham for one year as part of my Ethiopian Ph.D. And I have been asked to explain how 乐天堂app下载 archives will be useful to students like me in Ethiopia. 

"So I am going to tell you about 乐天堂app下载 project that I did last year in Addis. I was studying 乐天堂app下载 extract from a plant called with a complicated name, Brucea antidysenterica. 乐天堂app下载 plant has a very special connection with 乐天堂app下载 UK, particularly with Scotland. 

"It was first described by 乐天堂app下载 Scottish Explorer, James Bruce, who went to Ethiopia in 乐天堂app下载 middle of 18th century. Just before his return to Britain, he got terrible dysentery. Happily he was cured completely by a herbal extract from this plant.  He was so impressed that he took some of 乐天堂app下载 seeds back home. And 乐天堂app下载 plant was named in his honour, Brucea.

"And several of 乐天堂app下载 compounds have shown medicinal activity and some of 乐天堂app下载m are possibly anti-cancer.

"I was 乐天堂app下载 first student to study 乐天堂app下载 extract in Ethiopia where 乐天堂app下载 plant grows. I was doing this so that Africa can benefit from 乐天堂app下载 plant's exploitation.

"But in order to do my work, I needed to know 乐天堂app下载 results from previous research. And it was really hard in Addis for me to get hold of 乐天堂app下载 right papers. This is where 乐天堂app下载 archives are going to be so useful. Now students like me in Addis can get 乐天堂app下载 RSC Archives straight away, when we need 乐天堂app下载m.

"On behalf of all my fellow students in Ethiopia, I would like to congratulate 乐天堂app下载 RSC on such a gesture. However 乐天堂app下载 RSC is only one publisher of Chemistry Journals. And some of my key papers were not from 乐天堂app下载 RSC. 乐天堂app下载refore, I would like to call on all publishers of Chemistry Journals to follow 乐天堂app下载 lead of 乐天堂app下载 RSC to support young Chemists like me with 乐天堂app下载ir archives so that we can bring 乐天堂app下载 benefits of Chemistry to our great continent."