Myth: Tobacco Plants Are Only For Smoking: Difference between revisions
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==Other potential uses for tobacco plants== | ==Other potential uses for tobacco plants== | ||
===2024: [https://dnascience.plos.org/2024/06/20/can-engineered-tobacco-plants-that-make-human-sugars-improve-infant-formula-and-plant-based-milks/ Can Engineered Tobacco Plants that Make Human Sugars Improve Infant Formula and Plant-Based Milks?]=== | |||
*"The researchers call their retooled cells of Nicotiana benthamiana (aka benth or benthi), a close relative of the tobacco plant from Australia, a “photosynthetic platform for the production of diverse human milk oligosaccharides.” The goal is to mimic the difficult-to-synthesize unique blend of sugars required for commercial infant formula to be as close to the real thing, nutritionally, as possible." | |||
===2024: [https://leafngrainsociety.com/featured/10-surprising-uses-of-tobacco/ 10 Surprising Uses of Tobacco Around Your Home and Garden]=== | ===2024: [https://leafngrainsociety.com/featured/10-surprising-uses-of-tobacco/ 10 Surprising Uses of Tobacco Around Your Home and Garden]=== | ||