Daffodils to treat Alzheimer's could be Welsh hill farming's futurePharmaceutical entrepreneur Sir Roger Jones said more of the plants were needed by his industry.
The firm he chairs, Agroceutical, has pioneered their use in treating Alzheimer's and is producing an over-the-counter supplement. It wants clusters of growers established.
The pills could be available for sale by spring 2023.
Agroceutical founder and director, hill farmer Kevin Stephens, has been growing Wales' national flower in Powys' Black Mountains for more than a decade.
He discovered a hardy daffodil variety, grown under stress in wind-swept conditions, produced higher levels of the chemical galanthamine.
That is an approved treatment for slowing down the progress of vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease. .............
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