Bioprospecting – why is it so unrewarding?

Molecular biological access to the chemistry of unknown soil microbes: a new frontier for natural products

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Valuing Biodiversity for Use in Pharmaceutical Research

R. David Simpson, Roger A. Sedjo, John W. Reid · Journal of Political Economy · 1996 · 437 citations

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On the evolution of plant secondary chemical diversity

Clive G. Jones, Richard D. Firn · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1991 · 278 citations

Life Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Plant Biology +17

Valuing Research leads: Bioprospecting and the Conservation of Genetic Resources

Gordon C. Rausser, Arthur A. Small · Journal of Political Economy · 2000 · 218 citations

Public Affairs, Biodiversity Conservation, Economics +17

Assessing the Economic Value of Traditional Medicines from Tropical Rain Forests

Michael J. Balick, Robert Mendelsohn · Conservation Biology · 1992 · 211 citations

Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Agroforestry +16