Intellectual property fights aside, new research into the plant Hoodia gordonii highlights the dangers of misusing indigenous knowledge.
Indigenous knowledge, such as the Khoikhoi’s use of hoodia as an appetite suppressant, have a history of being appropriated by large corporations.
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/ 30 November 2010
The CSRI said it signed a deal with a UK company to develop a drug from a plant used by the San people to combat obesity.