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A CHEMICAL found in daffodils has been found to help treat people struck down by Alzheimer's disease. Researchers at Cardiff University - where the daffodil is the national flower - believe the chemical in a special species of the bloom can help the symptoms of memory loss.

The benefits are extensive, not only to Welsh bioscience and the pharmaceutical industry, but also to the ageing population." Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia. It hits one in 20 people over the age of 65 and one in five people over the age of 80.

The University's Manufacturing Engineering Centre is now helping the company Alzeim Ltd to develop the daffodil as a medicinal plant. Alzeim Ltd recently purchased a MAJOR MJ2000 Flail Collector that is used in the harvesting of the daffodils.

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