Plants and Medicine

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Across
  1. 2. a chronic disease that causes inflammatory arthritis and is caused by the accumulation of uric acid crystals
  2. 4. the type of flower that opium first came from
  3. 7. medicine from Madagascar periwinkle that treats leukemia
  4. 9. a disease caused by the protozoan Plasmodium
  5. 10. the beautiful flower that provides the heart medicine and poison called digitoxin
  6. 11. gout medicine from autumn crocus
  7. 12. willow trees and shrubs produce a related compound that can be used as a pain killer
Down
  1. 1. a plant that provides atropine that is used for dilating eyes
  2. 3. these medicines came from fungi and help to lower cholesterol
  3. 5. this antibiotic came from fungi and truly changed modern medicine
  4. 6. a medicine from the bark of the Cinchona tree that treats malaria
  5. 8. breast cancer chemotherapy from Pacific yew
  6. 11. pain killer from hot peppers