10/03/2020 October 3, 2020. The quillaja tree, which grows in the Chilean Andes, has traditionally been used by the Mapuche to treat colds and inflammation. But it could play a significant role in ...

CASABLANCA, Chile, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Down a dusty farm track in Chilean wine country, behind a wooden gate wrapped in chains, forestry experts are nursing a plantation of saplings whose bark holds ...

Down a dusty farm track in Chilean wine country, behind a wooden gate wrapped in chains, forestry experts are nursing a plantation of saplings whose bark holds the promise of potent vaccines.

CAPE TOWN - The rare soapbark tree found in Chile has been found to produce important compounds that could boost the body's reaction vaccines possibly assisting the efficacy of the Covid-19 vaccine.

Ingrid Salgado examines a quillay tree, or soapbark (Quillaja saponaria), which is native to Chile and contains a substance that can be used in coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccines.

The Chilean Wine Palm ... But once beheaded, over 100 gallons of the sap may seep from the trunk of the now dying and topless tree and can be boiled down to syrup or fermented into wine.

Down a dusty farm track in Chilean wine country, behind a wooden gate wrapped in chains, forestry experts are nursing a plantation of saplings whose bark holds the promise of potent vaccines.

In the past, the tree was used to make a highly successful vaccine against shingles and the world’s first malaria vaccine. ... A Chilean tree holds hope for new vaccines — if supplies last ...