Mistletoe berries may hold the secret for creating a biological super glue - Phys.org

6/14/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 10 months ago
by Science X staff
by Science X staff
Each mistletoe berry can produce up to two meters of a gluey thread called viscin. It allows the seeds of this parasitic plant to stick to and infect host plants. Since ancient times, mistletoe berries have been explored as treatments for everything from infe…
Each mistletoe berry can produce up to two meters of a gluey thread called viscin. It allows the seeds of this parasitic plant to stick to and infect host plants. Since ancient times, mistletoe berri… [+3726 chars]
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