Rodriguez E, Aregullin M, Nishida T, Uehara S, Wrangham R, Abramowski Z, Finlayson A, Towers G H
Experientia. 1985 Mar 15;41(3):419-20. doi: 10.1007/BF02004537.
Two African species of Aspilia (Asteraceae), which are used medicinally by man and which are eaten by wild chimpanzees in an unusual manner, were found to contain the potent antibiotic thiarubrine A as a major leaf phytochemical. Its presence in leaf material strengthens the view that the feeding behavior of wild chimpanzees is related to special physiological or pharmacological effects on the animals.
发现菊科的两种非洲阿斯皮利亚属植物，人类将其用于药用，野生黑猩猩也以一种不同寻常的方式食用它们，这两种植物的叶子中主要的植物化学成分是强效抗生素硫红菌素A。它在叶片材料中的存在强化了一种观点，即野生黑猩猩的进食行为与对动物的特殊生理或药理作用有关。
