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(D) Neem: In $1996$,Vandana Shiva challenged the patent granted to the firm of $W.R.$ Grace & Co. by the European Patent Office,Munich for 'fungicidal

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(D) Neem: In $1996$,Vandana Shiva challenged the patent granted to the firm of $W.R.$ Grace & Co. by the European Patent Office,Munich for 'fungicidal uses of neem oil'.Turmeric: In May $1995$,the $US$ Patent Office granted to the University of Mississippi Medical Center a patent for 'Use of Turmeric in Wound Healing'.Daffodil: It is a plant used for genetic engineering to produce $\beta$-carotene (Golden Rice),but it is not a case of biopiracy of an Indian plant by western nations.Therefore,both Neem and Turmeric are classic examples of biopiracy where western nations attempted to patent traditional Indian knowledge.

Which of the Indian plants have either been patented or attempts have been made to patent them by western nations for their commercial use?

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