A less known but growing area of research is the repurposing of human drugs in agriculture, specifically in the protection of crops. For example, exploring insights from anti-parasitic drug discovery may offer avenues for researchers engaged in the development of fungicides to protect crops. A team of Elsevier researchers produced a proof-of-concept supporting this approach for the malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Bioactivity data and literature were mined and extracted from literature and patents to find compounds acting against Plasmodium falciparum targets to then look at similar fungal targets and suggest that these compounds may be active against those.