bioprospecting
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbioprospectingbi‧o‧pro‧spec‧ting /ˌbaɪəʊprəˈspektɪŋ $ ˌbaɪoʊˈprɑːspek-/ (also biodiversity prospecting / $ ˌ...... ˈ.../) noun [uncountable] the scientific study of plants and other living things found in nature, such as bacteria, in order to discover new drugs that can be used as medicines —bioprospect verb [intransitive] —bioprospector noun [countable]