The Nagoya Protocol was adopted by France in 2010 and entered into force in 2014. The French "Office National des Forêts" (ONF) granted the authors permission to collect samples and to use bark extracts at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne. Larix decidua bark was collected on a standing tree by M. Verdeaux in Signy-L'Abbaye (Ardennes, France), route forestière Roban, 70 th plot on the 11 th of May 2017. The sample was dried for three days at 30°C before being finely powdered by a hammer mill (VEM Motors GmbH, Germany). The botanical identification of trees was made following the phenotypic characteristics, such as the shape, arrangement, and contours of leaves.( )