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<LEGEND>
This Schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
Form 10-QSB of Pure World, Inc., for the period ended September 30, 2000 and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statemens.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> PURE WORLD, INC.
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