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Avian Flu Unlikely to Spread Through Water Systems

...k occurred, contaminated feces passing through the plant could infect plant workers and spread elsewhere through drinking water. "You have some 50,000 treatment plants in the...

Tree Bark Compound Could Prevent Malaria

...e world and is home to five percent of the world's plant and animal species. Tazopsine comes from the stem bark of the plant Strychnopsis thouarsii. It is the sole ingredient in a traditional tea used as treatment for malaria...

Mining of Ancient Herbal Text Leads to Potential New Anti-Bacterial Drug

...f Pacific Island cultures by testing a therapeutic plant extract described //in a 17th century Dutch herbal text for its anti-bacterial properties. Early results show that extracts from the Atun tree effectively control bacteria that can cause diarrhea, as claimed by naturalist Georg Eberhard Rumpf, circa ...

Ancient Herbal Text Paves the Way to Novel Anti-bacterial Drug

...Island cultures by putting //to test a therapeutic plant extract, details of which were found in a 17th century Dutch herbal text, known for its anti-bacterial properties. Early findings have shown that extracts from the Atun tree was able to control bacteria that triggered diarrhea, as claimed by natura...

Mining of Ancient Herbal Text Leads to Potential New Anti-Bacterial Drug

...f Pacific Island cultures by testing a therapeutic plant extract described in a 17th century// Dutch herbal text for its anti-bacterial properties. Early results show that extracts from the Atun tree effectively control bacteria that can cause diarrhea, as claimed by naturalist Georg Eberhard Rumpf, circa ...

Himachal Pradesh Launches Strawberry Wine

... Marketing Corp's (HPMC) juice and wine processing plant in Mandi district, 180 km from here. The new wine was produced after year-long research by experts and will be called Kalpa wine, named after the tribal town Kalpa in Kinnaur district, which produces some of the best wines in the country. "We hav...

New Compound for Anti-Malarial Prophylaxis

...aris, isolated a novel compound, tazopsine, from a plant traditionally used against malaria in Madagascar and showed it to be active against the liver stages of human and mouse malaria. One of its semisynthetic derivatives, NCP-tazopsine, completely protected mice from a challenge with malarial parasites...

Smoking Out Rats from Fields to Mizoram’s Dining Table

...lled by poison or traps," said James Lalsiamliana, plant protection officer of the agriculture department. Lalsiamliana is the leader of the team assigned by the department to track the proliferation of rodents across the state. After rats, frogs are the other staples in Mizo menu. Tadpoles, baby frogs...

Gluten Free Bread: Boon for Celiac Disease

...ping a 100% gluten-free product made entirely with plant products. The objective is to meet the needs of consumers with allergies to lactose and eggs. This method allows modifications to be made and makes it possible, in the short-term future, to develop more similar products, providing celiacs with the ...

Natural Remedies Ineffective to Ease Menopausal Symptoms:study

.... A member of Buttercup family, Black Cohosh, is plant that grows in North America, from which various medicines are made by native Indians to treat illnesses, including female disorders. Black Cohosh was used by many women to ease night sweats and hot flashes. The women who took part in the study were...

GGC - A New Ingredient To Fight Ageing

...cialties Australia. A newly expanded manufacturing plant at Mayfield, near Newcastle, will produce GGC. It is expected that GGC will be used as an active ingredient in foods, health care, toothpastes, dietary supplements and cosmetics as well as in skin repair anti-aging creams. Natural dietary sources...

Children of Bhopal Gas Victims Suffer from Deformity

...d out of the Union Carbide Corporation's pesticide plant here. The tragedy also left thousands maimed for life from inhaling the poisonous gas. Women who were pregnant during or following the disaster had extremely high rates of spontaneous abortion. A 1985 study by Medico Friends Circle (MFC) found that...

Receding Rates of Alcohol Consumption is Becoming the Present Trend

...d – of wines that have a high concentration of the plant chemicals called procyanidins.” Recently, the WHO reports that the ill effect (disease and conditions) of alcohol consumption is almost equivalent to that of tobacco. Thus what is important is to realize the limits of drinking alcohol, may be a dri...

Indian Scientist Sues International Genetic Centre for $5 Million

...s since been invited and appointed as professor of plant biotechnology at the University of Delhi. Set up 19 years ago, the ICGEB was intended to spearhead the transfer of western biotechnology to developing nations. The centre is split into two components, one based in New Delhi and the other in Triest...

Anti Inflammatory Evaluation Of Plumeria Acuminata Leaves

...raditional medicinal system different parts of the plant have been mentioned to be useful in a variety of diseases. The plant material is widely used as a purgative, remedy for diarrhoea and cure for itch. The milky juice is e...

US Orders More H5N1 vaccine

... According to Sanofi Pasteur, which has a vaccine plant in Swiftwater, Pa.,its new contract is worth "up t...vartis has planned to make the H5N1 vaccine at its plant in Liverpool, England, in 2007 after production of next year's seasonal flu vaccine is finished. T...

Complaints Against US Federal lab Over-ruled by Panel

... waste before sending it to its in-house treatment plant and remove the solid waste left after pretreatment of wastewater before it's discharged to the lab's sanitary sewer. "Things were in pretty good shape to start with, but any system can be tweaked, any system can be improved," said Steve Shafer who ...

Medicinal Plant Rediscovered After 115 Years

...unachal Pradesh have rediscovered a rare medicinal plant after more than a century. // Two scientists of ...wo scientists, told IANS. The rediscovery of the plant was published in the November issue of Current Science, a reputed Indian journal. The plant was fi...

"Trojan Horse" Agent Halts Bone Metastasis in Mice

...etically engineered toxin, gelonin, derived from a plant that grows wild in India, and used bacteria to produce the fusion protein. The agent is designed to enter new blood vessel cells in tumors through expressed VEGF receptors and, once inside, the "Trojan Horse" toxin destroys the cell, disrupting the a...

Ice Cream made of Camel Milk Launched in Rajasthan

.... We hope this project will motivate the people to plant trees for camel fodder, which will also help to combat desertification,' he said. Camel breeders were enthusiastic in their response to saving their animals through value addition. 'We would like the government to establish camel sanctuaries. The...

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