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Looking for new medicines in the Panamanian Tropical Forest

Looking for new medicines in the Panamanian Tropical Forest. One of the most fascinating tasks for today’s scientists is the search for new medicines in the tropical jungles. In this article Tood Capson talks about the importance of biodiversity as a source of medicines for the humanity.

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Looking for new medicines in the Panamanian Tropical Forest

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  1. Looking for new medicines in the Panamanian Tropical Forest

  2. One of the most fascinating tasks for today’s scientists is the search for new medicines in the tropical jungles.

  3. In this article Tood Capson talks about the importance of biodiversity as a source of medicines for the humanity.

  4. Now a days the main part of medicines derives from substances extracted from plans, fungy, animals, bacteria and marine organisms.

  5. For example:From the hundred anf fifty pharmaceutical products more prescribed in USA in 1993,57% contained at least a derivate compound directly or indirectly from biological source.

  6. Vinscristine and Vinblasatine are extract from a plant called Catharantus Roseus, Taxol, proceeding from the Taxus Brevisolius, and is the most effective remedy against breast and ovaries cancer

  7. To promote the study of medicines proceeding from tropical forests is urgent necessity to stablish novel inceentives to save forests

  8. Because deforestation means irreplaceable loss of medicines for the future

  9. The flora of Panama is one of the most diverse of the world. His enormous wealth takes potential as a source of new medicines. More than 42%of its territory is covered with forest.

  10. Today more reasonable models are arising in the relationship between rich and industrialized countries and underdeveloped countries but biologically rich.

  11. The new relationship looks for a narrower collaboration between Scientifics institution of the hosts tropical countries and the industrialized ones, with benefits and advantages.

  12. Four years ago scientists began to fix a program for this researching, conecting Panamanian government institution, the university community, environmental institutes for scientific research and non government organizations

  13. This program is known as InternationalCooperative Biodiversity Groups (ICBG)

  14. Glossary • Biodiversity:All the elements and organism found in nature. • Anam: Panamenian National Authority of the Environment. • Ecology: scientific studie of biodiversity and its complex relationship. • I.C.B.G: International Cooperative Biodiversity goup.

  15. Medicine: Pharmaceutical product for illness treatment. • N.I.H: U.S.A National Health Institute. • Raw Materia: Product directly obtain from nature. • S.T.R.I:Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute,established in Panama since 1923

  16. Difficulties In my personal opinion I think the most difficult part in the traslation of this article were the scientific terms and initials which are difined in the gossary of this presentation.

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