looking for new medicines in the panamanian tropical forest
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Looking for new medicines in
the Panamanian
Tropical Forest
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One of the most fascinating tasks for today’s scientists is the
search for new medicines in the tropical jungles.
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In this article Tood Capson talks about the importance of
biodiversity as a source of medicines for the humanity.
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Now a days the main part of medicines derives from
substances extracted from plans, fungy, animals, bacteria and
marine organisms.
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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.
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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
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To promote the study of medicines proceeding from
tropical forests is urgent necessity to stablish novel inceentives to save forests
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Because deforestation means irreplaceable loss of medicines
for the future
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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.
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Today more reasonable models are arising in the relationship
between rich and industrialized countries and underdeveloped countries but biologically rich.
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The new relationship looks for a narrower collaboration between Scientifics institution of the hosts
tropical countries and the industrialized ones, with benefits
and advantages.
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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
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This program is known as InternationalCooperative
Biodiversity Groups (ICBG)
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• 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.
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• 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
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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.