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Transcript of 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.
Now a days the main part of medicines derives from
substances extracted from plans, fungy, animals, bacteria and
marine organisms.
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.
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
To promote the study of medicines proceeding from
tropical forests is urgent necessity to stablish novel inceentives to save forests
Because deforestation means irreplaceable loss of medicines
for the future
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.
Today more reasonable models are arising in the relationship
between rich and industrialized countries and underdeveloped countries but biologically rich.
The new relationship looks for a narrower collaboration between Scientifics institution of the hosts
tropical countries and the industrialized ones, with benefits
and advantages.
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
This program is known as InternationalCooperative
Biodiversity Groups (ICBG)
• 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.
• 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
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.