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[Title] => Pinoy drugmaker to export herbal medicines next year
[Summary] => Altermed Corp., a subsidiary of local drugmaker Pascual Laboratories, is aiming to carve a niche in the global biopharm industry as it starts exporting indigenous herbal medicines in 2007.
"We have been receiving a lot of inquiries from various foreign pharmaceutical companies wanting to market our herbal medicines and we are in serious talks with a number of these companies. Before the end of the year, we should be able to strike a deal and start shipping our products abroad," said Dr. Francis Wade Gomez, president of Altermed.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-10 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1704647
[AuthorName] => Rocel Felix
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
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[ArticleID] => 292148
[Title] => R&D model: The Philippine medicinal plants’ development
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The research and development process
The standard research process has been established by the NIRPROMP Team based at UP Manila. It is composed of three major components:
u u u— for the supply of raw materials:
• Identification of plant/plant parts and disease indication;
• Collection/authentication of plants/establishment of gene bank;
• Propagation;
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-18 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 135735
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[AuthorID] => 1754974
[AuthorName] => STAR SCIENCE By Pacita L. Zara, Ph.D.
[SectionName] => Science and Environment
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[ArticleID] => 163245
[Title] => Lagundi, sambong, ampalaya wow UCLA doctors
[Summary] => An American suffering from asthma finds relief in lagundi tablets manufactured in the Philippines. A European athlete experiencing excruciating pains from kidney stones takes sambong tablets to flush them out. For now, these scenarios remain a dream but the idea of Philippine herbal medicines "healing the world" may not be so farfetched after all.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-03 00:00:00
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[Title] => Ampalaya capsules for diabetics
[Summary] => A highly nutritious vegetable widely cultivated throughout the Philippines, ampalaya is rich in Vitamins A, B and C as well as iron, calcium and phosphorus.
According to the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), each 100 g of ampalaya contains 12.0 mg of beta carotene (Vitamin A), 0.03 mg of thiamine (Vitamin B1), 0.11 mg of riboflavin (Vitamin B2), 0.6 mg of niacin, 14 mg of ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), 0.3 mg of iron, 25 mg of phosphorus and 74 mg of calcium.
[DatePublished] => 2002-01-28 00:00:00
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[Title] => Ampalaya: Nature’s answer to health woes
[Summary] => Amargozin Ampalaya capsules are not bitter to swallow.
Containing 500 milligrams of ampalaya (momordica charantia l., makiling variety) leaves, Amargozin capsules give the common benefits of the plant’s leaves and fruits that are rich in vitamins A, B and C, as well as iron, calcium and phosphorus.
Ampalaya is a very common and highly nutritious vegetable widely cultivated throughout the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2001-08-13 00:00:00
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[SectionName] => Science and Environment
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[Title] => ‘Sambong’ good for kidney problems
[Summary] => Laboratory and clinical studies recently revealed that sambong – a medicinal plant found in the Philippines – is safer than many manufactured medicines sold over the counter.
Sambong has been proven to be an effective diuretic and can increase a patient’s urine volume by an average of 60 percent. The plant enhances the body’s natural ability to increase urine volume and thus, helps get rid of excess body fluids.
[DatePublished] => 2001-07-09 00:00:00
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