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Bintangor Tree & HIV
The Bintangor tree, which produces a compound that fights HIV. Sarawak MediChem
Pharmaceuticals replicated the compound in the lab to avoid having to harvest
rainforest trees. Photo: Dr. Doel Saejarto. Courtesy of Sarawak MediChem Pharmaceuticals
The Bintangor (GUTTIFERAE: Calophyllum biflorium) is a building timber, also used for constructing furniture; its fruit is relished by wild boar. The family name “Guttiferae” means “latex bearing”; and the latex of a number of species from this family has medicinal uses. (For example, the species Garcinia hanburyi produces “gamboge”, a yellow pigment which was also used as a strong purgative, and after which the country Cambodia was named) A related Bintangor variety yields a substance that is being evaluated for the treatment of HIV.
Calophyllum ("beautiful leaf", from Greek kalos, "beautiful", and phullon, "leaf") is a plant genus of around 180-200 species of tropical evergreen trees in the family Clusiaceae. Its members are native to Madagascar, Eastern Africa, South and Southeast Asia (Pakistan east to Vietnam and Indonesia), the Pacific islands, the West Indies and Latin America. The common names, as well as commercial names, for these trees are teitai (in Kiribati),Feta'u (in Tonga), Bintangor tree (in Malaysia) and Poon tree (in India), Guanandi, Jacareuba or Santa Maria (in Latin America). For their resin, occasionally used medicinally, see tacamahac. For medicinal uses of leaves, oil from nuts and crost balsam see calanolide A, calanolide B, Jacareubin, Tamanu oil, Calophyllic acid.
These species grow in a wide number of habitats, from ridges in mountain forests to coastal swamps, lowland forest and even coral cays. They are large hardwoods, attaining 30 m in height and 0.8 m in diameter. It presents shiny and leathery leaves. The tree bark is grey or white and decorticates in large thin strips. The wood is light in weight, the heartwood pink-red, or almost brown, while the sapwood varies from species to species, often from yellow, brown (often with pink tints) to orange. Species occurring in Papua New Guinea are often buttressed.
Facts About Kidney Disoder
More than 35,000 patients are waiting for kidney transplants, but only about 11,000 will receive transplants because of a shortage of suitable organ donors.
Every year 2200 new cases of Malaysians are diagnosed with end stage renal failure. There are over 1800 people waiting for a kidney transplant in Malaysia, the numbers are increasing each year. …… This number is frightening……
Many other conditions can harm the kidneys. These include :
Risk factors for chronic kidney disease include :
What our kidney does?
Our kidneys do some important jobs to keep our body healthy:
Our kidneys do some important jobs to keep our body healthy:
Ø Balance our body fluids. Excess fluid is filtered out as urine.
Ø Remove waste products from our blood.
Ø Remove drugs and toxins from our body.
Ø Release hormones into our blood to :
- Control blood pressure
- Make red blood cells
- Keep your bones healthy.
vWhat is kidney failure?
Kidney failure is a condition where the kidneys are incapable of performing its normal function. Certain toxic substances which should have been excreted such as urea and creatinine are accumulated in the body.
Kidney failure is a condition where the kidneys are incapable of performing its normal function. Certain toxic substances which should have been excreted such as urea and creatinine are accumulated in the body.
vThe two main causes of kidney failure are Diabetes & High Blood Pressure.
Many other conditions can harm the kidneys. These include :
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- Glomerulonephritis, a disease that causes inflammation in the kidneys.
- v Inherited diseases like polycystic kidney disease, which causes many cysts to form in the kidneys.
- vIgA nephropathy or other nephropathy. Essentially an autoimmune problem. Exact trigger not well known.
- v Very large, long standing kidney stone.
- v NSAID or pain killer like ponstan, voltaren can cause kidney failure.
Who is at Risk ?
Risk factors for chronic kidney disease include :
- Ø Diabetes
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- Ø High blood pressure
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- Ø A family history of chronic kidney disease
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- Ø Older age
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- Ø Drug overdose, excessive use of alcohol
- Ø Long term use of pain medications such as aspirin, panadol, ibuprofen and treatment with antibiotic.
How to early detect kidney ailments?
- 1.Blood in urine. Most often not visible. But sometimes may appear tea color urine.
- 2.Protein in urine, low urine output.
- 3.Swelling of face and legs
- 4.Tiredness, fatigue
- 5.Pale and sallow complexion
- 6.Have dry and itchy skin
- 7.Poor appetite, sometimes accompanied with nausea and vomiting
- 8.High blood pressure. Especially when it is hard to bring it to good control.
Confused - air-cond for 3rd class ward
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Health Minister of Malaysia may confused himself to which priority he should give to rakyat Malaysia. Instead of spending million of ringgit, it would rather wise to form a foundation for poor citizen gets better healthcare.
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