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                    [ArticleID] => 103352
                    [Title] => An environmental hot spot
                    [Summary] => 

Duhat and ampalaya for diabetes, banaba for kidney ailments, ginger juice for sore throat, guava leaves for diarrhea. Even in the age of shopping malls and the Internet, Filipinos have not forgotten their folk medicine. New items are being discovered such as pansit-pansitan and even the noni tree, whose fruit is being marketed as a cure-all. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1193631 [AuthorName] => by Editorial [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87417 [Title] => 'Biopiracy,' denudation .c.endangering RP species [Summary] =>

An estimated 36,000 local species and biochemicals that could yield wonder drugs against cancer and other incurable diseases are threatened by "biopiracy" and the continued denudation of natural habitats.

The Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PITAHC) of the Department of Health (DOH) reported that the Philippines has been identified as an environmental "hot spot," meaning that rare species and biochemicals face possible extinction.

Dr. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

BIOCHEMICALS
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    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 103352
                    [Title] => An environmental hot spot
                    [Summary] => 

Duhat and ampalaya for diabetes, banaba for kidney ailments, ginger juice for sore throat, guava leaves for diarrhea. Even in the age of shopping malls and the Internet, Filipinos have not forgotten their folk medicine. New items are being discovered such as pansit-pansitan and even the noni tree, whose fruit is being marketed as a cure-all. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1193631 [AuthorName] => by Editorial [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87417 [Title] => 'Biopiracy,' denudation .c.endangering RP species [Summary] =>

An estimated 36,000 local species and biochemicals that could yield wonder drugs against cancer and other incurable diseases are threatened by "biopiracy" and the continued denudation of natural habitats.

The Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PITAHC) of the Department of Health (DOH) reported that the Philippines has been identified as an environmental "hot spot," meaning that rare species and biochemicals face possible extinction.

Dr. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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