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• Muscadine
  ...gh concentrations of resveratrol – a polyphenol with reported beneficial health effects — and that wines produced from these grapes, both red and white, In a natural setting, muscadines are important plants for improving wildlife habitat by
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• Rat Terrier
  ...and can result in a variety of tail lengths. Today, some breeders prefer a natural, undocked tail, which is accepted in the breed standards. ...rier is undoubtedly its greatest asset, and is responsible for the overall health, keen intelligence, and soundness of the breed. Most modern breeds were dev
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• Soap
  ...and Germans men are likelier to use it than women.<ref>Pliny the Elder, ''Natural History'', [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Pliny_the_Eld ...tes promoted popular awareness of the relationship between cleanliness and health.<ref>{{cite book |title = An Encyclopaedia of the history of technology | f
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• Wood Gas
  ...cer gas" has a lower [[heating value]] of 5.7 MJ/kg versus 55.9 MJ/kg for natural gas and 44.1 MJ/kg for gasoline. The heating value of wood is typically 15- ...lt to get clean gas from them. Purification of the gas and feeding it into natural gas pipelines is one variant to link it to the existing refueling infrastru
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• The Colony (TV series)
  ...l devices, and welds. His other talents include building structures out of natural materials, growing edible plants, sculpting and fire building. John is typi ...n White''' is a 29-year-old registered [[nurse]] from Oklahoma City, whose natural inclinations allow her to remain calm in extreme, life-threatening situatio
  29 KB (4,323 words) - 19:28, 24 June 2010
• Hydroelectric
  ...to increases in the cost of [[fossil fuel]]s such as [[Petroleum|oil]], [[natural gas]] or coal, and no imports are needed. ...tions prevail in North America and Northern Asia, which all see a regular, natural freeze/thaw cycle (with associated seasonal plant decay and regrowth).
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• Quinine
  ...({{IPA-en|ˈkwaɪnaɪn|US}}, {{IPA-en|ˈkwɪniːn, kwɪˈniːn|UK}}) is a natural white [[crystal]]line [[alkaloid]] having [[antipyretic]] (fever-reducing), ...thesized]] in the lab, the bark of the [[cinchona]] tree is the only known natural source of quinine. The medicinal properties of the cinchona tree were origi
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• Dexamethasone
  | url = http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1996453,00.html?xid=rss-mostpopular ...also used in a diagnostic context, namely in its property to suppress the natural [[Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis|pituitary-adrenal axis]].
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• Clindamycin
  ...clindamycin in combination with [[clotrimazole]] are manufactured by Olive Health Care and sold as ''Clinsup-V''. In Egypt, vaginal cream containing clindamy ...mycin is a [[semisynthesis|semisynthetic]] derivative of [[lincomycin]], a natural antibiotic produced by the [[Actinobacteria|actinobacterium]] ''Streptomyce
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• Chloramphenicol
  Oily chloramphenicol is recommended by the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) as the first line treatment of [[meningitis]] in low-i [[Category:World Health Organization essential medicines]]
  29 KB (3,876 words) - 16:42, 27 September 2010
• Vancomycin
  ...e="isbn0-471-49641-3">{{cite book |author=Dewick, Paul M. |title=Medicinal natural products: a biosynthetic approach |publisher=Wiley |location=New York |year ...ancomycin in adult patients: A consensus review of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the Soc
  31 KB (4,198 words) - 16:43, 27 September 2010
• Isoniazid
  ...enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase]] known as InhA, thereby blocking the natural enoyl-AcpM substrate and the action of [[fatty acid synthase]]. This proces ...d depression have all been associated with isoniazid use. All patients and health-care workers should be aware of these serious adverse effects, especially i
  12 KB (1,566 words) - 16:43, 27 September 2010
• Griseofulvin
  [[Category:World Health Organization essential medicines]] [[Category:Halogen-containing natural products]]
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• Potassium iodide
  This reaction is employed in the isolation of iodine from natural sources. Air will oxidize iodide, as evidenced by the observation of a pur ...common additive used to "iodize" [[sodium chloride|table salt]] (a public health measure to prevent [[iodine deficiency]] in populations which get little se
  23 KB (3,281 words) - 16:44, 27 September 2010
• Didanosine
  ...ce the NCI does not market products directly, the [[National Institutes of Health]] (NIH) awarded a ten-year exclusive licensed to [[Bristol-Myers Squibb]] C ...corporation and inhibits viral [[reverse transcriptase]] by competing with natural [[Adenosine triphosphate|dATP]].
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• Stavudine
  ...triphosphate inhibits the HIV [[reverse transcriptase]] by competing with natural substrate, thymidine triphosphate. It also causes termination of [[DNA syn .../2009/world_aids_20091130/en/index.html New HIV recommendations to improve health, reduce infections and save lives].</ref>
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• Ribavirin
  Classically ribavirin is prepared from natural <small>D</small>-ribose by blocking the 2', 3' and 5' OH groups with benzyl ...unacceptable toxicity, and replacement with an amino group results in the natural purine synthetic precursor 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-β-D-ribofurano
  23 KB (3,222 words) - 16:45, 27 September 2010
• Codeine
  ...' ([[International Nonproprietary Name|INN]]) or '''3-methylmorphine''' (a natural isomer of methylated morphine, the other being the semi-synthetic [[heteroc ...overall according to numerous reports by organizations including the World Health Organization and its League of Nations predecessor agency. It is one of the
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• Atropine
  ...ential Drugs List]]", which is a list of minimum medical needs for a basic health care system.<ref name="essentialWHO">{{cite web | publisher = World Health Organization
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• Ciprofloxacin
  ...ecies and the withdrawal of fluoroquinolones from use in poultry: a public health success story. | journal = Clin Infect Dis | volume = 44 | issue = 7 | page ...ved uses (off-label). Ciprofloxacin interacts with other drugs, herbal and natural supplements, and thyroid medications.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Cooper JG,
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