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GULF MEDICAL UNIVERSITY General Pharmacognosy Assignment – Bupleurum chinense Reg. no: 2014ph22 Name: Aya Dzhakha Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Introduction to Bupleurum chinense: 1. General information: 1. Biological source. 2. Synonyms. 3. Geographical source. 2. Morphology. 3. Active constituents. 4. Therapeutic uses. 5. Other reported information: 1. Toxicity and safety…

Spirituality as a Predictive Factor for Signing an Organ Donor Card Name Professor Institution Course Date Spirituality as a Predictive Factor for Signing an Organ Donor Card BACKGROUND Organ donation is described as the moving of on organ from one body (donor) to another (recipient). Organ donation has been around for centuries dating as far back as 2 BC. However organ donation did not really come into the fray until the end of the 19th century where big steps were made in the field…

If there is a positive reaction on the dipstick, this would indicate there is conjugated bilirubin present. This could mean that the condition must be post hepatic, which includes conditions such as biliary obstruction, hepatitis, or cirrhosis (Strasinger & Di Lorenzo, 2008, p. 68). Bilirubin is converted to urobilinogen. It’s normal to have less than one mg/dL in the urine. If there is excess urobilinogen in the urine, this correlates with early detection for liver disease or hemolytic…

stem cells are specialized adult stem cells that are genetically reprogramed to act like an embryonic stem cell (National Institutes of Health). Adult stem cells have been successfully used in treatments such as spinal cord injury, stroke, liver cirrhosis, and heart disease (Murnaghan). “The uses of adult stem cells are morally ethical, but it is unethical to used embryonic stem cells since it involves the destruction of the embryos” (Ramachandran). The ethical dilemma could be solved by only…

come at different degrees of severity. Obesity is associated with diseases and conditions such as: Hypertension, Coronary heart disease, Sleep apnoea, Hypoventilation syndrome, Diabetes mellitus, Menstrual irregularities, Fatty liver disease and cirrhosis, Colorectal cancer, Breast cancer, Prostate Cancer,…

constant substance abuse, many jazz musicians were often medically unhealthy and would have a regularly decreased lifespan. Since Anti-viral therapy and vaccination was not available during the time period, jazz musicians that caught hepatitis, cirrhosis or any other disease were not able to seek medical treatment and this would also lead to their premature death. Due to all of this, it is shown that the life of a jazz musician, although might look satisfying has a very dark background. This may…

Hypernatremia occurs when the body has increased serum sodium levels that go over 145 mEq/L. This increase in serum sodium levels results in hypertonicity, pulling water out of cells resulting in cell shrinkage. Based on extracellular fluid water volume (level of hypertonicity), hypernatremia can be isovolemic (most common), hypovolemic, or hypervolemic. When isovolemic hypernatremia occurs, there is a loss of free water whilst maintaining near normal sodium serum concentration. Isovolemic…

Smoking is a secondhand mixture of gases and right particles that includes smoke from a blistering product such as cigarettes, marijuana, or smoke that has occurred to be exhaled from a person who is smoking. A Nonsmokers who inhales second hand smoke gets the same toxic chemicals and in additional to smoking the more smoke you inhale the more detrimental chemicals you will inhale. There is no dangerous-free level of vulnerability. 126 Million Of smokers however nonsmokers are exposed to…

Is it moral to advertise and sell Tabaco products? Nowadays people have the right to choose: to smoke or not to smoke, to drink or not to drink and others. In our modern world, advertising is dominated. Adverts are everywhere: on television, on the Internet and even on the streets. Advertising helps to sell products. Tabaco advertising contributes to poor health. The most important that Tabaco advertising attracts children and teenagers. The main aim for advertising is not only informed about…

Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency also known as A1AD or AAT Deficiency is a genetic disorder. Laurell and Erickson in Sweden reported the first patients with the condition in 1963. Since their discovery much has been learned about the history if A1AD (Liebrman, 2002). The name of the disease comes from a deficiency of the serum antiprotease. This enzyme is a protein that protects the lungs from germs, dust, pollution, smoke and other inhaled chemicals. This enzyme…