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Djaja Doel Soejarto1, Hong Jie Zhang, Harry H S Fong, Ghee T Tan, Cui Ying Ma, Charlotte Gyllenhaal, Mary C Riley, Marian R Kadushin, Scott G Franzblau, Truong Quang Bich, Nguyen Manh Cuong, Nguyen Tien Hiep, Phan Ke Loc, Le Thi Xuan, Nong Van Hai, Nguyen Van Hung, Nguyen Quyet Chien, Le Tran Binh, Bui Minh Vu, Ho Minh Ly, Bounhong Southavong, Kongmany Sydara, S Bouamanivong, John M Pezzuto, William C Rose, Gregg R Dietzman, Byron E Miller, Tran Van Thuy.
Abstract
The impact of the University of Illinois at Chicago-based Vietnam-Laos International Cooperative Biodiversity Group (ICBG) Program "Studies on Biodiversity of Vietnam and Laos", which has been in operation for the period of 1998-2005, touches on five major areas of endeavor: (a) biodiversity inventory and conservation; (b) studies on medicinal plants; (c) drug discovery and development; (d) economic development; and (e) issues on intellectual property rights and benefit sharing in natural products drug discovery and development. Highlights are presented and the significance is discussed.Mesh:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16562860 DOI: 10.1021/np058107t
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Nat Prod ISSN: 0163-3864 Impact factor: 4.050