In Papua New Guinea

H. 1985 Utilization of urea nitrogen in Papua New Guinea highlanders. Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology 31 392-402. 

The first tea plantings in Papua, New Guinea were carried out in 1962 and a thriving industry now exists. Australia has a small experimental program started in 1960. 

The plant is used in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam to treat dysentery and scorbut. The plant is used externally in Malaysia to assuage toothache and headaches, and a decoction is drunk to treat leukemia. In Indonesia, the capitula are chewed to promote salivation. In the Philippines, the roots are used to relieve the bowels from costiveness, and an infusion of the plant is drunk to promote urination. In Papua New Guinea, the... 

Pritchard, D.I., Quinnell, R.J., Slater, A.F.G., McKean, P.G., Dale, D.D.S., Raiko, A. and Keymer, A. (1990) Epidemiology and immunology of Necator americanus infection in a community in Papua New Guinea humoral responses to excretory-secretory and cuticular collagen antigens. Parasitology 100, 317-326. 

Alpers, M. P. Kuru. In Human biology in Papua New Guinea the small cosmos. Eds Attenborough, R. D. and Alpers, R. D. Oxford Clarendon Press, 1992, pp 313-334. 

Passage 1 describes the potlatch ceremony celebrated by native peoples of the Pacific Northwest. Passage 2 describes the kula ring, a ceremonial trading circle practiced among Trobriand Islanders in Papua New Guinea. 

Spicer PE, Kereu RK. 1993. Organochlorine insecticide residues in human breast milk A survey of lactating mothers from a remote area in Papua New Guinea. Bull Environ Contain Toxicol 50 540-546. 

Johnson F, Sinha S. 1993. Deliberate self-harm by means of kerosene fire by women in Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea Medical Journal 36(1) 16-21. 

Bockarie MJ etal Efficacy of single-dose diethylcarbamazine compared with diethylcarbamazine combined with albendazole against Wuchereria bancrofti infection in Papua New Guinea. Am J Trap Med Hyg 2007 76 62. [PMID 17255231]... 

Bockarie MJ et al Mass treatment to eliminate filariasis in Papua New Guinea. N Engl J Med 2002 347 1841. [PMID 12466508]... 

Robinson, M. H. (1982). The ecology and biogeography of spiders in Papua New Guinea. Monographiae Biologicae 42 557-581. 

Coleman JE, Van Soest R, Andersen RJ (1999) New Geodiamolides from the Sponge Cymbastela sp. Collected in Papua New Guinea. J Nat Prod 62 1137... 

Manzo E, van Soest R, Matainaho L, Roberge M, Andersen RJ (2003) Ceratamines A and B, Antimitotic Heterocyclic Alkaloids Isolated from the Marine Sponge Pseudoceratina sp. Collected in Papua New Guinea. Org Lett 5 4591... 

The ownership of genetic resources was never a part of the discussion with respect to patents since it was made clear that neither a plant nor an animal, nor the knowledge associated with their use (if previously documented) could be patented. Thus, if one discovers a new species of plant from a tropical forest in Papua New Guinea, it cannot be patented. Similarly, it also became clear that (in most cases) global knowledge in the public domain regarding the use of a plant for medicinal or commercial use could not be patented. Thus, the use of Papaver somniferum as a treatment for pain could not be protected under patent law. However, the development of a new procedure for the isolation of morphine from P. somniferum would be patentable. This distinction made it clear that creativity would be required for there to be economic benefit from a widely available natural source. 

Motuporamines A (52), B (S3), and C (54), which contain a spermidine-like substmcture, represent a new family of cytotoxic sponge alkaloids, were isolated as an inseparable mixture from Xestospongia exigua collected in Papua New Guinea [29]. 

Verj low incidences of hypertension have been found in "primitive" societies, where the Na intake is very low (10-60 mmol/day). For example, certain groups in Papua New Guinea, do not add salt to their diet. The diet, which may consist of sweet potatoes, plantains, vegetable leaves, and com, supplies 20 to 40 mmol of Na per day. Eskimos also consume a low-Na diet. Their diet, which consists of fish and bear meat, may supply only 60 mmol of Na per day,... 

Naraqi S, Temu P. Thiacetazone skin reaction in Papua New Guinea. Med J Aust I980 I(I0) 480-I. 

Responses of sodium balance, blood pressure, and other variables to sodium handling in Papua New Guinea highlanders. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 47,502-508. 

Tatom, J.W., "Feasibility of Industrial Fuel Production from Pyrolysis of Wood Wastes in Papua New Guinea" report 2-79, prepared for Energy Planning Unit, Dept. Minerals and Energy, Konedobu, Papua New Guinea", February 1979. 

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