Heart health with chocolate

More Americans die each year from heart disease than any other cause, it is the number one killer disease in the US and parts of Europe. According to the American Heart Association, nearly 2,500 Americans die of cardiovascular disease each day, an average of one death every 35 seconds.

There is a surprising new source of heart support, and more and more medical studies are showing that the incredible effect of raw, cold processed cacao beans, the beans used in healthy chocolate, give tremendous support to the cardiovascular system in various ways.

What Can Cocoa Do For My Heart?

A 2006 study from a joint team of researchers from the University of California-Davis and the University of Dusseldorf in Germany ascertained that the compound epicatechin found in cocoa is directly linked to improved circulation and other hallmarks of cardiovascular function. The researchers explained that the relaxation response observed in the blood vessels of the subjects was mediated by nitric oxide (NO), a key signal released by the inner lining of blood vessels (the endothelium). Because the vessels are able to relax and become less stiff, they are less susceptible to clotting, blockage and risk of high blood pressure. (1)

Cesar G. Fraga of the University of Buenos Aires recently demonstrated a rise of chocolate-derived procyanidins in the blood of men and women who had just eaten cocoa-based foods. His team found that blood sampled two hours after cocoa consumption protected its circulating lipids from oxidation. The more chocolate they ate, the better the protection. (2)

Nutritionist Carl L. Keen of the University of California-Davis says that prostacyclins are naturally occurring compounds that inhibit platelet clotting, reduce risk of thrombosis and blood vessel constriction, and prevent the oxidation of LDL (the “bad” cholesterol), as well as its entry into the blood vessel walls, where it can result in inflammation. Keen’s study, published in a 2005 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that the procyanidin and flavonol content of cocoa again demonstrated significant antioxidant properties and the ability to protect the heart and vascular system. (3)

If you have high blood pressure, a daily serving of flavonol-rich dark chocolate might lower your blood pressure, researchers report in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association. (4) “Previous studies suggest flavonoid-rich foods – including fruits, vegetables, tea, red wine, and chocolate – might offer cardiovascular benefits, but this is one of the first clinical trials to look specifically at dark chocolate’s effect on lowering blood pressure among people with hypertension,” said one of the authors of the study. The findings also prompted the researchers to recommend that flavonoid-rich foods should be part of an overall healthy diet, and dark chocolate should be part of that effort.

The More Cocoa, the Better

When it comes to the health benefits ascribed to chocolate, they’re almost exclusively related to the dark, bittersweet-tasting chocolate and to products with a cocoa content of 60% or more. Because healthy polyphenols are found in the cocoa bean but not in the milk, cream, sugar, waxes, fillers, fats and preservatives that are often added to chocolate, the darker the chocolate the better. It’s also important to preserve chocolate’s antioxidant properties and avoid “Dutch process” and alkalinization. Similarly, because heat can destroy cocoa’s polyphenols, choose cocoa beans that have been cold-pressed.

Beyond those caveats, enjoy chocolate and keep your heart healthy!

(1) Schroeter H, et al. – Epicatechin mediates beneficial effects of flavanol rich cocoa on vascular function in humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2006 Jan 24;103(4):1024-9

(2) Engler M, et al.Flavonoid-rich dark chocolate improves endothelial function and increases plasma epicatechin concentrations in healthy adults. J AM Coll Nutr. 2004 Jun;23(3):197-204

(3) Keen CL et al. Cocoa antioxidants and cardiovascular health. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005 Jan;81(1Suppl):2985-303S

(4) Baba, S, et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Mar;85(3):709-17

(Information herein is NOT intended as medical advice. No therapeutic or medical claims are either implied or made. DO NOT ALTER ANY MEDICAL TREATMENT, OR THE USE OF MEDICATIONS, WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF YOUR MEDICAL CARE PROVIDER. FDA regulations prohibit the use of therapeutic or medical claims in conjunction with the sale of any product not approved by the FDA.)

Arsenic ? and the correlation with dringking water

Now i will talk about arsenic and the correlation with dringking water, at the first we must know what is arsenic.. ok let’s check it out..
Arsenic is a metalloid element, which forms a number of poisonous compounds. It is widely distributed throughout the earth’s crust, and is found in groundwater supplies in a number of countries.

Long-term human exposure, through drinking of contaminated water, is an important public health problem in some regions and countries, and is associated with cancer of the skin, lungs, bladder and kidney. Acute arsenic poisoning produces vomiting, oesophageal and abdominal pain, and bloody “rice water” diarrhoea.

Arsenic in drinking water

Arsenic may be found in water which has flowed through arsenic-rich rocks. Severe health effects have been observed in populations drinking arsenic-rich water over long periods in countries world-wide.

Source

• Arsenic is widely distributed throughout the earth’s crust.
• Arsenic is introduced into water through the dissolution of minerals and ores, and concentrations in groundwater in some areas are elevated as a result of erosion from local rocks.
• Industrial effluents also contribute arsenic to water in some areas.
• Arsenic is also used commercially e.g. in alloying agents and wood preservatives.
• Combustion of fossil fuels is a source of arsenic in the environment through disperse atmospheric deposition.
• Inorganic arsenic can occur in the environment in several forms but in natural waters, and thus in drinking-water, it is mostly found as trivalent arsenite (As(III)) or pentavalent arsenate (As (V)). Organic arsenic species, abundant in seafood, are very much less harmful to health, and are readily eliminated by the body.
• Drinking-water poses the greatest threat to public health from arsenic. Exposure at work and mining and industrial emissions may also be significant locally.

Effects

• Chronic arsenic poisoning, as occurs after long-term exposure through drinking- water is very different to acute poisoning. Immediate symptoms on an acute poisoning typically include vomiting, oesophageal and abdominal pain, and bloody “rice water” diarrhoea. Chelation therapy may be effective in acute poisoning but should not be used against long-term poisoning.
• The symptoms and signs that arsenic causes, appear to differ between individuals, population groups and geographic areas. Thus, there is no universal definition of the disease caused by arsenic. This complicates the assessment of the burden on health of arsenic. Similarly, there is no method to identify those cases of internal cancer that were caused by arsenic from cancers induced by other factors.
• Long-term exposure to arsenic via drinking-water causes cancer of the skin, lungs, urinary bladder, and kidney, as well as other skin changes such as pigmentation changes and thickening (hyperkeratosis).
• Increased risks of lung and bladder cancer and of arsenic-associated skin lesions have been observed at drinking-water arsenic concentrations of less than 0.05 mg/L.
• Absorption of arsenic through the skin is minimal and thus hand-washing, bathing, laundry, etc. with water containing arsenic do not pose human health risk.
• Following long-term exposure, the first changes are usually observed in the skin: pigmentation changes, and then hyperkeratosis. Cancer is a late phenomenon, and usually takes more than 10 years to develop.
• The relationship between arsenic exposure and other health effects is not clear-cut. For example, some studies have reported hypertensive and cardiovascular disease, diabetes and reproductive effects.
• Exposure to arsenic via drinking-water has been shown to cause a severe disease of blood vessels leading to gangrene in China (Province of Taiwan), known as ‘black foot disease’. This disease has not been observed in other parts of the world, and it is possible that malnutrition contributes to its development. However, studies in several countries have demonstrated that arsenic causes other, less severe forms of peripheral vascular disease.
• According to some estimates, arsenic in drinking-water will cause 200,000 — 270,000 deaths from cancer in Bangladesh alone (NRC, 1998; Smith, et al, 2000).

Measurement

• Accurate measurement of arsenic in drinking-water at levels relevant to health requires laboratory analysis, using sophisticated and expensive techniques and facilities as well as trained staff not easily available or affordable in many parts of the world.
• Analytical quality control and external validation remain problematic.
• Field test kits can detect high levels of arsenic but are typically unreliable at lower concentrations of concern for human health. Reliability of field methods is yet to be fully evaluated.

Prevention and control

The most important remedial action is prevention of further exposure by providing safe drinking- water. The cost and difficulty of reducing arsenic in drinking-water increases as the targeted concentration lowers. It varies with the arsenic concentration in the source water, the chemical matrix of the water including interfering solutes, availability of alternative sources of low arsenic water, mitigation technologies, amount of water to be treated, etc.

Control of arsenic is more complex where drinking-water is obtained from many individual sources (such as hand-pumps and wells) as is common in rural areas. Low arsenic water is only needed for drinking and cooking. Arsenic-rich water can be used safely for laundry and bathing. Discrimination between high-arsenic and low-arsenic sources by painting the hand-pumps (e.g. red and green) can be an effective and low cost means to rapidly reduce exposure to arsenic when accompanied by effective health education.

Alternative low-arsenic sources such as rain water and treated surface water may be available and appropriate in some circumstances. Where low arsenic water is not available, it is necessary to remove arsenic from drinking-water:

• The technology for arsenic removal for piped water supply is moderately costly and requires technical expertise. It is inapplicable in some urban areas of developing countries and in most rural areas world-wide.
• New types of treatment technologies, including co-precipitation, ion exchange and activated alumina filtration are being field-tested.
• There are no proven technologies for the removal of arsenic at water collection points such as wells, hand-pumps and springs.
• Simple technologies for household removal of arsenic from water are few and have to be adapted to, and proven sustainable in each different setting.
• Some studies have reported preliminary successes in using packets of chemicals for household treatment. Some mixtures combine arsenic removal with disinfection. One example, developed by the WHO/PAHO Pan American Center of Sanitary Engineering and Environmental Sciences in Lima, Peru (CEPIS), has proven successful in Latin America.

WHO’s activities on arsenic

WHO’s norms for drinking-water quality go back to 1958. The International Standards for Drinking-Water established 0.20 mg/L as an allowable concentration for arsenic in that year. In 1963 the standard was re-evaluated and reduced to 0.05 mg/L. In 1984, this was maintained as WHO’s “Guideline Value”; and many countries have kept this as the national standard or as an interim target. According to the last edition of the WHO Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality (1993):

• Inorganic arsenic is a documented human carcinogen.
• 0.01 mg/L was established as a provisional guideline value for arsenic.
• Based on health criteria, the guideline value for arsenic in drinking-water would be less than 0.01mg/L.
• Because the guideline value is restricted by measurement limitations, and 0.01 mg/L is the realistic limit to measurement, this is termed a provisional guideline value.

The WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality is intended for use as a basis for the development of national standards in the context of local or national environmental, social, economic, and cultural conditions.

The summary of an updated International Programme on Chemical Safety Environmental Health Criteria Document on Arsenic published by WHO is available at http://www.who.int/pcs/pubs/pub_ehc_num.html. It addresses all aspects of risks to human health and the environment. The full text will be published in late 2001.

A UN report on arsenic in drinking-water has been prepared in cooperation with other UN agencies under the auspices of an inter-agency coordinating body (the Administrative Committee on Coordination’s Sub-committee on Water Resources. It provides a synthesis of available information on chemical, toxicological, medical, epidemiological, nutritional and public health issues; develops a basic strategy to cope with the problem and advises on removal technologies and on water quality management. The draft of the report is available at http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/arsenic3/en/

Information on arsenic in drinking-water on a country-by-country basis is being collected and will be added to the UN report and made available on the web site.

As part of WHO’s activities on the global burden of disease, an estimate of the disease burden associated with arsenic in drinking-water is in preparation. A report entitled “Towards an assessment of the socioeconomic impact of arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh” was released in 2000.

A United Nations Foundation grant for 2.5 million approved in July 2000, will enable UNICEF and WHO to support a project to provide clean drinking-water alternatives to 1.1 million people in three of the worst affected sub-districts in Bangladesh. The project utilizes an integrated approach involving communication, capacity building for arsenic mitigation of all stakeholders at subdistrict level and below, tube-well testing, patient management, and provision of alternative water supply options.

Urgent requirements

• Large-scale support to the management of the problem in developing countries with substantial, severely affected populations.
• Simple, reliable, low-cost equipment for field measurement.
• Increased availability and dissemination of relevant information.
• Robust affordable technologies for arsenic removal at wells and in households.

Global situation

The delayed health effects of exposure to arsenic, the lack of common definitions and of local awareness as well as poor reporting in affected areas are major problems in determining the extent of the arsenic-in-drinking-water problem.

Reliable data on exposure and health effects are rarely available, but it is clear that there are many countries in the world where arsenic in drinking-water has been detected at concentration greater than the Guideline Value, 0.01 mg/L or the prevailing national standard. These include Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Chile, China, Hungary, India, Mexico, Peru, Thailand, and the United States of America. Countries where adverse health effects have been documented include Bangladesh, China, India (West Bengal), and the United States of America. Examples are:

• Seven of 16 districts of West Bengal have been reported to have ground water arsenic concentrations above 0.05 mg/L; the total population in these seven districts is over 34 million (Mandal, et al, 1996) and it has been estimated that the population actually using arsenic-rich water is more than 1 million (above 0.05 mg/L) and is 1.3 million (above 0.01 mg/L) (Chowdhury, et al, 1997).
• According to a British Geological Survey study in 1998 on shallow tube-wells in 61 of the 64 districts in Bangladesh, 46% of the samples were above 0.010 mg/L and 27% were above 0.050 mg/L. When combined with the estimated 1999 population, it was estimated that the number of people exposed to arsenic concentrations above 0.05 mg/l is 28-35 million and the number of those exposed to more than 0.01 mg/l is 46-57 million (BGS, 2000).
• Environment Protection Agency of The United States of America has estimated that some 13 million of the population of USA, mostly in the western states, are exposed to arsenic in drinking- water at 0.01 mg/L, although concentrations appear to be typically much lower than those encountered in areas such as Bangladesh and West Bengal. (USEPA, 2001)

Arsenic in Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, West Bengal (India) and some other areas, most drinking-water used to be collected from open dug wells and ponds with little or no arsenic, but with contaminated water transmitting diseases such as diarrhoea, dysentery, typhoid, cholera and hepatitis. Programmes to provide “safe” drinking-water over the past 30 years have helped to control these diseases, but in some areas they have had the unexpected side-effect of exposing the population to another health problem – arsenic.

Arsenic in drinking-water in Bangladesh is attracting much attention for a number of reasons. It is a new, unfamiliar problem to the population, including concerned professionals. There are millions of people who may be affected by drinking arsenic-rich water. Last, but not least, fear for future adverse health effects as a result of water already consumed.

Background

• In recent years, extensive well drilling programme has contributed to a significant decrease in the incidence of diarrhoeal diseases.
• It has been suggested that there are between 8-12 million shallow tube-wells in Bangladesh. Up to 90% of the Bangladesh population of 130 million prefer to drink well water. Piped water supplies are available only to a little more than 10% of the total population living in the large agglomerations and some district towns.
• Until the discovery of arsenic in groundwater in 1993, well water was regarded as safe for drinking.
• It is now generally agreed that the arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh is of geological origin. The arsenic derives from the geological strata underlying Bangladesh.

Situation

• The most commonly manifested disease so far is skin lesions. Over the next decade, skin and internal cancers are likely to become the principal human health concern arising from arsenic.
• According to one estimate, at least 100,000 cases of skin lesions caused by arsenic have occurred and there may be many more (Smith, et al, 2000).
• The number of people drinking arsenic-rich water in Bangladesh has increased dramatically since the 1970s due to well-drilling and population growth.
• The impact of arsenic extends from immediate health effect to extensive social and economic hardship that effects especially the poor. Costs of health care, inability of affected persons to engage in productive activities and potential social exclusion are important factors.
• The national standard for drinking-water in Bangladesh is 0.05 mg/L, same as in India.
• District and sub-district health officials and workers lack sufficient knowledge as to the identification and prevention of arsenic poisoning.
• The poor availability of reliable information hinders action at all levels and may lead to panic, exacerbated if misleading reports are made. Effective information channels have yet to be established to those affected and concerned.

Remedial actions

• Within Bangladesh, a number of governmental technical and advisory committees have been formed and a co-ordinating mechanism established among the interested external support agencies. These committees include the Governmental Arsenic Co-ordinating Committee headed by the Minister of Health & Family Welfare (MHFW) and several technical committees. One of the positive outcomes of this collaboration (including work with local institutes) has been the testing of new types of treatment technologies.
• So far, many initiatives have focused on water quality testing and control with a view to supplying arsenic-free drinking-water, thereby reducing the risk of further arsenic-related disease. The amount of testing required and the need to provide effective feedback to those using well water, suggest use of field testing kits.
• Only a few proven sustainable options are available to provide safe drinking-water in Bangladesh. These include: obtaining low-arsenic groundwater through accessing safe shallow groundwater or deeper aquifers (greater than 200 m); rain water harvesting; pond-sand-filtration; household chemical treatment; and piped water supply from safe or treated sources.

for more information you can see on the WHO site (www.who.int)

Scarces plant in Indonesia

List of Endangered Plant
Scientific Name (Nama Ilmiah) Vernacular Name (Nama Daerah)
Mangifera casturi Kosterm. Mangga kesturi
Mangifera gedebe Miquel Gedebe
Anaxagorea javanica Blume Pelir musang
Pimpinella pruatjan Molkenb. Purwoceng
Alstonia scholaris (L.) R.Br. Pulai
Alyxia halmaheira Miq. Pulasari
Alyxia reinwardtii Blume Pulasari
Parameria laevigata (Juss.) Moldenke Kayu rapat
Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Bth.ex Kurz.
Voacanga grandifolia (Miq.) Rolfe Ala-antong, kalantong
Amorphophalus decus-silvae Back.& v.A.v..R
Areca glandiformis Lam.
Areca tunku Dransf. & Lim Chong-Keat Pinang tunku
Arenga distincta Mogea
Arenga hastata (Becc.) Whitmore
Arenga longipes Mogea
Arenga talamauensis Mogea
Calamus ciliaris BI. ex Roemer & Schultes Rotan cacing
Calamus hispidus Becc.
Calamus impar Becc.
Calamus karuensis Ridl
Calamus kjelbergii Furt.
Calamus melanolema Mart.
Calamus minahassae Becc. Rotan minahasa
Calamus pandanosmus Furt.
Calamus pygmaeus Becc.
Calamus robinsonianus Becc. Rotan robinson
Calamus spectabilis Bl.
Caryota maxima Bl. Sarai jawa
Caryota no Becc. Sarai raja
Ceratolobus pseudoconcolor Dransf.
Daemonorops acamptostachys Becc.
Daemonorops monticola (Griff.) Mart.
Drymophloeus oliviformis (Giseke) Miq.
Eugeissona ambigua Becc. Bertam Danau sentarum
Iguanura leucocarpa BI. Pinang kera buah pucat
Korthalsia junghuhnii Miq. Rotan dahan bogor
Licuala elegans BI. Palas lampung
Licuala gracilis BI. Palas kecil
Licuala kingiana Becc. Palas king
Licuala pumila BI. Palas kerdil
Phoenix paludosa Roxb. Korma rawa
Pinanga albescens Becc. ex H. Winkler
Pinanga bomeensis Scheff.
Pinanga celebica Scheff. Pinang sulawesi
Pinanga javana BI. Pinang jawa
Pinanga keahii Furt. Pinang keah
Pinanga kjellbergii Burr. Pinang kjellberg
Pinanga patula var. borneensis Becc. Pinang kera
Pinanga pulchella Burr.
Pinanga punicea (BI.) Merr. var. punicea
Plectocomia billitonensis Becc. Bubuhai bilitung kapahe
Plectocomia longistigma Madulid Bubuhai stigma panjang
Plectocomia lorzingii Madulid Bubuhai lorzing
Plectocomia pygmaea Madulid Bubuhai kecil
Plectocomiopsis bomeensis Becc. Bubuhai kalimantan
Salacca acehensis Mogea Salak aceh
Salacca dransfieldiana Mogea Salak dransfield
Salacca palembanica Mogea
Siphokentia beguinii Burr.
Siphokentia pachycarpus Burr.
Sommieria affinis Becc.
Sommieria elegans Becc.
Sommieria leucophylla Becc.
Impatiens arriensii (Zoll.) T.Shimizu
Oroxylum indicum (L.) Vent. Kayu pedang
Durio grandiflorus (Masters) Kosterm. & Soegeng Durian hantu
Durio graveolens Becc. Durian burung
Durio lowianus Scort. ex King Durian sepeh
Durio testudinarium Becc. Durian kura-kura
Merremia mammosa (Lour.) Hallier f. Bidara upas
Trichosanthes coriacea Bl.
Trichosanthes cucumerina L.
var. cucumerina
Trichosanthes emarginata Rugayah
Trichosanthes florentis Rugayah
Cibotium barometz (L.) J.J.Sm. Paku simpai
Shorea javanica K. & V. Damar mata kucing
Shorea palembanica Miq. Tengkawang majau
Shorea pinanga Sheff. Tengkawang amung
Upuna bomeensis Sym. Upun batu
Vatica bantamensis (Hassk.) B. & H. ex. Miq. Vatika
Vatica rassak (Korth.) Blume Resak hiru, resak Irian
Baccaurea angulata Merr. Rambai hutan
Macaranga involucrata Baill. Mahang sirap
Macaranga fongisopufata Muel Arg. Mahang tutup
Glochidion beguinii Airy Shaw
Glochidion temateum Airy Shaw
Caesalpinia bundoc (L.) Roxb.
Caesalpinia crista Auct. Non L.
Cynometra cauliflora L. Namnam
Cynometra ramiflora L. Kopi anjing
Dalbergia latifolia Roxb. Sonokeling
Entada phaseoloides (L.) Merr. Pidada
Euchresta horsfieldii (Lesch.) Benn. Pranajiwa
Kompassia excelsa Taub. Kedundung
Kompassia malaccensis Maing. Kompas
Mucuna acuminata Grah. Ex Baker Benguk pantai
Mucuna albertisii R. v. Muell
Mucuna benettii F.v. Muell. Bunga kukumacan
Mucuna bracteata D.C. ex Kurz
Mucuna elegans Merr.
Mucuna elmeri Merr.
Mucuna hoaglandii Verd.
Mucuna longipedunculata Merr.
Mucuna miniata Merr.
Mucuna macrophylla Miq.
Mucuna novoguineensis Scheff. Bunga irian
Mucuna reticulata Burck
Mucuna schlechteri Harms
Mucuna schmutzii Wiriadinata
Mucuna tomentosa K.Schum.
Mucuna toppingii Merr.
Parkia intermedia Hassk. Petir
Parkia roxburghii G.Don. Kedaung
Scutellaria javanica Jungh. Perlutan, upar-upar
Cinnamomum culilaban (L.) Persl. Kulit lawang
Cinnamomum sintoc Blume Sintok
Cryptocarya massoia (Dken) Kosterm. Masoi
Strychnos ignatii Berg. I pu kayo
Strychnos lucida R.Br. Kayu ular
Astronia papetaria Blume Dbat papeda
Arcangelicia flava (L.) Merr. Ki koneng
Fibraurea tinctoria Loureiro Akar kuning
Artocarpus fulvicortex Jarrett Klempatak, pradong
Artocarpus lanceifolius Roxb.
ssp. clementis (Merr.) Jarrett Keledang
Morus macroura Miq. Andalas
Myristica argentea Warb. Pala Irian
Myristica papuana Scheff.
Myristica paucifolia
var. lancifolia
Myristica sphaerosperma S.C. Smith
Macadamia hildebrandii Sten. Perande, kayu balo, Molaba, tinapu
Scorodocarpus bomeensis Becc. Kayu bawang
Ascocentrum miniatum (Lindl.) Schltr.
Dendrobium phalaenopsis Fitzg. Anggrek larat
Kingidium deliciosum (Rchb.f.) Sweet
Paphiopedilum bullenianum (Rchb. Pfizer
Paphiopedilum bullenianum
var. celebense (Fowlie & Birk) P.J. Cribb
Paphiopedilum gigantifolium Braem & C. Backer
Paphiopedilum glanduliferum (Blume) Stein
Paphiopedilum glanduliferum
var. praestans
Paphiopedilum glanduliferum
var. wilhelminae (L.O. Williams) P.J.Cribb
Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum J.J. Sm.
Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum
var. moquetteanum J.J. Sm.
Paphiopedilum hookerae (Rchb.f.) Stein
Paphiopedilum javanicum (Reinw.ex Lindl.)
Paphiopedilum lowii (Lindl.) Stein.
Paphiopedilum lowii
var. richardianum (Ascher & Beaman) Gruss
Paphiopedilum mohrianum Braem
Paphiopedilum papuanum (Ridl.) Ridl.
Paphiopedilum sangii Braem
Paphiopedilum schoseri Braem & H. Mohr
Paphiopedilum supardii G.Braem .& Loeb
Paphiopedilum superbiens (Rchb.f.) Stein
Paphiopedilum superbiens
var. curtisii (Rchb.f.) G.J. Braem
Paphiopedilum tonsum (Rchb.f.) Stein
Paphiopedilum tonsum
var. braemii (Mohr) Gruss
Paphiopedilum victoria-regina (Sander) M.W. Wood
Paphiopedilum violacens Schltr.
Pecteilis susannae L. Rafin Anggrek susana
Phalaenopsis amabilis (L.) Blume Anggrek bulan
Phalaenopsis celebensis Sweet Anggrek bulan sulawesi
Phalaenopsis comu-cervi (Breda) BI. & Rchb.f.
Phalaenopsis fimbriata J.J. Smith
Phalaenopsis fuscata Rchb.f.
Phalaenopsis maculata Rchb.f.
Phalaenopsis mariae Burbidge ex. Warner & Williams
Phalaenopsis modesta J.J. Smith
Phalaenopsis pantherina Rchb.f.
Phalaenopsis sumatrana Korth. & Rchb.f. Anggrek bulan sumatra
Phalaenopsis violacea Witte
Phalaenopsis viridis J.J. Smith
Pandanus brosimus Merr. & Peny
Pandanus conoideus Lmk.
Pandanus julianettii Mart.
Aegialitis angulata R. Brown
Gigantochloa achmadii Widjaja
Gigantochloa kuring Widjaja
Gigantochloa manggong Widjaja
Gigantochloa pruriens Widjaja
Gigantochloa serik Widjaja
Neololeba inaurita Widjaja
Schizostachyum bamban Widjaja
Schizostachyum castaneum Widjaja
Schizostachyum mampouw Widjaja
Macadamia hildebrandii Steen Perade, kayu balo
Bruguiera exaristata Ding Hou Baco-baco
Kandelia candel (L.) Druce
Timonius timon (Spreng) Merr. Ketimunan
Citrus celebica Koord. Munteh intalum
Zanthoxylum rhetza (Roxb.) DC Pangkal buaya
Diploknema oligomera H.J. Lam
Ganua motleyana Pierre
Kadsura scandens (BI.) BI. Ki lebur
Symplocos odoratissima (BI.) Choisy Sariawan
Aetoxylon sympetalum (Steen. & Domke) Airy Shaw
Aquilaria hirta Ridley Karas
Enkleia malaccensis Grifft. Akar karas
Toona sinensis (A. Juss.) Reem. Suren
Curcuma petiolata Roxb. Temu putri
Elettariopsis sumatrana Val. Puar tenangau

It’s one of Big Disaster in China

In my first post, i will tell you what happened in The Eastern Sichuan, Chinese at 12 May 2008. It’s big earthquake.. Researchers fear that the magnitude-7.9 earthquake that struck near the major city of Chengdu today will easily be China’s biggest killer since 1976′s Tangshan quake, conservatively estimated to have taken 250,000 lives. “I would think there’s going to be horrific loss of life in this one,” says seismologist Lucile Jones of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) office in Pasadena, California. The all-too-familiar combination of millions of people living by a major fault rupture in quake-vulnerable structures makes for an inevitably bad outcome, she says.

The Eastern Sichuan quake ruptured about 275 kilometers of a fault running northeastward between the easternmost mountains of the Tibetan Plateau and the densely populated Sichuan Basin. Chengdu, population 11 million, lies about 100 kilometers southeast of the epicenter. Jones studied the fault 25 years ago as a major threat because plate motions are pushing the mountains in the west upward and to the east along the thrust fault and over the basin. “This is the big earthquake for Sichuan,” she says. “It’s like San Francisco or Los Angeles having its big one.”

According to data compiled by USGS in the aftermath of the quake, millions of people suffered strong shaking that would have caused heavy damage. USGS calculates that a total of 6.2 million people would have felt severe to extreme shaking that could cause heavy to very heavy damage to structures vulnerable to seismic shaking. Many structures in China are vulnerable, Jones notes. Another 11.7 million people would have felt very strong shaking capable of moderate to heavy damage to vulnerable structures. The 1976 quake–a magnitude-7.8–struck the city of Tangshan (population 1.5 million), leaving two buildings standing, Jones says. If that’s any guide, Sichuan has “got to be really bad,” she says.