Vitamin A deficiency is a major cause of blindnes, mobidity and mortality among young children throughout the developing world. In Indonesia high dose of vitamin A supplementation has already been done to children after six months old supplementation to neonates was not available yet. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of high dose vitamin A (50.00 IU) supplementation in neona…
Rice field rat (Rattus argentiventer) has been widely known as pest of rice and crops. This rat is also the definitive host of Schistosoma incognitum. The purpose of this study is to know the proportion of rats infection with this parasite in those two ares. Previous study of Hadidjaja and Lukman (1983) showed the prevalence of 43 percent in Cakung area and this area was endemic for this parasi…
The risk of mercury content in dental practices and famer was evaluated. Mercury content of 16 hair dentist and farmer were measured and compared to 7 samples as control from individual who have no direct exposure to mercury in their works. Mercury content was determined using neutron activation analysis. A nuclear reactor which has an average neutron flux of 1x1200cm-2s-1 was used as the neutr…
Cursil is a phytopharmacal drug contains; 10 mg Curcuminoid from Curcuma domestica extraxtum sicc, 20 mg oleum xanthorrhizae from Curcuma xanthorrhiza extractum sicc. and 35 mg Silymarin from Silybium marianum extractum sicc., have been shown to exhibit significant anti-hepatotoxic actions and improved the liver function significant anti-hepatotoxic actions and improved the liver fuction tested…