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Aplicaciones del Neem



El Árbol de Neem tiene diversas aplicaciones en Salud Humana, Salud Animal y en el Campo.
De éste maravilloso árbol se aprovechan todas sus partes, cada una tiene diferentes propiedades, las hojas, la corteza, las semillas, las flores, etc...
RESINA:
La corteza del Neem exuda una resina clara, brillante y de color ámbar, esta es conocida como la resina deleste de la India. La resina es estimulante, emoliente y tónico, es usada para catarros y otras infecciones.
HOJAS:
Las hojas contienen nimbin, nimbinene, 6-desacetylnimbiene, nimbandiol, nimbolide y quercitina. La presencia de betasitosterol, n-hexacosanol y nonacosane, también ha sido reportada.
Las hojas son carminativas y ayudan en la digestión. La pasta de las hojas es muy útiles en lasúlceras de la varicela. Un extracto acuoso 10% de hojas tiernas tiene propiedades antivirales en contra de la viruela, sarampión y el virus de New castle. Un extracto de hojas contiene fracciones que retrasan la coagulación de la sangre. Un té caliente de hojas se puede usar para aplicarlo como fomento en golpes, torceduras y dolores musculares.
FRUTAS:
La fruta se usa como tónico, purgativa,emoliente e antiinflamatoria. Las frutas secas son remojadas en agua y se emplean para tratar enfermedades de la piel.
ACEITE DE LA SEMILLA Y LA ALMENDRA:
De las almendras obtenemos un aceite de color amarillo verdoso a cafè, acre, amargo . El aceite tiene muchos usos terapéuticos y está incluido en la farmacopea india. Las propiedades amargas del aceite son usadas en la industria farmacéutica. Elaceite del Neem es considerado de tener propiedades antifèrtiles. Posee una actividad antiséptica y antihongos y se ha encontrado que es efectivo contra los microorganismos gram negativo y gram positivo.
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The neem tree - a case history of biopiracy
By Vandana Shiva
A classic case of biopiracy bytransnational corporations is that of the neem tree in India. Vandana Shiva provides the background to this attempt to appropriate an invaluable biological resource of the South.
DURING 1994, Indian farmers staged one mass demonstration after another against the proposed GATT Uruguay Round agreement. In March about 200,000 gathered in Delhi demanding, among other things, that the draft treaty -known colloquailly as 'the Dunkel draft' after chief negotiator, Arthur Dunkel - should be translated into all Indian languages. On 2 October, about half a million converged upon Bangalore to voice their fears about the impending legislation, aware of the threat that GATT poses to their livelihoods, by allowing multinational organisations to enter Third World markets at their expense.
Inparticular, many of them began to question the Dunkel Draft's call for an international harmonisation of property rights legislation. In their demonstrations, protesters carried twigs or branches of neem, a tree found throughout the drier areas of India.
Several extracts of neem have recently been patented by US companies, and many farmers are incensed at what they regard as intellectual piracy. Thevillage neem tree has become a symbol of Indian indigenous knowledge, and of resistance against companies, which would expropriate this knowledge for their own profit.
A tree for all seasons
Of all the plants that have proved useful to humanity, a few are distinguished by astonishing versatility. The coconut palm is one, bamboo another. In the more arid areas of India, this distinction is held by ahardy, fast-growing evergreen of up to 20 metres in height - Azadirachta indica, commonly known as the neem tree.
The neem's many virtues are to a large degree attributable to its chemical constituents. From its roots to its spreading crown, the tree contains a number of potent compounds, notably a chemical found in its seeds named azadirachtin. It is this astringency that makes it useful in...