Thaung Naing Oo

TL;DR: A horizon-scanning approach was used to assess the 40 emerging issues most affecting Myanmar's forests, including internal conflict, land-tenure insecurity, large-scale agricultural development, demise of state timber enterprises, shortfalls in government revenue and capacity, and opening of new deforestation frontiers with new roads, mines, and hydroelectric dams.

TL;DR: This study provided the first scientific evidence of T3SS prohibiting and antibacterial properties for the traditional knowledge in Myanmar of using plants as medicines for treating infections and gastrointestinal disease.

TL;DR: The Mon people of Myanmar have a rich and diverse knowledge of traditional medicinal plants and resource monitoring, phytochemical and pharmacological research and evidence-based drug development are suggested to promote the use of MTMs and aid drug discovery.

TL;DR: It was concluded that mangrove rehabilitation will succeed if 1) it is built around an integrated and ecosystem-based approach that takes into account feedback between rehabilitation and other economic activities; 2) its scope is beyond mere planting; 3) local people are involved in planning and monitoring in addition to implementation.

TL;DR: For those active compounds with an oleanane skeleton, glycosylation or oxidation of 3-OH was helpful in increasing the activity; replacement of the 30-methyl group by a carboxymethyl group enhanced the activity and the presence of 11,13(18) double bonds decreased the activity.