 This paper investigates the influence of indigenous Indonesian management behaviours during international business negotiations in an Indonesian context, and the impact of these behaviours upon multinational corporations (MNC) in Indonesia.  Through an inductive analysis of interviews with 55 Indonesian and nonIndonesian managers, this paper applies a postcolonial theoretical lens to identif...

OBJECTIVE To comparatively evaluate selected herbs for their ability to protect neuronal cells from direct betaA(1-42) insult. DESIGN Twenty-seven (27) herbs were selected, extracted with aqueous methanol (90%) and chloroform, and the extracts were evaluated for their ability to protect PC12 rat pheochromocytoma and primary neuronal cells from betaA(1-42) insult using both 3-[4,5-dimethylthia...

For the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) herbal monograph draft of Cassia angustifolia Vahl. and Cassia senna L. leaves and pods, a safety limitation of aloe-emodin and rhein was proposed, due to toxicological concerns. A quantitative, analytical method of the anthraquinone aglycones in all Ph. Eur. monographed herbal laxatives is of interest. A rational method development for the aglycones al...

Background & objectives: The present investigation was designed to evaluate the post-treatment properties of the hydroalcoholic fruit extract of cassia fistula (golden shower tree) in male Albino mice. Materials & Methods: Biomarkers and histological liver and kidney alterations, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), γ-glutamyl transferase...