<span>The primary desired therapeutic effect of mannitol is the reduction of intracranial pressure. This pressure, most likely caused by swelling on the brain, is generally caused by head traumas and can be life threatening. The administration of mannitol reduces this swelling thus decreasing the cranial pressure.</span>
Lets say that the genotypes are:
Male affected:XbY
Male unaffected: XaY
Female affected: XbXb
Female carrier: XaXb
Female unaffected:XaXa
P: XbY x XaXa
F1: XaXb XaXb XaY XaY The middle square is female carrier.
P:XbY x XaXb
F1: XaXb XbXb XaY XbY The left square is affected female.
P:XaY x XbXb
F1: XaXb XaXb XbY XbY The right square is affected male.
<span>Some 120 prescription drugs sold worldwide today are derived directly from rainforest plants. And according to the U.S. National Cancer Institute, more than two-thirds of all medicines found to have cancer-fighting properties come from rainforest plants. Examples abound. Ingredients obtained and synthesized from a now-extinct periwinkle plant found only in Madagascar (until deforestation wiped it out) have increased the chances of survival for children with leukemia from 20 percent to 80 percent.</span>
