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With reference to the first trend, witness an example of the growth and development of four major companies: Pfizer acquired two major companies in the last 5 years: Warner-Lambert and Pharmacia. While Warner-Lambert was not very active in company acquisitions, it had acquired the major biotech company Agouron. Pharmacia had acquired a series of companies over 10 years including Carlo Erba Farmitalia, Upjohn, and Searle. Pfizer also sold its medical device division Howmedica to Stryker, and its cosmetic divisions, Coty ; . Additionally, years ago, Pfizer acquired the Japanese Pharma company Taito, for example, atrovent.

Department of Nutrition, University of Venda, RSA, 0950 Department of Human Nutrition, University of Limpopo, RSA , 0727 3 Department of Advanced Nursing Science, University of Venda, SRA Background Indigenous foods contain phytochemicals that are linked to protection against the development of diseases such as cancer, diabetes and hypertension 1 ; . Some of these indigenous foods have been chemically analysed and contain active compounds such as organic sulphur, hypoglycaemic alkaloids, flavonoids, phytosterin glycosides and polyacetylenes 2 ; . Objectives To determine the consumption of indigenous fruit and vegetables and health risk in rural subjects. Design An exploratory field study was carried out. Subjects were selected from 15 villages in the Vhembe district of Limpopo province. In phase one, dietary consumption of the indigenous fruit and vegetables was collected from 800 subjects. In phase two, health risk was determined from a sub sample of 300 subjects. Blood pressure, glucose tolerance, blood lipid profile, obesity and presence of other chronic disease of lifestyle were determined in the subjects. Outcomes Sixteen indigenous vegetables were consumed by between 33.0 92.5% while 15 indigenous fruits were consumed by 32.3 81.5% when in season and accessible. There was no significance difference in health risk in subjects p 0.05 ; . Group one consisted of subjects who reported to consume indigenous fruits and vegetables at least once a week frequently ; while group two consisted of those who consumed indigenous fruits and vegetables occasionally once in three months or seasonally ; . Conclusions The consumption of indigenous fruits and vegetables is generally good when such foods were in season and accessible. 1. Onyechi UA, Judd PA & Ellis PR. African plant foods rich in non-starch polysaccharides reduce postprandial blood glucose and insulin concentrations in healthy human subjects. Br Med J 1998; 80: 419-28. Sharma RD, Sarkar A, Hazra DK, Mishra B, Singh JB, Sharma SK, Maheshwari BB & Maheshwari MD. Use of Fenugreek seed powder in the management of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Nutr Res 1996: 16 8 ; : 1331-39 and ritalin.