BPS 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Pharmacognosy, Vincristine, Reserpine
11 Oct 2017
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Plant taxonomy: genus and species most important, family only for project or paper. Popular botanicals, common names and their latin names. Issues with herbals and what we should know. Authenticity of botanicals (identification of correct plants and their parts, Asian and n. american ginseng are quite similar but different from siberian. Ephedra: tcm for bronchial asthma, cold, fever, flu, etc. In 1997 fda started regulating the levels of ephedra alkaloids to more than. Cfsan (center for food safety and applied nutrition under fda) Kava kava, cfsan found out that it was causing liver injuries (hepatotoxicity), bans have been lifted but there are still warnings. Examples of four drugs and their corresponding plant sources. An example of traditional system of medicine is _________. Definition of a nutraceutical or functional food. (beyond basic nutrition) Full name of uri"s first pharmacy dean, heber w. youngken jr. This plant is the source of vincristine madagascar periwinkle.
