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Chemistry/Biology 491 "Pharmacognosy and How Drugs
Work"
Pharmacognosy Resources
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American Society of Pharmacognosy
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National
Cancer Institute Laboratory of Drug Discovery and Development
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National Center for Natural
Products Research
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The American Botanical Council,
publishers
of Herbalgram.
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Monographs
from the American Botanical Council on Echinacea,
Garlic,
Gingko,
St.John's
Wort and Hawthorn.
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Healthcare Reality Check-
a healthy dose of skepticism in case you get caught up in anecdotal evidence!
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Herbs for Health-
a generally authoritative review of the evidence of many popular
herbs.
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Ethnobotanical Leaflets-
a good historical anthropological source of info
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The US Pharmacopea: A must
reference guide to see whether a given botanical substance is currently
recognized as effective in well-designed human trials. A great search engine.
See for example the positive report on Saw Palmetteo and the negative report
on Valerian. Generally reliable reviews of clinical data in easily digestible
mongraphs. I would try here first!
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A Medical Terminology
Dictionary. You'll need this if you ever hope to understand whether
you should be insulted if accused of "intermittent
claudication"!
Individual Pharmacognosy Articles of Interest
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Can
Bioflavonoids Cause Cancer?-See this article in The Scientist.
If this site asks for a password, just enter hartsesc@uwec.edu.
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The
Placebo Effect- A placebo is not "nothing". A very good introduction
into this important aspect of therapeutic action of drugs and evidence
of efficacy. This article is from The Scientist ,so again,
if this site asks for a password, just enter hartsesc@uwec.edu.
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A Possible
Herbal Remedy for Malaria- This article in Science explores
the use of the Chinese herb Artemisia annua as a malaria remedy.
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Regulation
of Nutraceuticals. This article in Science examines who is (and
is not) keeping an eye on the supplement market.
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Hazel
Trees as a Source of Anticancer Drugs.
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St.
John's Wort Set for clinical trials in US. A description of an ongoing
study in The Scientist
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Cancer and
Herbs- A NEJM article on the tragedy of Aristolochia
, a Chinese herb that has led to cancer in Belgiasn women. Ample
proof of an important point: natural does not equal safe.
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