Biol 3623 - Medical Botany
Spring 2006
Syllabus
Useful web links
James Duke - Medical Botany - An Introduction
Kenneth Klemow (Wilkes University)
Medical Botany HomePage (see internet links)
American Botanical Council
A Modern Herbal (by M. Grieve)
History of Taxol Development
Lectures
Jan 9/11 - Introduction and History
Jan 13 - Diversity
Jan 18, 20 - Secondary Products
Handout: Plant Products as Antimicrobial
Agents
Jan 23 - Phenolics
Jan 25 - Glycosides
Jan 27 -Alkaloids
Jan 30 - Cancer - I
Feb 1 - Cancer - II
Feb 3 - Cancer - III
Feb 6, 8 - Pain - I
Feb 8 - Pain - II
Feb 13, 15 - Pain - III
Opiate Receptors (Better diagrams of opiate receptors
and substance P inhibition)
Feb 17 - Heart - I
Feb 20, 22 - Heart - II
Feb 24 - Heart - III
Feb 27 - Respiratory - I
Mar 1 - Respiratory - II
March 8 - Infectious Diseases - I
March 10 - Infectious Diseases - II
March 20 - Infectious Diseases - III
Handout: Plant Products as Antimicrobial
Agents
Handout: Multidrug Pump Inhibitors
March 22 - Reproduction
March 27 - Psychoactive - I
March 29 - Psychoactive - II
March 31 - Psychoactive - III
April 3 - Psychoactive - IV
April 5 - Psychoactive - V
Handout: Salvinarin A binds to opioid receptor
April 7 - Psychoactive - VI
April 10 - Poisonous and Toxic - I
April 12 - Poisonous and Toxic - II
April 14 - Poisonous and Toxic - III
April 14 - Allergy Plants
April 17 - St. John's Wort
April 17 - Milk Thistle - handout provided in class
April 19 - Aloe Vera
April 19 - Green Tea
April 24 - Ginseng
April 24 - Echinacea