Iowa State University

September 2009

Botanical Center External Advisory Committee meets

The Center for Research on Botanical Dietary Supplements held its annual External Advisory Committee (EAC) meeting September 16-17, 2009. This was an opportunity for center researchers to meet with advisors, present progress reports, and receive feedback and recommendations from the EAC. Attendees conducted a mock review of the center renewal proposal, and key researchers in the projects and core areas provided research updates and held Q & A sessions. Graduate students presented posters of their current work. EAC attendees included:

 

Trish Flaster, Botanical Liaisons, LLC

Edward J. Fletcher, Strategic Sourcing, Inc.

Kelly Kindscher, University of Kansas

Thomas Prisinzano, University of Kansas

W. Ed Robinson, University of California-Irvine

James E. Simon, Rutgers University

Arthur O. Tucker, Delaware State University

 

Fall 2008

Botanical Center featured in Stories, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences alumni magazine. Diane Birt and Mark Widrlechner discussed "Putting Science behind Botanical Supplements."

Story on page 17.

 

Did you know?

The first recorded use of Hypericum for medicinal purposes dates back to ancient Greece.

 

Hypericum perforatum - Photo by Michael H. Lemmer

 

Unraveling Echinacea's evolutionary puzzle

 

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