BIO 105 WT PLANTS AS MEDICINE: A RACE AGAINST TIME

This course focuses on the discovery, context and application of plants used for medicines around the world and over time. Topics of study will include historical ethnobotanical explorations and their ramifications. Additionally, aspects from the professor's experiences with medicinal plants in the Amazonian rain forest and her current work with the medicinal plants of the Montagnards, the indigenous tribes of the Central Highlands of Vietnam now living in Greensboro, NC, will be discussed. Finally, the future of discovery and use of plants as medicine will be covered, with an emphasis on current conservation issues world-wide. This course is open to all students, and is specifically designed for non-majors