July 31st, 2012. A new review paper by Dr. Cassandra Quave, Dr. Manuel Pardo de Santayana, and Dr. Andrea Pieroni was published today in Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. The paper, entitled “Medical Ethnobotany in Europe: From Field Ethnography to a More Culturally Sensitive Evidence-Based CAM?”, can be accessed here: http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2012/156846/
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Load More...En route to #Scotland today!! Excited to meet fellow botanists and plant lovers in Edinburgh this weekend! Plus... I have a special #FoodiePharmacology #podcast taping scheduled with one of Scotland’s rising star chefs! 💫 🍴 🌱
Last few seats remaining! Don’t miss @QuaveEthnobot, @MariaFadiman and @Ethnobotanica share fascinating stories of #ethnobotany research and exploration this Sunday at 2pm. Reserve your free place at https://t.co/euWJlIbxxo
Over 200 people have registered! #Edinburgh plant lovers - get your tix now before they're all gone! @Ethnobotanica , @MariaFadiman and I can't wait to share our stories of #ethnobotany #research and #exploration with you on 9/15! #WomeninScience #WomenInSTEM #botany #Garden
We're excited to be joined by a trio of ethnobotanists @QuaveEthnobot @MariaFadiman @Ethnobotanica this Sunday, where they will shine new light on plants. Reserve your free tickets for #Ethnobotany: Plants, People & Nature at https://t.co/euWJlIbxxo
Rose galls have an interesting history of use in traditional medicine and are packed with astringent phytochemIcals like tannins.
Words of the Day: “Puck’s Pincushion” — folkname for the rose gall (aka Robin’s Pincushion, Devil’s Pincushion, moss gall, bedeguar gall), caused by the gall wasp Diplolepis rosae; esp. visible in September on field & dog roses.
"How do people learn to cook a poisonous plant safely?" Nice to see a bit of economic botany featured on the front page of @BBCNews (by @timharford)
How do people learn to cook a toxic plant safely?
Cassava is very dangerous if not prepared properly, so how did people develop and share that knowledge?
www.bbc.co.uk
What a fun panel! Was awesome to rock out on some cool science with this power crew of #WomenInScience ! We talked about everything from analytical chemistry to plant-based “meat”, psychoactive plants, MSG, CBD, essential oils, fermented foods, artificial sweeteners & more! 🔥 🍴
Chow food & beverage panel was 🔥! Great conversation and a lovely audience! #DragonCon
More about our new #GlassFlowers exhibit in the @HarvardMuseum from the Gazette! We are so excited for #FruitsInDecay to open tomorrow! Thanks to our amazing Glass Flowers team and the @HarvardMuseum for making this happen!
‘Fruits in Decay’ on exhibit in Harvard’s Glass Flowers gallery
“Fruits in Decay,” a new exhibit in the Glass Flowers gallery at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, depicts the marvel of rotting fruit.
news.harvard.edu
