Dr. Quave has received a grant in the amount of $30,000 from the Emory University Research Committee to support her fieldwork this summer in Sicily on the project: “Investigation into the antibacterial potential of medicinal plants of the Aegadian Islands, Italy“. Working with collaborators at the University of Palermo and…
Our latest paper is out today in the Journal of Dietary Supplements: Lyles, J. T., Tyler, P., Bradbury, E. J., Nelson, K., Brown, C. F., Pierce, S. T., & Quave, C. L. (2017). Comparative Phytochemical Analysis of Chinese and Bay Starvine (Schisandra spp.): Potential for Development as a New Dietary…
We have a new research publication out this week in collaboration with the Weinert lab at Emory. It is available via open access HERE. Fontaine, B.M., K. Nelson, J.T. Lyles, P.B. Jariwala, J. M. Garcia-Rodriguez, C.L. Quave, E.E. Weinert. (2017) Identification of Ellagic Acid Rhamnoside as a Bioactive Component of…
Emory colleagues and students: I’ll be giving the Emory School of Medicine Infectious Disease Seminar this Thursday (March 9) at 8 am in the Klamon Room of the Claudia Nance Rollings building: “Medical Ethnobotany and the Discovery of Antibiotic Potentiators”. Hope to see you there!
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Our latest work on botanical inhibitors of bacterial quorum sensing is out today in the Nature journal, Scientific Reports. “Virulence inhibitors from Brazilian Peppertree block quorum sensing and abate dermonecrosis in skin infection models” is available by open access. Abstract: Widespread antibiotic resistance is on the rise and current therapies…
“Volver a la Botánica” is a profile on Dr. Quave’s research, circulated in print in Mexico’s Spanish language magazine Valor for the December 2016/January 2017 issue.
Check out our new publication by Quave & Saitta on the ethnobotany of Pantelleria Island in Economic Botany: “Forty-five years later: The shifting dynamic of traditional ecological knowledge on Pantelleria Island, Italy” Abstract In 1969, Galt and Galt conducted an ethnobotanical survey in the community of Khamma on the…
Read the latest research out of the Quave Research Group, available via open access HERE. Nelson, K.N., J.T. Lyles, T. Li, A. Saitta, E. Addie-Noye, P. Tyler, C.L. Quave. (2016) Anti-acne activity of Italian medicinal plants used for skin infection. Frontiers in Pharmacology 7:435.
Dr. Quave has published a chapter in the new volume by the World Alliance Against Antibiotic Resistance: Quave, C.L. Antibiotics from nature: Traditional medicine as a source of new solutions for combating antimicrobial resistance. AMR Control 2016: Overcoming Global Antimicrobial Resistance. World Alliance Against Antibiotic Resistance http://resistancecontrol.info/rd-innovation/antibiotics-from-nature-traditional-medicine-as-a-source-of-new-solutions-for-combating-antimicrobial-resistance/ Abstract: Plants have…
