Dr. Quave joined the Editorial Board of Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. The most recent impact factor for the journal is 4.774 according to 2011 Journal Citation Reports released by Thomson Reuters (ISI) in 2012. Visit the journal website to learn more about the journal and view their open-access…
A grant proposal entitled “Mechanistic Studies on Staphylococcal Quorum Quenching Natural Products” has been selected for funding under the R01 mechanism from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the US National Institutes of Health. The five year research project, totaling $1.829 million dollars, will be led by…
Visit the Publications page to view two new studies published with colleagues: Ellena, R., C.L. Quave and A. Pieroni (2012) Comparative medical ethnobotany of the Senegalese community living in Turin (North-Western Italy) and in Adeane (Southern Senegal). Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Article ID 604363, 30 pages, doi:10.1155/2012/604363 Pieroni, A.,…
Dr. Quave has just completed a field study in NE Albania collaboration with Dr. Andrea Pieroni, from the University of Gastronomic Sciences (Italy). The scope of the study was to investigate traditional health practices, including the use of wild plants for food and medicine, in several small Albanian and Gorani…
New Op-ed out with colleagues Drs. Janna Rose and Gazi Islam in the Brazilian newspaper Terra: http://carosamigos.terra.com.br/index2/index.php/artigos-e-debates/2863-controversias-na-bioprospeccao-mundial
A provisional PDF of a new paper co-authored by Quave and colleagues entitled “Medical ethnobotany of the Albanian Alps in Kosovo” was released today in the Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. This paper documents the study of medicinal plants used in Alpine communities Albanian of Kosovo. The uses of 98…
An exciting new study by Dr. Quave and colleagues reporting the activity of ellagic acid derivatives against S. aureus biofilms was published today in PLoS One. These compounds were isolated from a medicinal blackberry plant used in southern Italy to treat skin infections. The full article is accessible at this…
