BIO 2011 MEDICINAL BOTANY
This course is designed to provide the student with a comprehensive and practical knowledge of medicinal plants, as well as critical thinking on general aspects of applied scientific research related to medical and herbal literature. The course will address the origins and history of medicinal botany, and current and future approaches in the field; such as ethnobotany, economic botany, plant diversity, and habitat conservation. In addition, phytochemistry and the use of plants in modern medicine will be discussed in depth.
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