Document Type
Oral Presentation
Location
Oxford Conference Center, Oxford MS
Event Website
https://oxfordicsb.org/
Start Date
10-4-2025 8:30 AM
Description
Insights perhaps worth sharing have been gained over a career spanning 50 years of ethnobotanical and pharmacognostic research on botanicals of Canada, Mexico, Ecuador, and Togo, and the development of standards on the quality, safety, and evidence-based uses of botanicals in health products and foods. Perspectives provided by traditional healers in these countries have informed approaches to a better understanding of, and possible goals for future research on traditionally used plants. This includes their phytochemical quality; absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion; possible mechanisms of action; and potential safety concerns. These insights will be illustrated by specific examples from research conducted by me, my students, and coinvestigators. The information on botanicals kindly shared by the traditional healers that I have had the honor to work with have engendered a deep respect for their knowledge and perceptiveness of natural processes during the gathering, preparation, and traditional uses of botanicals.
Recommended Citation
Marles, Robin, "Insights from Ethnobotanical Research in North America, Latin America, and West Africa Into the Phytochemical Quality, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Toxicology of Botanicals" (2025). Oxford ICSB. 34.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/icsb/2025_ICSB/Schedule/34
Publication Date
April 2025
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Insights from Ethnobotanical Research in North America, Latin America, and West Africa Into the Phytochemical Quality, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Toxicology of Botanicals
Oxford Conference Center, Oxford MS
Insights perhaps worth sharing have been gained over a career spanning 50 years of ethnobotanical and pharmacognostic research on botanicals of Canada, Mexico, Ecuador, and Togo, and the development of standards on the quality, safety, and evidence-based uses of botanicals in health products and foods. Perspectives provided by traditional healers in these countries have informed approaches to a better understanding of, and possible goals for future research on traditionally used plants. This includes their phytochemical quality; absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion; possible mechanisms of action; and potential safety concerns. These insights will be illustrated by specific examples from research conducted by me, my students, and coinvestigators. The information on botanicals kindly shared by the traditional healers that I have had the honor to work with have engendered a deep respect for their knowledge and perceptiveness of natural processes during the gathering, preparation, and traditional uses of botanicals.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/icsb/2025_ICSB/Schedule/34
Comments
This research was supported by grants from the Canadian Ethnology Service; Institute for Northern Studies; Northern Scientific Training Grants Program; U. Saskatchewan College of Graduate Studies and Research; UIC Program for Collaborative Research in the Pharmaceutical Sciences; UIC Graduate College; Missouri Botanical Garden; New York Botanical Garden; U.S. Agency for International Development; Ecuador's Direccion Nacional Forestal, Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia; Canadian International Development Agency; Canadian Forest Service and the CFS Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba Provincial Agreements in Forestry; Manitoba Model Forest; Canadian Public Service Commission Native Employment Program; Manitoba Education and Training CareerFocus and CareerStart Youth Career Development Programs; Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation.