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Plants contain chemical constituents
that have great potential for medicinal use and indeed are a major source
of both traditional and pharmaceutical drugs. We hope that this web page
and it's links will serve as a guide and a tool for starting your own quest
for the discovery of these medicinal compounds from mother nature's kitchen.
But as a word of caution, these protocols are in no way etched in stone.
Users are encouraged to modify, or formulate their own scheme of action
within the contest of the plant they are studying. Good luck, and contact
us if you have any questions or comments.
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Protocol for plant collection requires
Herbarium documentation skills, and a good knowledge of Ecology and Ethnobotany.
The Extraction of compounds e requires an extensive
knowledge of Organic chemistry, and Quant.
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Anti Microbial
testing is two fold: Qualitative methods, and Quantitative methods. Both
require an extensive knowledge of Microbiology laboratory principals and
techniques, as well as a general background on microbes. |
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No animal testing. Rather inexpensive
simple anti tumor prescreen is presented here.
Simple knowledge of Microbiological laboratory skills are required. |
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Advanced purification
and identification methods for phytochemicals. We call it "activity
guided fractionation". Mastering of Anti Microbial testing is required
as well as deep knowledge of chromatography (Column, HPLC, TLC), and experience
and access to NMR, IR imaging. |
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Read this section on laboratory
safety
before you proceed to do anything else. |
