Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
medicinal plants, ethnobotanical, desert plants, bark, liquid nitrogen
College
Life Sciences
Department
Plant and Wildlife Sciences
Abstract
There are many approaches to collecting medicinal plants. I compared results from two plant collection approaches, the ethnobotanical-based collection and ecologically-based collection. The ethnobotanical approach is based on plant use by native people. The ecological approach is based on plant life history principles i.e.; 1) plants living in stressed environments are rich in secondary metabolites, and 2) more predictable tissues and plants (i.e. evergreen perennials, mature tissues) have a diverse set of chemical defenses.1 Most medicinally active properties are from secondary chemicals.2 Plants from the Sonoran Desert typify these principles.
Recommended Citation
Davis, Kimberly Jo and Cates, Dr. Rex G.
(2014)
"Anticancer Extracts From Bark Of Sonoran Desert Plants,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014:
Iss.
1, Article 952.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/952