Recent News & Publications
External Advisory Committee Meeting 2009
Botanical Center External Advisory Committee meets at the UIC College of Pharmacy and discusses the
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UIC Garden Walk 2009
2009 Dorothy Bradley Atkins Medicinal Garden Walk a Success...read a recent tribune article from the
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Van Breemen RB, Fong HH, Farnsworth NR. Ensuring the safety of botanical dietary supplements. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008;87(2):509S-13S.
Qin Z, Kastrati I, Ashgodom RT, et al. Structural modulation of oxidative metabolism in design of improved benzothiophene selective estrogen receptor modulators. Drug Metab Dispos. 2009;37(1):161-9.
Faculty Spotlight
Norman R. Farnsworth, PhD
UIC Distinguished Professor
Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmocognosy
Norman R. Farnsworth is
a UIC Distinguished Professor, Senior University Scholar and Research
Professor of Pharmacognosy in the College of Pharmacy. He has
been a faculty member since 1970 and served as Head of the Department
of Pharmacognosy and Pharmacology from 1970-1982. In l982 he assumed the position as...
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Garden Spotlight
The Dorothy Bradley Atkins Medicinal Plant Garden is a garden oasis
in the midst of the busy University of Illinois at Chicago medical
center (west) campus situated in the Illinois Medical District located
on the corner of Wood and Polk Streets next to the
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Current Research
Black Cohosh
Red Clover
Women's Health
Prior to being studied in a clinical trial, botanicals must undergo
intense scientific scrutiny using basic science methodology...read more
Left - The UIC / NIH Botanical Center is
currently studying the two botanicals shown -
black cohosh (top) and red clover - in a clinical trial entitled: A Phase
II, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Determine the
Efficacy of Black Cohosh and Red Clover in the Management of Menopausal
Symptoms.