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Plant-Derived Drug Discovery In An Introductory Biology Laboratory Course, Tatiana Kuzmenko, Ashwarya Sharma, Demian A. Willette
Plant-Derived Drug Discovery In An Introductory Biology Laboratory Course, Tatiana Kuzmenko, Ashwarya Sharma, Demian A. Willette
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Hands-on, inquiry-based laboratory activities are excellent opportunities to introduce first-year undergraduate students to the lab environment and to catalyze new interest in topics they may not yet know or be as enthusiastic about studying. We describe a multisession introductory laboratory activity that couples the research areas of medicinal drug discovery and plant biology. Selecting from a diversity of native California plants and broadly recognized medicinal plants, students learn and apply an assortment of basic phytochemical assays, analyze preliminary data, and then formulate hypothesis-driven follow-up experiments. Working in small groups, students develop shared project management and collaboration skills, and present activity …