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Past Meets Present For Museum Project Manager, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Apr 2024

Past Meets Present For Museum Project Manager, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Like most 18-year-olds, Greta Koshenina came to the University of Mississippi unclear of what she wanted to do with her life. But through her studies in the College of Liberal Arts and at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, she discovered her interests and turned them into a full-time position at the University Museum.


Natural Products In Food And Agriculture, Stephen O. Duke Apr 2024

Natural Products In Food And Agriculture, Stephen O. Duke

Oxford ICSB

Before the National Center for Natural Products Research (NCNPR) existed, I was Director of a USDA weed management lab. Two of my interests were natural products as herbicides and the chemical ecology of weed/crop interactions (allelopathy). Dr. James McChesney and I had several conversations about his vision for the NCNPR on the University of Mississippi campus. I was very interested in becoming a part of this, as his plan was to have a USDA lab that would study natural products for use in food and agriculture as part of the center. The USDA Agricultural Research Service established the Natural Product …


Preventing Ingredient Adulteration To Maintain Botanical Integrity, Katie Banaszewski Apr 2024

Preventing Ingredient Adulteration To Maintain Botanical Integrity, Katie Banaszewski

Oxford ICSB

The growing popularity of botanical products combined with the challenges of the supply chain to meet the ingredient demand has created opportunities for dishonest companies to take advantage of their clients for financial gain. Suppliers and manufacturers must comply with cGMPs (current Good Manufacturing Practices), specifically when it comes to the basic requirements of properly identifying crude botanicals in whole, cut, or powdered form, as well as botanical extracts and essential oils. Despite this regulatory requirement, a large portion of botanical ingredients and products sold in the marketplace are adulterated. Popular ingredients in high demand are intentionally substituted, diluted, or …


African & Caribbean Herbal Pharmacopieae - Curating Data For Product Development, David Katerere Apr 2024

African & Caribbean Herbal Pharmacopieae - Curating Data For Product Development, David Katerere

Oxford ICSB

This presentation aims to provide a comprehensive examination of the Africa Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP) and the Caribbean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (CHP), highlighting their respective similarities and differences in the realm of traditional herbal medicine and product development. Both pharmacopoeias are important initiatives in curating indigenous knowledge related to medicinal plants. They are valuable resources for researchers, healthcare practitioners, and industry. This presentation will outline the methodological and logistical approaches employed in putting together monographs and the challenges faced. Furthermore, the comparative analysis will explore the regional nuances that shape the content of each pharmacopoeia, considering factors such as local traditions, ecological …


Chemistry, Biology, And Safety Of Volatile Organics From Aromatic And Medicinal Plants, Nicole Stevens Apr 2024

Chemistry, Biology, And Safety Of Volatile Organics From Aromatic And Medicinal Plants, Nicole Stevens

Oxford ICSB

Introduction Sleep is an important foundation of health, yet the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) notes that about 30% of adults to not get the recommended minimum of 7 hours’ sleep per night. Prescription treatments may help, but they carry risks such as side-effects, dependency, and medication interaction. Natural botanical extracts are a therapeutic possibility for improving sleep quality, but additional research is needed on their efficacy and safety. A system of natural products based on lavender was developed and tested in a human clinical study to evaluate effect on sleep, blood and safety markers, and gene expression modulation …


Adulteration - Why Does It Still Proliferate?, John Travis Apr 2024

Adulteration - Why Does It Still Proliferate?, John Travis

Oxford ICSB

No abstract provided.


A Survey Of Melatonin In Dietary Supplement Products Sold In The U.S., Rahul Pawar Apr 2024

A Survey Of Melatonin In Dietary Supplement Products Sold In The U.S., Rahul Pawar

Oxford ICSB

In the United States, melatonin products are widely available to consumers as dietary supplements. During the past few decades, melatonin products have gained increased popularity primarily as a sleep aid, with a variety of product forms available for different age groups of consumers. Recent reports have highlighted a rise in melatonin ingestion among children reported to poison control centers across the U.S. The increased use of melatonin-containing dietary supplements and reported deviation from labeled quantities has emphasized the need for additional research to better understand products in the marketplace.
The objective of this work was to measure the melatonin content …


Challenges Of Building Specifications For Essential Oils: An Industry Perspective, Brett Smith Apr 2024

Challenges Of Building Specifications For Essential Oils: An Industry Perspective, Brett Smith

Oxford ICSB

The rise in essential oil popularity is creating unprecedented demand worldwide. With the increased demand, the worldwide supply chain is challenged with maintaining consistent quality standards. Some essential oil producers may be motivated to use new and innovative methods to alter their products to meet quality standards and extend their current oil supplies. Climate change is also affecting growing season conditions, leading to changes in essential oil composition compared to past harvests. These factors create challenges for industry in establishing updated quality and commerce specifications beyond traditional ISO, AFNOR, and pharmacopoeia standards for essential oils. To meet these supply chain …


Characterization Of Ashwagandha Using A Multi-Detector Approach, Vincent Sica Apr 2024

Characterization Of Ashwagandha Using A Multi-Detector Approach, Vincent Sica

Oxford ICSB

Botanicals are complex mixtures that present unique analytical challenges. A multi-detector chromatographic approach can provide accurate, constituent-based data to ensure proper identification and quantification of botanicals. These data are often used to help drive in silico safety assessments to identify suspected toxicants and assess the potential for deleterious effects using structure activity relationships. To showcase this approach, ashwagandha extracts were characterized to determine authenticity and to guide the necessary toxicological studies. To ensure the full constituency of the extracts are evaluated, a multi-detector system (UHPLC-PDA-CAD-HRMS) was employed and subjected to a comprehensive chemical constituent identification (CCID) process. All of the …


Understanding Plant To Extract Ratios Of Botanical Extracts And Their Implications In Product Labeling, Maria Monagas, Thomas Brendler, Josef Brinckmann, Steven Dentali, Stefan Gafner, Gabriel Giancaspro, Holly Johnson, James Kababick, Cuiying Ma, Hellen Oketch-Rabah, Pilar Pais, Nandu Sarma, Robin Marles Apr 2024

Understanding Plant To Extract Ratios Of Botanical Extracts And Their Implications In Product Labeling, Maria Monagas, Thomas Brendler, Josef Brinckmann, Steven Dentali, Stefan Gafner, Gabriel Giancaspro, Holly Johnson, James Kababick, Cuiying Ma, Hellen Oketch-Rabah, Pilar Pais, Nandu Sarma, Robin Marles

Oxford ICSB

Dietary supplement current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) in the U.S. requires the establishment of quality parameters for each component used in the manufacture of a dietary supplement to ensure that specifications for the identity, purity, strength, composition, and limits on contaminants are met using scientifically valid methods of analysis. However, specifications for botanical extracts (including fungal and algal extracts) routinely include additional data that are not amenable to verification through analytical methods. Such descriptive information may include Plant to Extract ratios, which are ratios of the quantity of botanical article used in the manufacture of the extract to the quantity …


The True History Of Aloes And Beyond, Ben-Erik Van Wyk Apr 2024

The True History Of Aloes And Beyond, Ben-Erik Van Wyk

Oxford ICSB

The recorded history of aloes dates back thousands of years, with early recordings in the Papyrus Ebers (ca. 1550 B.C.) and in Dioscorides’s Herbal (1st cent. A.D.). Aloe has been used as a two-in-one medicine, not only by early explorers but also as a material of strategic military importance, with the yellow juice effective against the stomach problems of an army on the march and the white juice (gel) used to treat the wounds of battle. Aloe vera is the correct name for the “true aloe”, as the specific epithet “vera” indicates. The origins of the plant are shrouded in …


One-Class Modeling For The Authentication Of Actaea Racemosa And Evaluation Of The Variation Between Botanical Reference Materials, James Harnly Apr 2024

One-Class Modeling For The Authentication Of Actaea Racemosa And Evaluation Of The Variation Between Botanical Reference Materials, James Harnly

Oxford ICSB

One-class modeling based on soft independent modeling of class analogy (SIMCA) is a simple but powerful method for comparing the chemical composition of botanical materials using non-targeted chromatograms (GC, LC) or spectra (IR, MS, NIR, NMR). The methodology is available on any commercial chemometric platform. Authentication is based solely on the characteristics of the botanical material of interest. Detection of adulteration is determined for each variable and requires no identification of adulterants. Some highly characterized botanical reference materials (BRMs) may account for species, cultivar, and year and location of harvest while more generic BRMs may have minimal characterization. All of …


Botanical Education In The Us In The Post-Dshea Era (1994-2024), Loren Israelsen Apr 2024

Botanical Education In The Us In The Post-Dshea Era (1994-2024), Loren Israelsen

Oxford ICSB

No abstract provided.


Passionate Teaching Hallmark Of 2024 St. Amand Winner, Erin Garrett Apr 2024

Passionate Teaching Hallmark Of 2024 St. Amand Winner, Erin Garrett

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Find your passion and it will lead to a rewarding life: that's the advice Tejas Pandya, University of Mississippi instructional associate professor of mechanical engineering, hopes to impart to his students.


New University Architect Contributes To 1,000 Projects And Counting, Erin Garrett Apr 2024

New University Architect Contributes To 1,000 Projects And Counting, Erin Garrett

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Some of Chad Hunter's fondest memories of childhood involve sitting at a table with his grandfather and drawing. Not drawing as one typically does as a kid, but drawing house and building plans.


04.15.2024 Orsp Connect, Liz Williamson Apr 2024

04.15.2024 Orsp Connect, Liz Williamson

ORED Newsletter

DMP Tool, Jeff Neal, new training module: Budget Basics, new policy Maligned Foreign Talent Recruitment


University's 2024 Common Read Book Teaches Happiness, Clara Turnage Apr 2024

University's 2024 Common Read Book Teaches Happiness, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi campus leaders hope incoming students discover their passion, fuel their curiosity and, most of all, find happiness.


Giving Day 2024 Breaks Records At Ole Miss, Tina H. Hahn Apr 2024

Giving Day 2024 Breaks Records At Ole Miss, Tina H. Hahn

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss – When the last online donation came in Wednesday (April 10) for Giving Day 2024, the University of Mississippi's donors had joined together to set an unprecedented fundraising record of more than $11.5 million.


Truman Scholar Travels Globe To Study Conservation, Erin Garrett Apr 2024

Truman Scholar Travels Globe To Study Conservation, Erin Garrett

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – From across the world, University of Mississippi biology major Christian Boudreaux received a life-changing Zoom call from Chancellor Glenn Boyce last week. Despite Zanzibar's spotty internet service, the message was clear: Boudreaux had won a coveted Truman Scholarship.


University Names Inaugural Faculty Laureates, Edwin Smith Apr 2024

University Names Inaugural Faculty Laureates, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – A faculty jury has chosen Stephen Fafulas, associate professor of Spanish and linguistics, and Amanda Winburn, associate professor of leadership and counselor education, as the first two honorees in an innovative new program designed to introduce the state to the creative faculty who research and teach at the University of Mississippi.


Evaluation Of Seizure Recognition And First Aid Training Course And Improving Self-Efficacy Related To Medical Emergencies In Mississippi, Anna Katherine Herrington, Collin Earl Wayne Crawson, Daniel Robert Zuckerman Apr 2024

Evaluation Of Seizure Recognition And First Aid Training Course And Improving Self-Efficacy Related To Medical Emergencies In Mississippi, Anna Katherine Herrington, Collin Earl Wayne Crawson, Daniel Robert Zuckerman

Honors Theses

Within recent years, there has been increased attention to the growing physician shortage across the United States. This shortage has placed substantial strain upon regions of lower healthcare access, particularly those of rural regions such as much of the state of Mississippi. As rural healthcare providers are placed under more strenuous conditions, they encounter issues of increased patient volume, lack of a trauma team, or adequate transportation to higher-level care facilities. These issues may exacerbate the present inequities in cost of living, access to adequate healthcare, and the distress caused by these concerns. Individuals with epilepsy are one cohort with …


Pharmacies Could Create Custom Drugs With 3d-Printed Medication, Clara Turnage Apr 2024

Pharmacies Could Create Custom Drugs With 3d-Printed Medication, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – More than 40% of older Americans take five or more prescription drugs a day, and nearly 20% take 10 or more. What if there was a way to combine those medications into one easy-to-track pill?


April 11, 2024, The Daily Mississippian Apr 2024

April 11, 2024, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.


Trailblazer Commits $5 Million Gift To Alma Mater, Tina H. Hahn Apr 2024

Trailblazer Commits $5 Million Gift To Alma Mater, Tina H. Hahn

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The first female graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Engineering committed a $5 million estate gift to her alma mater for Giving Day 2024, and plans call for the Department of Chemical Engineering to bear her name in honor of the legacy gift.


Donors Seek To Help Restore Integrity Of News Media, Bill Dabney Apr 2024

Donors Seek To Help Restore Integrity Of News Media, Bill Dabney

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – A desire to improve the U.S. media environment while helping consumers better discern truth and accuracy in news reporting has led a former University of Mississippi faculty couple to make a $4 million gift to the UM School of Journalism and New Media.


Giving Day Is Here!, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Apr 2024

Giving Day Is Here!, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

Blog Posts

On Giving Day 2024, the Center for the Study of Southern Culture is concentrating on the Marc Rosen Fund for Graduate Education. Thanks to Marc's generosity -- and yours -- we are able to underwrite graduate assistantships for multiple students in our MA and MFA programs. The center of the Center remains students, students who go on to a variety of careers made sharper and more successful by their time reading, writing, and thinking in our interdisciplinary regional studies program, the first of its kind devoted to the U.S. South.


Alumna Makes An Investment In The Future, Bill Dabney Apr 2024

Alumna Makes An Investment In The Future, Bill Dabney

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – An adjunct professor suite in the Patterson School of Accountancy's new building will be named for the family of Carolyn Golding, a faculty member and University of Mississippi graduate.


Alumna Commits Major Gift To Honors College, Tina H. Hahn Apr 2024

Alumna Commits Major Gift To Honors College, Tina H. Hahn

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Janet Jones Pilko, of Houston, Texas, and Park City, Utah, is investing a $1.5 million planned gift in the future of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College at the University of Mississippi.


Examining Confidence In Scientific Literacy Amongst General Biology And General Chemistry Students, Amy Sullivan Apr 2024

Examining Confidence In Scientific Literacy Amongst General Biology And General Chemistry Students, Amy Sullivan

Honors Theses

Scientific literacy is a term used to describe a person’s ability to understand scientific concepts, read and write those concepts, and link those concepts to situations outside of the classroom in order to make informed decisions in their daily lives. This research paper details a study observing how scientific literacy confidence varies among general biology and chemistry students at the University of Mississippi. The goal of this research is to determine if students in general biology and chemistry classes will have similar self-reported confidence in their science literacy. This research took place at the University of Mississippi amongst Biology 160/161 …


Cool Beans, Liv Wuertz Apr 2024

Cool Beans, Liv Wuertz

Undergraduate B.F.A. Theses in Studio Art

No abstract provided.