Sep 12 2022

2022 Fall Roundtable: Plants for Human Health | 3-Day Seminar & Open Discussion

Pharmacognosy Roundtable: Healing not Harming with Traditional Medicinal Plants

September 12 - 14, 2022

Location

Daily 6:00-7:30 pm CT. Hybrid Event: in-person (316 COP) and in-silico (go.uic.edu/pharmacognosyroundtable; see also hyperlink below)

Address

316 COP, go.uic.edu/pharmacognosyroundtable, Chicago, IL 60612

The Fall 2022 Pharmacognosy Roundtable

https://go.uic.edu/pharmacognosyroundtable

Cost

$0 (free)

Calendar

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A mini-cycle of 3 lectures on the History of Pharmacy, organized by the Pharmacognosy Institute
Dates: Mon-Wed September 12, 13, and 14, 2022; 06:00-07:30 pm CT (~50min presentation, followed by discussion)

Monday September 12 - 06:00-07:30 pm CT

Food and Medicine

A long-range travel to antiquity, the saying attributed to Hippocrates about food and medicine, and the foundations of the Mediterranean Diet.

Prof. Alain Touwaide, UNESCO Chair Plantae Medicinales Mediterraneae, Salerno, Italy, and UIC Pharmacognosy Institute

 

Tuesday September 13 - 06:00-07:30 pm CT

The Paradox of Alkaloids in Society

The profound societal impact of alkaloids, including health maintenance, treatment for disease, and dependence will be explored.

Prof. Geoffrey Cordell, Emeritus Professor, UIC Pharmacognosy Institute

 

Wednesday September 14 - 06:00-07:30 pm CT

Anesthesia, Psychotropics, Poisons, and Venoms

From Antiquity to Paracelsus, highlights on an intertwined relationship, with experiments, poisonings, and recreative uses of plants.

Prof. Alain Touwaide, UNESCO Chair Plantae Medicinales Mediterraneae, Salerno, Italy, and UIC Pharmacognosy Institute

Contact

Alain Touwaide
touwaide@uic.edu

Date posted

Aug 7, 2022

Date updated

Sep 10, 2022

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