48th Annual Meeting: Presentation Abstracts

	2007 Presentation Abstracts Chicago, Illinois 48th Annual Meeting: June 4-7, 2007 Symposium: Plants in the Service of Human Health: Continuing the search for new plant-based therapies. Keynote Speaker: Dr. Norman Farnsworth Distinguished Economic Botanist: Dr. Hardy Eshbaugh [ 2007 Meeting \| Poster \| Preliminary Scientific Program (PDF) ] < Previous \| Next >
*Abstracts are arranged in alphabetical order of the last name of the presenting author.


Inhibition of Cruzain by Triterpenoids Isolated from a Salacia Species from Monteverde, Costa Rica. (Poster). Brittany R. Agius. agiusb@email.uah.edu PDF Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Malaria in Wechiau Community Hippopotamus Sanctuary in Ghana (Oral Presentation). Alex Asase. aasase@ug.edu.gh PDF Consumption of Green Leafy Vegetables to Prevent Cataract in Rural India. (Poster). Julie Bélanger. julie.belanger@mcgill.ca PDF Doctrine of Signatures: A Further Examination. (Oral Presentation). Bradley C. Bennett. bennett@fiu.edu PDF A Quantitative Synthesis of Malinké and Asháninka Medicinal Plants With Some Novel Collection, Herbarium, and Analysis Methods. (Oral Presentation). Nathaniel Bletter. PDF Use of Herbs and Supplements by Chemotherapy Patients Attending an Integrative Cancer Clinic. (Oral Presentation). Keith Block. kblock@blockmedical.com PDF Phytochemical Antioxidants and their Impact on the Toxicity and Effectiveness of Cancer Chemotherapy, a Systematic Review of Evidence from RCTs. (Oral Presentation). Keith Block. kblock@blockmedical.com PDF Agriculture and Gardening in an Evolving Economy: Paleoethnobotanical Insights into Muskogee Adaptation in the American Southeast. (Oral Presentation). Theresa Bonhage-Freund. freund@alma.edu PDF From “Stevens’ Cure” to a Modern Multi-million Euro herbal product. The Story of Umckaloabo. (Oral Presentation). Thomas Brendler. thomas@txb.net PDF *Bracken (Pteridium esculentum) as a Food Source for Pre-contact Maori in New Zealand.* (Oral Presentation). Mike Burtenshaw. mike.burtenshaw@openpolytechnic.ac.nz PDF Gaining Ground While Losing its Resources? Traditional Medicine in Northern Peru and Southern Ecuador. (Oral Presentation). Rainer W. Bussmann. rbussmann@natureandculture.org PDF Biosprospection During Early Colonial Mexico and its Historical Consequences: An Example of Ornamental Plants. (Oral Presentation). Robert Bye. rbyemex@yahoo.com.mx PDF What’s Most Important?: Evaluating Valuation Techniques and Estimating Use Value of Medicinal Plants in Ghana, West Africa. (Oral Presentation). Katherine I. Caldwell. kicaldwe@ncsu.edu PDF Standardizing Modern Ethnobotanicals: Cranberry Products as Examples of Herbal Dietary Supplement Standard Reference Materials. (Oral Presentation). Ryan Case. ryan.case@nist.gov PDF *Cytotoxic Flavonoids from the Bark of Lonchocarpus haberi* from Monteverde, Costa Rica.** (Poster). Caitlin Cassidy. Caitlin@knology.net PDF Harvest Induced Compensatory Recruitment. (Oral Presentation). Lisa Castle. lisa.castle@glenville.edu PDF The Effect of Point of Decapitation on Lateral Bud Outgrowth and Regrowth Following Two Decapitations of Moringa Seedlings Grown in Hydroponic Culture. (Oral Presentation). George Crosby. crosbygw@cobleskill.edu PDF A Model of Ethnobotanical Databases for Tribal Communities. (Poster). Nikki Crowe. ncrowe@ku.edu PDF Ethnobotany in the Central Canadian Arctic: A Survey of the Plants Used by the Copper Inuit. (Oral Presentation). Jonathan Duffy Davis. jonathanduffydavis@yahoo.ca PDF Subsistence Patterns and Local Plant Use Among Prehispanic Populations in Western Panama. (Oral Presentation). Ruth Dickau. redickau@ucalgary.ca PDF Harvard University's Economic Botany Collections: History, Research and Curation. (Oral Presentation). Jessica M. Dolan. jdolan@oeb.harvard.edu PDF Pimenta dioica (L.) Merr.: An Herbal Therapeutic from Costa Rica for Women’s Health. (Poster). Brian Doyle. bdoyle2@uic.edu PDF Pali Texts: A Hidden Source of Information on Medicinal Plants. (Poster). Bethany G. Elkington. belkin3@uic.edu PDF Recovering Ancient Genes for Sustainable Maize Agriculture. (Oral Presentation). Mary Eubanks. eubanks@duke.edu PDF Forest Resource Utilization in Zimbabwe, Africa: Tree Poaching and Curio Carving. (Oral Presentation). Maria Fadiman. mfadiman@fau.edu PDF The Messiahs of the Virgin Forest: The Life and Plants of the Giriama Mganga. (Oral Presentation). Jonathan Ferrier. jonathanferrier@gmail.com PDF *Sustainable Harvesting Protocols and Case Studies of Actea racemosa* and Ligusticum porterii.** (Oral Presentation). Trish Flaster. Tflaster@earthlink.net PDF Natural Inhibitors Aid in Studying LPS-Mediated Cytokine Release. (Poster). Theresa M. Fresquez. theresa.fresquez@state.nm.us PDF *Comparative Ethnobotany of Cochlospermaceae* Throughout its Pantropical Range.** (Poster). Susannah B. J. Fulton. fultonsb@muohio.edu PDF *Patterns of NTFP Harvest for the Multi-use Khaya senegalensis* (Meliaceae) by Indigenous People in Benin and its Impacts on Population Structure.** (Oral Presentation). Orou G. Gaoue. ogaoue@hawaii.edu PDF *Discovery and Characterization of Novel Cyclotides in Psychotria leptothyrsa* Miq. var. longicarpa Val., a Plant Endemic to Palau (Micronesia).** (Oral Presentation). Samantha Gerlach. sgerlach@tulane.edu PDF The Use, Significance, and Importance of Rain Forest Habitat Types Recognized by the Maijuna of the Peruvian Amazon: “Resource Islands” vs. “Avoidance Islands” (Poster). Michael P. Gilmore. gilmormp@ufl.edu PDF Patterns of Botanical Resource Use in Three Rural Villages in Southwest Niger. (Oral Presentation). Dan Guimbo. danguimbo@yahoo.fr PDF *Documentation of Folk Uses and Management of Baobab (Adansonia digitata* L.) and Tamarind (Tamrindus indica L.) in Four West-African countries.** (Poster). Marianne Gütler. marianne.guetler@boku.ac.at PDF Hand Papermaking Workshop. (Workshop). Karen C. Hall. carlson@clemson.edu PDF Harvest of Medicinal Plants in Surinamese Maroon Society: Implications for Sustainability. (Oral Presentation). Reinout Havinga. reinouthavinga@gmail.com PDF Medicinal Plant Knowledge Among Students (ages 12-17) in Las Yungas, Bolivia. (Oral Presentation). Donald Hazlett. newworldplants@gmail.com PDF Anti-malarial Plants and Patterns of their Usage Around Kakum National Park in Ghana. (Oral Presentation). Ded Hese. aasase@ug.edu.gh PDF Constructional Woods of Tikal: Forest Use and the End of Time. (Poster). Brian Hockaday. b_hockaday@coloradocollege.edu PDF Comparative Ethnobotanical Knowledge of an Amerindian and Maroon Community for Three Vegetation Zones in Suriname, South America. (Oral Presentation). Bruce Hoffman. bhoffmanii@gmail.com PDF Development of Rice Bran Oil Liposome for Using in Cosmetics. (Poster). Suthimaln Ingkatawornwong. suthimaln.i@psu.ac.th PDF The Importance of Odor in Aguaruna Tree Classification and Identification. (Oral Presentation). Kevin Jernigan. baraka@uga.edu PDF *Variability in Content of the Anti-AIDS Drug Candidate Prostratin in Samoan populations of Homalanthus nutans* (Euphorbiaceae).** (Oral Presentation). Holly Johnson. holly@ethnomedicine.org PDF Enhanced Curcumin Solubility and Dissolution by Complexation with Hydroxypropyl Beta-cyclodextrin. (Poster). Nattha Kaewnopparat. nuttha.s@psu.ac.th PDF Preserving Foodways, Preserving Culture: A Case Study of Mango Achar. (Oral Presentation). Sarah Khan. skkhan@charter.net PDF An Analysis of Morphological Variation of Atractylodes in Eastern Asia. (Poster). Hui Kim. huikim@mokpo.ac.kr PDF Winnebago Ethnobotany and Botanical Resources Project. (Oral Presentation). Kelly Kindscher. Kindscher@KU.edu PDF Palynological Richness Affected by Intensive Production of Nuts During Jomon Period in Japan. (Oral Presentation). Junko Kitagawa. junkokit@nichibun.ac.jp PDF Oral Efficacy of Herpi Virin - A Wormwood Preparation - in the Treatment of Herpes. Results of a Multicenter, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Trial vs. Acyclovir. (Oral Presentation). Simone Krebs. s_s_krebs@web.de PDF Alaska Ethnobotany Project: Non-Timber Forest Products in the 49th State. (Poster). Jessica Larsen. jessica_larsen@dnr.state.ak.us PDF Conservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants – An Overview of Current Global and Regional Initiatives. (Oral Presentation). Danna Leaman. djl@green-world.org PDF Ground Truthing of Satellite Images of Tropical Forests and Ancient Agricultural Terraces in the Vicinity of the Preclassic Maya Site of San Bartolo, Guatemala. (Oral Presentation). David Lentz. david.lentz@uc.edu PDF Mycoflora present in medicinal plants from Lara State, Venezuela. (Poster). Juan Lezama. PDF Relationships Between a Peripheral Market and the Central Market in the Commercialization of Medicinal Plants: The Ozumba Tianguis and Mercado Sonora in central Mexico. (Oral Presentation). Edelmira Linares. mazari@ibiologia.unam.mx PDF Hibiscus sabdariffa L.: Support for Ethnobotanical Use in the Treatment of Dysmenorrhea. (Poster). Tracie Locklear. tlockl1@uic.edu PDF Ethnobiology of Castilla-La Mancha Wetlands. (Poster). Alonso Verde López. alonsoverde@gmail.com PDF *Ethnobotanical Garden in the Huizachtepetl.* (Poster). Aurora Montúfar López. auromontu@yahoo.com PDF Valuing Biodiversity Conservation in Target Communities in PNG: Communities’ Economic Values For Terrestrial Biodiversity in the Adelberts Range, Madang Province. (Oral Presentation). Billy Manoka. billy.manoka@upng.ac.pg PDF Climate Stress and Active Compound Maxima in the African Sahel. (Oral Presentation). Steve Maranz. s.maranz@cgiar.org PDF Ossification of traditional knowledge in Pacific Island cultures emerging from colonial cultural suppression (Oral Presentation). Will McClatchey. mcclatch@hawaii.edu PDF Paiute-Shoshoni Resources and Settlement Patterns in Banner Ridge, California. (Oral Presentation). Kathleen McConnell. kmcconnell88@yahoo.com PDF Utilizing the National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) for Medicinal Plant Research. (Oral Presentation). Joe-Ann McCoy. joemccoy@iastate.edu PDF Rhus Species and Chronic Disease. (Oral Presentation). Letitia McCune. letitiamccune@msn.com PDF Identifying Conservation Priorities for Medicinal Plants: Experiences from Tanzania. (Oral Presentation). Heather McMillen. hmcmille@hawaii.edu PDF Ethnoecological Gradients and Patches for the Conservation of Useful Trees at Mt. Kasigau, Kenya. (Poster). Kimberly E. Medley. medleyke@muohio.edu PDF Anti-Pseudomonas Activity of Selected Plants Used in Traditional Ethnoveterinary Practices. (Oral Presentation). Susan Mendez. susan.mendez@fiu.edu PDF Problematic Pollen and Solid Seed Evidence: Archaeobotanical Case Study of Cannabis and Humulus. (Oral Presentation). Mark Merlin. merlin@hawaii.edu PDF From Food to Pharmacology: Exploring the Prehistoric Utilization of Root-crops in the Middle Atlantic and Northeast Regions of North America. (Oral Presentation). Timothy C. Messner. tmessner@temple.edu PDF How Bioprospecting Affects Peru and Other Andean countries. (Poster). Elsa N. Meza. mezae@sbcglobal.net PDF Tetzcutzinco: A botanical garden. (Poster). Alejandro Torres Montúfar. montuf@hotmail.com PDF *A Survey of Rapan Plant Culture and their Indigenous Taro (Colocasia esculenta) Varieties.* (Oral Presentation). Timothy Motley. tmotley@odu.edu PDF Local Knowledge of the Biodiversity of Three Land Management Regions Surrounding Boumba, Niger. (Oral Presentation). Jocelyn Muller. jocelyn.muller@tufts.edu PDF *Ethno-Medico-Botanical Research in the Euphorbia fusiformis* - A Review Update.** (Oral Presentation). Devarajan Natarajan. mdnataraj@rediffmail.com PDF Historic Cinchona Collections at the Royal Botanic Gardens. (Poster). Mark Nesbitt. m.nesbitt@kew.org PDF Beliefs on the Use of Plants as Food and Medicine Among Vietnamese Immigrants in the US and Urban Vietnamese in Vietnam. (Poster). Huu Thi Nguyen. hnguye32@uic.edu PDF Some Ethno-medicinal Trees of Jhansi district. (Oral Presentation). Gaurav Nigam. gauravjnigam@yahoo.co.in PDF Antibacterial Activity of Thai Medicinal Plants Against Propionibacterium Acnes. (Poster). Prisana Niyomkam. pharkphoom.p@psu.ac.th PDF HPTLC Estimation of Charantin in Some Marketed Polyherbal Formulations Used in Diabetes Mellitus. (Poster). Piyushkumar Manubhai Patel. piyushpharma17@rediffmail.com PDF *The Aguaje Palm (Mauritia flexuosa): A Conservation and Agroforestry Project in Northeastern Peru.* (Oral Presentation). Jim Penn. pennji@gvsu.edu PDF A Survey of the Applications of Medicinal Plant Species in Rural Barbados - A Scientific Evaluation. (Oral Presentation). Sonia Peter. speter@caribsurf.com PDF Cultural Ecology of Native Fruits and Affiliate Species: Traditional Plant Use of the Kempo Manggarai, Flores Island (Indonesia). (Oral Presentation). Jeanine Pfeiffer. jmpfeiffer@ucdavis.edu PDF Evaluation of Ethnobotany in the Region of Chaharmahal and Bakhtyari, West Central Iran. (Oral Presentation). Abdollah Ghasemi Pirbalouti. ghasemi955@yahoo.com PDF Geographical Distribution of Knowledge and Use of Wild Leafy Greens in Northern Morocco. (Poster). Bronwen Powell. bronwen.powell@mail.mcgill.ca PDF Tips for Getting Published. (Workshop). Cassandra L. Quave. cquav001@fiu.edu PDF The Search for New Anti-staphylococcal Leads: Comparing the Antibacterial Efficiency of Italian Plants Based on Ethnobotanical Use Categories. (Oral Presentation). Cassandra L. Quave. cquav001@fiu.edu PDF Tourism and Development in Central America: Impacts on Ethnobotanical Knowledge. (Oral Presentation). Carlos Ramirez-Sosa. ramirezc1@southernct.edu PDF Effects of ethnicity on garden composition and potential ecological impacts of home gardens in Little Havana (Miami, FL USA). (Oral Presentation). Gita Ramsay. gramsay@umich.edu PDF The Species of Ficus Trees That Serve as Candomblé's Cosmic Tree of Life. (Oral Presentation). John Rashford. rashfordj@cofc.edu PDF Segues to Science. (Workshop). Dave Reedy. reedy@hawaii.edu PDF Medicinal Plants in Castilla-La Mancha Home-gardens. (Poster). José Fajardo Rodríguez. josefajard@gmail.com PDF Comparing Apples and Lemons: A Literature Review Reveals Similarities in the Phytochemicals of Antidiarrheal Plants. (Oral Presentation). Janna Rose. jrose009@fiu.edu PDF The Impact of Ancient Maya Home Forest Gardens on the Modern Tree Species Composition and Biodiversity of Northwestern Belize. (Oral Presentation). Nanci C. Ross. nanci.ross@uconn.edu PDF Tibetan Alpine Ethnobotany and Climate Change. (Oral Presentation). Jan Salick. jan.salick@mobot.org PDF “Learning From Both Sides”: Collaborative Ethnopharmacological Research Examining Plant-based Therapies in Cape York, Queensland, Australia. (Oral Presentation). Susan Semple. susan.semple@unisa.edu.au PDF Current Status of Medicinal Plants Used by Local Vaidyas in Badma Valley (Timli), Uttarakhand, India. (Poster). D. P. Semwal. dinusem@rediffmail.com PDF Biological Activity of Rainforest Plant Extracts from Far North Queensland, Australia. (Poster). Mary Setzer. setzerm@uah.edu PDF Marketplace Plants Used In Ceremonial Cleansing Among Highland Qechuans of Ecuador. (Oral Presentation). Sushma Shrestha. shrestha2@marshall.edu PDF *Validation of Liquid Chromatography for the Determination of an Antibacterial Agent; Alpha-mangostin, in Mangosteen Peel Extract: A Tool for Quality Assessment of Garcinia mangostana* L.** (Poster). Anusak Sirikatitham. anusak.s@psu.ac.th PDF Threatened Plants Rescue Center: A Living Gene Bank of Plants at Risk. (Poster). Djaja Doel Soejarto. dds@uic.edu PDF Estonian medicinal plants from the 19th century: The insight into the collection of Jakob Hurt. (Poster). Renata Sõukand. renata@folklore.ee PDF Plant Species Richness and Cultural Diversity. (Oral Presentation). John Richard Stepp. stepp@ufl.edu PDF Cruzain Inhibitory Activity of Leaf Essential Oils from Neotropical Lauraceae. (Poster). Sean L. Stokes. slrstokes@hotmail.com PDF Synergistic Effects of Essential Oil Components: Inhibition of Cruzain. (Poster). Sean L. Stokes. slrstokes@hotmail.com PDF Chemical Composition and Cytotoxic Activity of the Leaf Essential Oil of Ocotea tonduzii from Monteverde, Costa Rica. (Poster). Sayaka Takaku. sayaka_0522uah@hotmail.com PDF *What Factors Influence Sustainable Harvest of the Medicinal Plants Phyllanthus emblica* and Phyllanthus indofischerii in South India?** (Oral Presentation). Tamara Ticktin. ticktin@hawaii.edu PDF ‘Wasi ondrosei’: The Ethnobotany of Genital Steam Baths in Suriname. (Oral Presentation). Tinde van Andel. T.R.vanAndel@bio.uu.nl PDF Ceremonial Caches and Associated Plant Materials at the Ancient Maya Site of Lamanai, Belize. (Poster). Xochitl Vinaja. xvinaja@gmail.com PDF Traditions in Transition: African Diaspora Pharmacopoeias in South America. (Oral Presentation). Robert Voeks. rvoeks@fullerton.edu PDF Reaching Consensus on Vegetable and Fruit. (Oral Presentation). Gail Wagner. gail.wagner@sc.edu PDF An Antibacterial Plastic Film Made from the Mangosteen Peel Extract. (Poster). Chatchai Wattanapiromsakul. chatchai.w@psu.ac.th PDF *Authentication of Vitex agnus-castus* L. using Microscopic, Chemical, and Pharmacological methods.** (Poster). D.E. Webster. dwebst1@uic.edu PDF Designing the “perfect” ethnobotany training program (Workshop). Laura Weiss. WeissL@hawaii.edu PDF *Is Commercialization of Colophospermum mopane* Seeds from Namibia Ecologically Justified?** (Oral Presentation). Laura Weiss. WeissL@hawaii.edu PDF The ethnobiology society of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. (Poster). Laura Weiss. weissL@hawaii.edu PDF Synergistic Effects of Essential Oil Components: MCF-7 Cytotoxicity. (Poster). Brenda S. Wright. wrightbs@email.uah.edu PDF