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Materia Medica, Pharmacology & Bio-Prospecting Main Menu Introduction An Investigation of Five Plants from Rumphius' The Ambonese Herbal By Jasmine Mariko Reddy, Riya Shah, Emily Burns, Jessica Wakefield and Sareen Manuel The Importance of Plantago in Medieval European Medicine By Chris Jamali, Eryn Wilkinson, Swetha Sundaram, Osvaldo Sanchez Fernandez, and Fiza Zahra Baloch Re-discovery of Huang Hua Hao: "Qing Hao," Artemisinin, and Malaria By Anna Yu, Yasaman Moradian, Arman Soltanzadeh, Maya Barajas-Tavera, and Medha Vallurupalli

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“Materia Medica, Pharmacology & Bioprospecting” is a Scalar book project developed in a collaborative effort by the students in the Special Course in Society and Genetics 180-2: "Materia Medica, Pharmacology, and Bioprospecting," in Spring Quarter 2021. This work comprises three student projects: one on bioprospecting Rumphius’ The Ambonese Herbal, another on the studies of Plantago in the European contexts, and the third on Artemisinin and “qing hao” in traditional Chinese medical culture. In exploring the connection between historical records on herbs and bioprospecting, these projects researched on the plants of which medicinal properties and effectiveness derived from multiple primary source materials and botanical collections. Conversely, they investigated how these historical records could inform future bioprospecting. We would like to thank the support of the Institute for Society and Genetics at UCLA, and the invaluable assistance from Russell Johnson, providing a wellspring of research resources and guidance, as well as from Christopher Gilman, who is the mastermind for the creation of this Scalar Book.

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  1. An Investigation of Five Plants from Rumphius' The Ambonese Herbal
  2. The Importance of Plantago in Medieval European Medicine
  3. Re-discovery of Huang Hua Hao: "Qing Hao," Artemisinin, and Malaria