The Ethnobotany Program
at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
Botany 442: Medical Ethnobotany
Schedule of Discussion Topics
| Session | Date | Topic | Student Tasks | Reading |
| 01 | August 23 | Introduction | ||
| 02 | August 25 | History of Medical Ethnobotany | Lewis & Elvin-Lewis 1-10 | |
| 03 | August 27 | Ethnobotanical Interview Techniques | Quiz #1 | |
| 04 | August 30 | Informed Consent and Human Research | Additional Assigned Readings | |
| 05 | September 01 | Documentation and Collection of Medicinal Plant Specimens | Additional Assigned Readings | |
| 06 | September 03 | Ethics and Researcher Behavior | Quiz #2 | Additional Assigned Readings |
| September 06 | Holiday: Labor Day | |||
| 07 | September 08 | Primary Metabolic Pathways | Robbers et al. 1-35 Lewis & Elvin-Lewis 310-367 |
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| 08 | September 10 | Secondary Metabolic Pathways | ||
| 09 | September 13 | Secondary Metabolic Pathways | ||
| 10 | September 15 | Structure-Activity Relationships | ||
| 11 | September 17 | Polysaccharides | Quiz #3 | Robbers et al. 36-48 |
| 12 | September 20 | Lipids | Quiz #4 | Robbers et al. 63-78 |
| 13 | September 22 | Terpenoids | Robbers et al. 79-91 | |
| 14 | September 24 | Terpenoids - volatile oils | Quiz #5 | Robbers et al. 91-106 |
| 15 | September 27 | Steroids | Robbers et al. 107-115 | |
| 16 | September 29 | Glycosides | Quiz #6 | Robbers et al. 49-62, 115-129 |
| 17 | October 01 | Phenolics | Robbers et al. 130-142 | |
| 18 | October 04 | Alkaloids | Robbers et al. 143-185 | |
| 19 | October 06 | Alkaloids | Quiz #7 | Robbers et al. 143-185 |
| 20 | October 08 | Laboratory Methods for Analysis of Medicinal Plants: Testing Hypotheses | ||
| October 11 | Midterm Examination | Readings per above | ||
| 21 | October 13 | Vietnamese Food and Medicine by MyLien Nguyen | ||
| 22 | October 15 | Plant Voucher Specimen Mounting Workshop | ||
| 23 | October 18 | Medicinal Plant Surveys | ||
| 24 | October 20 | Diet and Health Care | Plant Family Presentation #1 | Lewis & Elvin-Lewis 459-510 |
| 25 | October 22 | Concepts of Health and Disease | Quiz #8 | Additional Assigned Readings |
| 26 | October 25 | Ethnopharmacology | Plant Family Presentation #2 | Additional Assigned Readings |
| 27 | October 27 | Plant Family Presentation #3 | ||
| 28 | October 29 | Lewis & Elvin-Lewis 576-607 | ||
| 29 | November 01 | No Power! | ||
| 30 | November 03 | No Power! | ||
| 31 | November 05 | Traditional Polynesian Healers | Plant Family Presentation #4 Plant Family Presentation #5 Plant Family Presentation #6 Plant Family Presentation #7 |
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| November 08 | No Power! | |||
| 32 | November 10 | Ethnopharmacology of Polynesian Medicinal Plants | Plant Family Presentation #8 |
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| 33 | November 12 | Polynesian Medicinal Plants | Plant Family Presentation #9 | |
| 34 | November 15 | Psychoactive Plants 1 | Plant Family Presentation #10 | |
| 35 | November 17 | Psychoactive Plants 2 | Lewis & Elvin-Lewis 631-732 | |
| 36 | November 19 | Poisons | Plant Family Presentation #11 | Lewis & Elvin-Lewis 21-96 |
| 37 | November 22 | History of Pharmaceuticals and Herbal Products in the United States | Plant Family Presentation #12 | Lewis & Elvin-Lewis 11-19 |
| 38 | November 24 | Herbal Products in the United States | Plant Family Presentation #13 | Lewis & Elvin-Lewis 608-629 |
| November 26 | Holiday: Post Invasion Day | Group Project completion | ||
| 39 | November 29 | Intellectual Property Rights | Plant Family Presentation #14 | |
| 40 | December 01 | Quantum Ethnobotany and the Question of Medicine | ||
| 41 | December 03 | Field Methods for Study of Medicinal Plants: Testing Hypotheses | Quiz #9 | |
| 42 | December 06 | Conservation and Traditional Medicine | ||
| 43 | December 08 | Traditional Chinese Medicine | ||
| December 13 | Final Examination 9:45-11:45AM | Readings per above |
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