2011-2013 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2011-2013 Undergraduate Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

BIO 120 - Healing Powers of Plants


Certain plants have long been known to cure human diseases and to act as stimulants, depressants, or hallucinogens. Students in this course will study local medicinal plants and will screen them for biologically active ingredients. Special attention will be paid to the roles of these ingredients in psychoactivity and in ameliorating disorders in a number of the body’s systems.

2 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Spring, Summer
Lab fee-$30