[MPWG] Mountain State University (West Virginia)-Herbal Dispatch-January Issue

[Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov]

FYI:  The January 2006 issues of Herbal Dispatch is now available at:
<http://www.mountainstate.edu/usda/newsletters/default.aspx>.

Contents:
>Obesity increases risk of kidney failure seven fold
>Indian Pink (Spigelia marilandica L.)
>Protective action of a hexane crude extract of Pterodon emarginatus fruits
against oxidative and nitrosative stress induced by acute exercise in rats
>Contributor’s Corner: Schisandra chinensis (Wu-wei-zi fruit)
>Appalachian Plant Profile: Bearberry
>Spring Vegetable and Herb Conference May 5-6, 2006

The Herbal Dispatch is the newsletter of the Medicinal Botanicals Program
at Mountain State University (West Virginia).  Past issues, dating back to
December 2003, are also now available at the above url.