[MPWG] The Herbal Dispatch-April and May editions

[Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov]

Latest issues of The Herbal Dispatch, the newsletter of the Medicinal 
Botanicals Program at Mountain State University, are available at: 
http://www.mountainstate.edu/usda/newsletters/default.aspx

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Contents in the April 2006 issue include:
 
On the front page of this issue we are placing the last advertisement for 
the May 5-6, 2006 conference MSU, ARS and WVHA are organizing. The 
schedule of the conference is on page 2. If you are planning to attend and 
have not registered yet, please do so immediately. This is going to be a 
very educative series of workshops covering from herb propagation and 
organic gardening to medicinal foods and market potential of herbs and 
vegetables.
 
-Jack-in-the Pulpit [Arisaema thiphyllum (L.) Schott]
-Association of Ginseng Use with Survival and Quality of Life among Brest 
Cancer Patients
-Appalachian Plant Profile: Bloodroot
-In vitro and in vivo Assessment of Herb Drug Interactions
-The Chondroprotective Actions of a Natural Product are Associated with 
the Activation of IGF-1 Production by Human Chondrocytes Despite the 
Presence of IL-1b
-Omega3s: Why Are They Important?
-Courses in Herbal Sciences

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Contents in the May 2006 issue include: 
 
-MSU and WVHA held Spring Conference on May 5-6, 2006
-Warfarin interaction with chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla) 
-Trillium
-Psychological assessment of the effects of treatment with phytoestrogens 
on postmenopausal women: a randomized, double-blind, crossover, 
placebo-controlled study
-Appalachian Plant Profile: Blue Cohosh
-Beckley Uptown Farmer’s Market
-Long-Term Intake of North American Ginseng Has No Effect on 24-Hour Blood 
Pressure and Renal Function
-MBP in Pictures
-Courses in Herbal Sciences
 
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We welcome article submissions and comments.
 
Dr. Mario R. Morales, Director
Medicinal Botanicals Program
Mountain State University
P.O. Box 9003
Beckley, WV 25802-9003
Phone: 304-929-1683
 
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