Grahic Jump Location
Harry H. S. Fong, PhD (left), professor of pharmacognosy at the University
of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), and Steve Totura, supervising farm foreman of
the university's Pharmacognosy Field Station in Downer's Grove, Ill, examine Catharanthus roseus planted in UIC's new on-campus medicinal
plant garden. The leaves of Catharanthus, or Madagascar
periwinkle, are used to produce vincristine and vinblastine. (Photo credit:
Grant Therkildsen, UIC Photographic Services)
The fruit of Vitex agnus-castus, commonly
known as chaste berry, has been used to relieve premenstrual syndrome and
postmenopausal symptoms. The plant is one of 87 species in UIC's new medicinal
plant garden and a subject of research in the university's Center for Botanical
Dietary Supplement Research in Women's Health. (Photo credit: Steven Totura)
Grahic Jump Location
Harry H. S. Fong, PhD (left), professor of pharmacognosy at the University
of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), and Steve Totura, supervising farm foreman of
the university's Pharmacognosy Field Station in Downer's Grove, Ill, examine Catharanthus roseus planted in UIC's new on-campus medicinal
plant garden. The leaves of Catharanthus, or Madagascar
periwinkle, are used to produce vincristine and vinblastine. (Photo credit:
Grant Therkildsen, UIC Photographic Services)
The fruit of Vitex agnus-castus, commonly
known as chaste berry, has been used to relieve premenstrual syndrome and
postmenopausal symptoms. The plant is one of 87 species in UIC's new medicinal
plant garden and a subject of research in the university's Center for Botanical
Dietary Supplement Research in Women's Health. (Photo credit: Steven Totura)