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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. Students must register with the same instructor for lecture and laboratory.

1 semester 3 credits.
Spring, Summer
Lab fee-$100