Understanding Herbal Constituents & Plant Chemistry is now available in ten online modules. Each module is three weeks long and can be taken independently one at a time, or as the full program.
Introduction to colorful antioxidants and other constituents in the context of medicinal herbs and foods. Synergy (what distinguished botanicals from pharmaceuticals): co-evolutionary theory, types, relevance. Variability: how constituents vary with plant parts, maturity, environmental conditions, etc.; potency, standardization.
Module 2 Details:
- The Colors of Vitality: health-promoting antioxidants & active phytochemicals in medicinal foods & herbs
- Synergy: its origin in co-evolution & significance to botanical medicine
- Kinds of synergy: positive/potentiating; negative/attenuating; protective/stabilizing
- Synergy between phytochemicals & pharmaceuticals
- Variability: origins & influences
- Kinds of variability: chemotypes, plant parts, developmental stages, environment
- Determining variability in botanicals: organoleptics & analyses
- The role of standardization in managing variability
This three-week module includes:
- Three 2-hour recorded webinars with Lisa Ganora
- Two live Q & A sessions with Lisa Ganora
- Six videos (from live classes)
- Three PowerPoint presentations
- Six detailed study guides
- Three quizzes
- Three assignments
- Access to live Office Hours & Discussion Forum
For program discount, bundles of 3 or more courses discount, or to mail in your tuition, please email us!
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