Along the Andes: The quest for quinine to combat malaria
The National Tropical Botanical Garden and Kauai Community Colleges collaborative Earth Matters public lecture series continues at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15 at KCC. Dr. Nina Ronsted, director of science and conservation at NTBG, presents a talk drawing on her fieldwork in the foothills of the Andes mountains in a quest to better understand the anti-malarial quinine bark. Ronsted will discuss how combining traditional knowledge and evolutionary history can lead to the discovery of new, plant-based medicines.
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