The Botanical and Quality Assurance Core/Susan Sergeant

使用高品质的植物药是必备的！理解它们的有益作用及其机制(S) 对其生物活性成分的作用进行评估，并确保实验结果的重现性。高 优质植物药是指已知出处的标准化植物材料。由于高 在相似植物物种的不同种群中发现的生物活性和化学浓度的变异性， 用于研究的高质量、一致的植物药很难识别。植物学与质量保证的核心 (核心B)将主要作为中心的集中质量控制单位，以解决这些问题 复杂的问题。为实现这一主要功能，将实施两个具体目标。核心B将 评估植物供应商及其产品，评估产品文档，确认身份收集 获取用于所有中心项目的植物油(目标1)。 此外，核心B将评估生物活性成分(含量和长期稳定性)并评估潜力 污染物(目标2)。总的来说，这些拟议的活动预计将确保植物性药物的安全 用于中心项目，以及这些植物药实验结果的重复性。 核心B的分析和分类优势也将用于二级职能(目标3)。堆芯 B将尝试确定未来可能有用的替代陆地和水生植物生物 作为植物油来源的开发。理想的有机体(S)应该提供脂肪酸的概况和含量 潜在地优于目前使用的那些。 植物学和质量保证核心(核心B)的职能预计将促进使用高 该中心的优质植物油项目。

The use of high quality botanicals is essentia! in understanding their beneficial effects and the mechanism(s) of action of their bioactive components as well as for ensuring reproducibility of experimental results. High quality botanicals are those that are standardized plant materials of known provenance. Due to high variability of bioactivity and chemical concentrations found in various populations of similar plant species, high quality, consistent botanicals for study are difficult to identify. The Botany and Quality Assurance Core (Core B) will primarily function as a centralized quaility control unit for the Center to address these complicated issues. Two Specifc Aims will be implemented to achieve this primary function. Core B will assess botanical suppliers and their products, evaluate product documentation, confirm identity collections of plant-derived material and acquire the botanical oils to be used for all Center Projects (Aim 1). Additionally Core B will evaluate bioactive components (content and long term stability) and assess potential contaminants (Aim 2). Collectively, these proposed activites are expected to ensure the safety of botanicals used in Center Projects as well as the reproducibility of experimental outcomes with these botanicals. The analytical and taxonomic strengths of Core B will also be utilized for a secondary function (Aim 3). Core B will attempt to identify alternative land and aquatic botanical organisms that may be useful for future development as a source of botanical oil. The ideal organism (s) would offer a fatty acid profile and content potentially superior to those currently in use. The functions of the Botanical and Quality Assurance Core (Core B) are expected facilitate the use of high quality botanical oils by the Center Projects.