BOTANICALS AND EDUCATION CORE

普渡大学植物学中心的植物学核心在该中心开展的研究的发起和实施方面是一个积极的合作伙伴。与该中心的研究人员合作，植物药核心将为拟议的研究寻找最合适的植物药，对其成分进行分析，特别是多酚含量，确保产品的足够可用性，并对用于研究的植物药的纯度和一致性进行持续分析。它还将与其他核心密切合作，为中心的每一项研究目标提供协调支持。在所有项目和其他核心方面，植物核心将在研究设计和实施方面发挥积极作用。此外，植物核心中心将为该中心的试点赠款研究计划提供技术援助，特别是在初步选择要研究的植物药物、操作规程标准化、追踪产品来源和提供产品认证(物种鉴定、天然产品概况)方面。在应用程序的初步开发和研究的进行过程中，核心将积极参与这些试点赠款。植物学核心将提供的研究服务包括：1)使用传统植物学鉴定进行分类鉴定，2)植物材料的化学分析，3)植物材料的遗传分析，4)植物来源，5)产品(特别是项目1和2的葛根)的比较评估，用于化学概况、选择、生长，6)研究项目材料的认证和标准化，7)提供植物中标记的多酚化合物用于研究项目，8)鉴定和为研究项目寻找新的化合物。该中心还将提供植物学研究方面的教育方案和培训作为支持服务，所有资金都由主办机构提供。因此，植物学核心将是普渡大学植物学中心正在进行的研究成功的积极参与者。

The Botanicals Core of the Purdue-UAB Botanicals Center is a dynamic partner in the initiation, and conduct of the research carried out in the Center. In collaboration with the researchers in the Center, the Botanicals Core will seek out the most appropriate botanicals for the research proposed, conduct assays of their constituents, especially polyphenolic content, insure adequate availability of the products and provide ongoing analyses of the purity and consistency of the botanicals used for the research. It will also work closely with the other cores to provide a coordinated support for each of the research aims of the Center. In relation to all the projects and other cores, the Botanical Core will play an active role in research design and conduct. Further, the Botanical Core will provide technical assistance to the Center's pilot grant research program, especially in the areas of the initial selection of botanicals to be studied, in the standardization of operating protocols, in tracing product origin and in providing product authentication (species identification, natural product profiles). The Core will actively participate in these pilot grants both during the initial development of the applications and in the conduct of the research. Research services that the Botanical Core will provide include: 1) taxonomic identification using traditional botanical identification, 2) chemical analysis of plant materials, 3) genetic analysis of plant materials, 4) botanical sourcing, 5) comparative evaluation of products (especially kudzu for Projects 1 and 2) for chemical profiling, selection, grow-out, 6) authentication and standardization of materials for research projects, 7) provision of labeled polyphenol compounds from the botanicals for use in the research projects and 8) identification and sourcing of new compounds for the research projects. The Core will also provide educational programs and training in botanical research as a support service, with all funds provided by the host institution. Thus, the Botanicals Core will be an active participant in the ongoing research success of the Purdue-UAB Botanicals Center.