Core--Botanical

植物核心将通过执行以下任务来促进所有三个研究项目、动物核心和试点研究项目的工作：以温室为基础的源植物栽培和生物活性物质生产的优化，为中心的研究、临床前和临床研究以及试点研究项目生产植物疗法，活性指导生物活性物质的分离及其相互作用的表征，为研究活动和临床前和临床研究提供分析和结构化学支持，质量控制和植物鉴定。植物核心还将开展研究活动，致力于发现新的植物疗法，这将由试点研究计划进行研究。植物学核心将由罗格斯大学（拉斯金博士-核心领导）定位和领导，一些工作将分包给路易斯安那州立大学农业中心（刘博士-核心共同领导）。核心将利用最近开发的方法来发现、表征、标准化和生产生物活性物质，这些生物活性物质已被证明在开发目前处于临床试验中的新型植物药物方面取得了成功。它将有效地利用拉斯金博士实验室的资源、专业知识、设备和温室设施

The Botanical Core will facilitate the work of all three Research Projects, the Animal Core and the Pilot Research Programs by performing the following tasks: Greenhouse-based cultivation of source plants and optimization of bioactives production, Production of botanical therapeutics for the Center's research, pre-clinical and clinical studies and pilot research programs, Activity guided isolation of bioactives and characterization of their interactions, Analytical and structural chemistry support for the research activities and pre-clinical and clinical studies, Quality control and botanical authentication. The Botanical Core will also perform research activities dedicated to discovering novel botanical therapeutics, which will be studied by the Pilot Research Programs. The Botanical Core will be located and led from Rutgers University (Dr. Raskin - Core Leader) with some work subcontracted to Louisiana State University Agricultural Center (Dr. Liu - Core Co-Leader). The Core will utilize recently developed methods for the discovery, characterization, standardization and production of bioactives proven successful in developing novel botanicals that are currently in clinical trials. It will effectively leverage resources, expertise, equipment and greenhouse facilities available at Dr. Raskin's laboratory as a result of industry-supported programs and NTH-NSF-USDA-funded International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups (ICBG) grant for natural product bioprospecting.