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| Medicinal plants have been employed by Native Americans throughout the southwest United States for centuries to combat and cure various ailments. This project concentrates on the following five commonly known plants found in the Nevada desert. Krameria erecta (rhatany), Gutierrezia sarothae (snakeweed),Anemopsis californica (yerba mansa), Chilopsis linearis (desert willow), Encelia virginensis (brittle bush) A separation scheme based on polarity of plant components was developed and dried leaves of each plant were subjected to consecutive extractions with hexane, dichloromethane, and water. Each fraction was subjected to GC/MS analysis, and identification of each compound was confirmed by the use of second MS library or derivatization of each fraction. This study is a part of an undergraduate research program to encourage retention and carrier orientation to science students. |
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Undergraduate Research Poster Session: Organic Chemistry
2:30 PM-4:30 PM, Monday, 11 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Hall D, Poster
Division of Chemical Education |