November 15, 2020 Restituto Tocmo receives award during 2020 UIC COP research day for mangosteen research Congratulations Resty! Restituto Tocmo, a post-doctoral fellow received the Lundbeck Award for Excellence in Research (2nd Place) in ...Read more
November 14, 2020 Jacob Veenstra receives award during 2020 UIC COP research for rosemary research Congratulations Jacob! Jacob Veenstra, a PhD student in the pharmacognosy program, received the AAPS Student Chapter Choice Award (2nd Place ...Read more
September 12, 2020 Does piperine from black pepper increase the absorption of resveratrol in people? In a new paper just published we describe the results of our double blind randomized controlled human clinical trial to determine if piperine ...Read more
September 11, 2020 How do I get teaching AND research experience during a post doctoral fellowship? Post-doctoral fellowships that provide training in both teaching and research are actually quite rare. A new career development training ...Read more
August 20, 2020 Are there any health benefits from the peel of the pomelo citrus fruit? The largest citrus fruit is the Pomelo (Citrus grandis Osbeck) and as a result the peels generate a significant amount of waste. In fact ...Read more
July 30, 2020 New Funding: Rosemary extract and carnosic acid to be studied for breast cancer Our laboratory has been especially interested in the rosemary plant for its health promoting properties. My first original research paper evaluated ...Read more
June 16, 2020 New Paper – Xanthones from the mangosteen target CDK4 involved in cancer The mangosteen fruit has more than 80 different types of polyphenols known as xanthones. All parts of the tree are used medicinally ...Read more
December 20, 2019 The 2019 Natural Products for Cancer Prevention and Therapy (NPCPT) Conference in Turkey ...Read more
October 6, 2019 Visited the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in Manila Philippines Manila is the main capital of the Philippines and was where I stayed for several days after visiting Kidapawan Philippines. During my ...Read more
