Ethnobotanist Kelly Kindscher at the University of Kansas is part of a team studying the Physalis longifolia, or wild tomatillo, also know as the "ground cherry." The plant has 15 compounds new to science, several of which have shown potent cytotoxity against specific types of cancer. (Sept. 20, 2012)
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Ethnobotanist Kelly Kindscher at the University of Kansas is part of a team studying the Physalis longifolia, or wild tomatillo, also know as the "ground cherry." The plant has 15 compounds new to science, several of which have shown potent cytotoxity against specific types of cancer. (Sept. 20, 2012)
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Ethnobotanist Kelly Kindscher at the University of Kansas is part of a team studying the Physalis longifolia, or wild tomatillo, also know as the "ground cherry." The plant has 15 compounds new to science, several of which have shown potent cytotoxity against specific types of cancer. (Sept. 20, 2012)
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Physalis longifolia, or wild tomatillo, also know as the "ground cherry," dry out in ethnobotanist Kelly Kindscher's lab at the University of Kansas.
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Dried Physalis longifolia, or wild tomatillo berries, are kept frozen for further study.
"We've found 15 new molecules in the plant previously not known to science," said Barbara Timmermann, University of Kansas medicinal chemistry chair. "Nobody knew they existed and several of them are so active against cancer."
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Huaping "Hank" Zhang, a research associate in Barbara Timmermann's lab at the University of Kansas, explains the process of breaking down Physalis longifolia, or wild tomatillo plant, into its purest of forms to locate the chemical compounds locked inside. (Oct. 5, 2012)
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Physalis longifolia, or wild tomatillo, also know as the "ground cherry," dry out in ethnobotanist Kelly Kindscher's lab at the University of Kansas.
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Physalis longifolia, or wild tomatillo, also know as the "ground cherry," dry out in ethnobotanist Kelly Kindscher's lab at the University of Kansas.
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Crystals begin to form as Physalis longifolia, or wild tomatillo, also know as the "ground cherry," is reduced to its purest form.
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Samples of Physalis longifolia, or wild tomatillo, also know as the "ground cherry" in Barbara Timmermann's lab at the University of Kansas. "We've found 15 new molecules in the plant previously not known to science," said Barbara Timmermann, University of Kansas medicinal chemistry chair. "Nobody knew they existed and several of them are so active against cancer."
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Huaping "Hank" Zhang, a research associate in Barbara Timmermann's lab at the University of Kansas, displays a vial of crystalline Physalis longifolia, or wild tomatillo.
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Huaping "Hank" Zhang, a research associate in Barbara Timmermann's lab at the University of Kansas, explains the process of breaking down Physalis longifolia, or wild tomatillo plant, into its purest of forms to locate the chemical compounds locked inside. (Oct. 5, 2012)
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Bags of dried Physalis longifolia, or the wild tomatillo plant rest on the floor of Barbara Timmermann's lab.
"We've found 15 new molecules in the plant previously not known to science," said Barbara Timmermann, University of Kansas medicinal chemistry chair. "Nobody knew they existed and several of them are so active against cancer."
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