Welcome to Virtual Research Night Winter 2021 – Sonoran’s premiere event showcasing the latest discoveries in evidence-based botanical medicine. (CE credits available)
Active constituents and drug interaction of Echinacea and pharmaceuticals
Presented by: Narges Kiyani, PharmD, Research Assistant, Ric Scalzo Institute
Susan Trapp, PhD, Research Scientist, Ric Scalzo Institute
Rhinovirus enhancing effects of Echinacea purpurea root water extracts
Presented by: Jeffrey Langland, PhD, Chair, Department of Research, Sonoran | Research Director, Ric Scalzo Institute
Dr. Jeffrey Langland has been a research scientist studying viruses and host-virus interactions for over thirty years. He has been studying antiviral and antimicrobial botanicals for the past 13 years. Dr. Langland is highly recognized in the field of naturopathic medicine and in the scientific community. He has nearly 60 publications in peer-reviewed journals and has presented his research at national and international conferences.
Rhinovirus inhibitory effects of Echinacea purpurea root ethanol extracts and alkylamides
Presented by: Keely Puchalski, ND, Assistant Research Scientist, Ric Scalzo Institute
Potential botanicals for the prevention of mastitis in cattle
Presented by: Heather Dirkmaat and Ashley Langland
Anti-coronavirus activity of Artemisia annua extracts and fractions
Presented by: Johanne Gerstel, NMD, Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Gerstel has been performing research since 2009. She first started in her undergraduate degree at ASU where she was exposed to animal studies in the area of testing proteins and treatments that could potentially reverse the effects of recreational drug use. When she started her Naturopathic degree program at Sonoran in 2015, her research focus switched over to botanical medicine, infectious disease agents, and cell culture system models. She continues to expand her research techniques and knowledge of antiviral and antimicrobial botanicals while she is obtaining her PhD at ASU in the field of Molecular and Cellular Biology. She has presented at multiple integrative conferences nationally and is submitting publications to peer-reviewed journals.
Phytochemical investigation of Artemisia annua
Presented by: Bobby Baravati, PhD, Assistant Research Scientist, Ric Scalzo Institute
Quantification of cannabinoids in some cannabis samples
Presented by: Abiola Jimoh, PhD, Research Scientist, Ric Scalzo Institute
Phytochemicals from yarrow for metabolic syndrome management
Presented by: Yalda Shokoohinia, PhD, PharmD, Principal Scientist, Ric Scalzo Institute | Professor, Pharmacognosy & Phytochemistry
Dr. Yalda Shokoohinia has been a researcher and instructor in natural products and pharmaceutical sciences for the last fifteen years. She had discovered over 90 pure constituents, among them, 20 were recorded to be new compounds. She has over sixty publications on natural products and has supervised more than 40 grad theses in Pharmacy and Natural Medicine.