Fabulous Fungi and Pharmacognosy with Dr. Nicholas Oberlies
Foodie Pharmacology Podcast
English - December 14, 2020 04:41 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsScience emoryuniversity ethnopharmacology foodie foodmedicine medicinalfood stem Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: The Chemical Signatures of Plants with Dr. Nadja Cech
A vast network of fungi circles the globe—interwoven throughout the soil, coating surfaces above ground and even living inside of plants! There is an astonishing level of diversity among fungi, and this biodiversity is coupled with incredible chemical diversity. In this episode of Foodie Pharmacognosy, our guest is Dr. Nick Oberlies, an expert in the field of pharmacognosy who specializes in the study of fungal chemistry! He explains how he and his team find fungi growing inside plants and throughout the environment in the hunt for new molecules to treat cancer, infections, and more.
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