caa a22 4500 477045952 CHVBK 20180405111330.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02862107 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02862107 Tyler Varro Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy and Pharmacal Sciences, Purdue University, 47907-1333, West Lafayette, IN aut "Pharmacognosy”! What's that? you spell it how? [Elektronische Daten] [Varro Tyler] Pharmacognosie??—Noch nie davon gehört! Buchstabieren Sie das mal! In this autobiographical sketch, the author discusses the development of his interest in the biological sciences, crediting his father, his first employer, his high school science teacher, and his college pharmacognosy professor with initially shaping his career. His early work on ergot alkaloid biosynthesis and subsequently, together with students and colleagues, on the toxic constituents of basidiomycetes is detailed. This is followed by comments on his developing interest in the therapeutic utility of herbs and phytomedicinals. A concern with the beneficial use of such products stemmed largely from observations made during sabbatical leaves and frequent travel in Germany. The importance of such botanicals (not currently recognized as drugs in the United States) in our developing health-care system is emphasized. The author concludes his comments by thanking his wife, his teachers, his students, and his many colleagues and friends for their unstinting assistance and support during his entire career. The New York Botanical Garden, 1996 basidiomycetes nationallicence ergot nationallicence fungal constituents nationallicence herbs nationallicence phytomedicinals nationallicence Economic Botany Springer-Verlag 50/1(1996-01-01), 3-9 0013-0001 50:1<3 1996 50 12231 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02862107 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02862107 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Tyler Varro Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy and Pharmacal Sciences, Purdue University, 47907-1333, West Lafayette, IN aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Economic Botany Springer-Verlag 50/1(1996-01-01), 3-9 0013-0001 50:1<3 1996 50 12231 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer