Researcher Directory
A Database of First Nations Environmental Health Researchers and Research Papers
Shannon Cowan (nee Binns)
UBC Faculty of Food and Land Systems,
MCML 331 - 2357 Main Mall
Vancouver V6T 1Z4
Ph: (604) 822-2941 | Fax: (604) 822-2184
email:
web: http://www.landfood.ubc.ca/research/faculty_webpages/cowan.htm
Expertise:
Aboriginal Health, Agroecology, Natural Health Products, Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Focus:
Food
Affiliations:
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, Applied Biology Program.
Academic Supervisor (if Applicable)
Research Area(s)
Food
Geographical Preference(s)
British Columbia
Projects
- Integrating recent knowledge about the genus Echinacea: morphology, molecular systematics, phytochemistry
- Creating and Implementing Cases for Problem-based Learning in Horticulture.
- Making the Pedagogical Transition to Problem-based Learning in a Horticulture Curriculum.
- Antifungal and anti-inflammatory activity of the genus Echinacea (Asteraceae).
- Antiviral activity of characterized extractsfrom Echinacea spp. (Heliantheae: Asteraceae) against Herpes simplex virus (HSV-I).
- Phytochemical Variation In Echinacea Moench (Heliantheae: Asteraceae) From Roots And Flowerheads Of Wild And Cultivated Populations.
- A taxonomic revision of the genus Echinacea (Heliantheae; Asteraceae).
- Phytochemical variation in populations of Echinacea angustifolia (Asteraceae).
- Proposal to conserve the name Rudbeckia purpurea (Asteraceae) with a conserved type.
- Typification of Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench (Heliantheae: Asteraceae)and its implications on the naming of two Echinacea taxa.
- Methyl jasmonate increases production of reported alkamides and ketoalken/ynes in Echinacea pallida (Asteraceae).
- Predicting quantitative phytochemical markers in single Echinacea plants or clones from their DNA fingerprints.
- Light mediated antifungal activity of Echinacea extracts.
- Structure of P. quinquefolius L. (Araliaceae) roots with emphasis on secretory duct formation.