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Cultural incorporation of the Kirby-Bauer method in introductory microbiology lab [PDF]
Journal of Microbiology & Biology EducationWith rising antibiotic resistance, researchers are exploring sourced pharmaceuticals from local plant materials. One avenue is medicinal plants used in Indigenous communities.
Ashley McCarley, Caryl Ann Becerra
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Identification of Abietane-Type Diterpenoids and Phenolic Acids Biosynthesis Genes in Salvia apiana Jepson Through Full-Length Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Profiling [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Salvia apiana (S. apiana) Jepson is a medicinal plant that is frequently used by the Chumash Indians in southern California as a diaphoretic, calmative, diuretic, or antimicrobial agent.
Jiadong Hu +12 more
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Retrospective on decadal progress of the NOAA/NPS ocean noise reference station network [PDF]
PeerJThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in partnership with the U.S. National Park Service (NPS), established the Ocean Noise Reference Station Network (NRS) in 2014 as a foundational component of NOAA’s Ocean Noise Strategy.
Samara M. Haver +10 more
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Immunomodulatory and Antibacterial Properties of the Chumash Medicinal Plant Trichostema lanatum [PDF]
Medicines, 2018 Background: The woody shrub Trichostema lanatum Benth. (Lamiaceae) is native to Southern California and was reportedly used by the Chumash people as a disinfectant and for the treatment of rheumatism.
Matthew C. Fleming +5 more
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Investigating a hybrid mixed population leads to recognizing a new species of Arctostaphylos (Ericaceae) [PDF]
PhytoKeysWhile investigating the potential for Arctostaphylos species to hybridize in the mixed populations of Point Sal and Burton Mesa in Santa Barbara County, California, we discovered that Arctostaphylos from the Nipomo Mesa (San Luis Obispo County), formerly
Tito Abbo +6 more
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Women′s Health Among the Chumash [PDF]
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2006 Plants were, and still are, widely used for a number of conditions affecting women in California. This article discusses traditional remedies of the Chumash for dysmenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome, feminine hygiene, heavy menstruation, urinary tract infections, parturition, lactation, infant care, menopause, sexually transmitted diseases, fertility ...
Adams, James D., Garcia, Cecilia
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The Advantages of Traditional Chumash Healing [PDF]
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2005 Chumash healing has been practiced in California for ∼13 000 years. Chumash healers treat their patients with prayer, laughter, dreaming, phytotherapy, aromatherapy, healing ceremonies and other techniques. Healing involves first healing the spirit, then healing the body. Chumash people still maintain their unique identity.
Adams, James D., Garcia, Cecilia
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Religions, 2019 Recent research on student epistemology has shifted from seeing epistemology as a stable entity possessed by individuals to a collection of more situated cognitive resources that individuals may employ differently depending on the context.
Moshe Krakowski, David Block
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The Dogs of CA-SRI-2: Osteometry of Canis familiaris from Santa Rosa Island, California
Ethnobiology Letters, 2014 Domesticated dogs (Canis familiaris) are an important human companion around the world and have long been a focus of archaeological research. Osteometric analysis of six dogs from a Late Holocene Chumash village on Santa Rosa Island, California indicates
Courtney Hofman, Torben Rick
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