Life Science

Unit 2: From Bacteria to Plants

Medicinal plants

Project Type: History
Design a slide show to present information on medicines derived from plants and where these plants grow. The information should include how the medicine helps people and how its medicinal properties first were used.

Resources:
Visit these sites to help you identify medicines derived form plants.

Drugs form Plants
http://chemistry.about.com/library/weekly/aa061403a.htm

Medicinal plants and their properties
http://world.std.com/~krahe/html1.html

Medicine Hunter
http://www.medicinehunter.com/plant_medicine.htm

Green Medicines
http://www.nps.gov/plants/medicinal/

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