College of Pharmacy Green House Tour: From Plants to Drugs

Join us for a virtual tour of the Heber W. Youngken Jr. Medicinal Garden live from the College of Pharmacy greenhouse and a pharmacognosy research laboratory. Learn about plants that keep us healthy, from sources of molecules developed into pharmaceuticals to the origins of the ingredients in your herbal tea.  Watch a demonstration of how whole plant extractions are done, and see the instruments that are used to identify and describe the individual constituents.  There will be time for Q & A about the collection, botanical research at URI, and experience from students living and learning at URI.