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THIS PROJECT CONCERNS THE DESIGN OF MEDFLOR, A DATABASE FOR ETHNOBOTANICAL INFORMATION TO BE USED IN SELECTING PLANTS WITH POTENTIAL USES IN MEDICINE.

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 4810
Amount: $50,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1986
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
345 Georgetown Square Suite 201
Wood Dale, IL 60191
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 DR CHARLOTTE GYLLENHAAL
 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
 (312) 766-6204
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Abstract

THIS PROJECT CONCERNS THE DESIGN OF MEDFLOR, A DATABASE FOR ETHNOBOTANICAL INFORMATION TO BE USED IN SELECTING PLANTS WITH POTENTIAL USES IN MEDICINE. DATAMAPS SPECIFIC TO THE BOTANICAL, MEDICAL, AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE DATA WILL BE CONSTRUCTED. SOME STRUCTURAL FEATURES AND SOFTWARE FROM THE NATURAL PRODUCTS DATABASE NAPRALERT WILL BE INCORPORATED, MAKING THE TWO DATABASES COMPATIBLE. AN AN ELECTRONIC DATA ENTRY SYSTEM WILL BE DEVELOPED TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF DATA ENTRY. THE STRUCTURE OF THEDATABASE WILL BE THIRD-FORM RELATIONAL BECAUSE OF ITS ABILITY TO STORE AND RETRIEVE INFORMATION EFFICIENTLY WHILE PROVIDING FOR THE MOST COMPLEX OF SEARCH PATTERNS.

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