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Steve Corbett
Researcher at University of Kansas
Publications - 7
Citations - 86
Steve Corbett is an academic researcher from University of Kansas. The author has contributed to research in topics: Physalis longifolia & Public health. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 7 publications receiving 74 citations. Previous affiliations of Steve Corbett include University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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The Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology of Wild Tomatillos, Physalis longifolia Nutt., and Related Physalis Species: A Review
Kelly Kindscher,Quinn Long,Steve Corbett,Kirsten Bosnak,Hillary Loring,Mark S. Cohen,Barbara N. Timmermann +6 more
TL;DR: The importance of this plant as medicine is made evident through its historical ethnobotanical use, information in recent literature on Physalis species pharmacology, and the Native Medicinal Plant Research Program’s recent discovery of 14 new natural products, some of which have potent anti-cancer activity.
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A Statistical Analysis of Medicinal Plants: A Case Study of Plant Families in Kansas and the Great Plains
TL;DR: Three different statistical methods used in previous ethnobotanical studies for use in the Native Medicinal Plant Research Program were compared and all were useful for determining medicinal plant use differences among plant families, although regression analysis was most useful for the authors' purposes.
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Comparison of body composition among settled and nomadic Turkana of Kenya
TL;DR: Results indicate that settled males and females both have greater fat stores than nomads, and nomadic females develop more lean tissue and are larger than settled females.
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Health Conditions among the Potawatomi Indians of Kansas in 1928
Steve Corbett,Jeanne Drisko +1 more
TL;DR: A house-to-house analysis of the health status of the people on the Potawatomi reservation in northeast Kansas was conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture in 1928 as discussed by the authors.
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Nutritional properties of native plants and traditional foods from the central United States.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide data on 50 plant species common to the central United States that are abundant sources of dietary protein and fiber, and used traditionally by Native American tribes.