MAGDALENA CANTORIA - A FILIPINO BOTANIST

Magdalena Cantoria is a noted Filipino botanist who is known for her research in the morphology, physiology, and biochemistry of drug plants, in particular agar, rauwolfia, datura, mint and Piper.


Magdalena Cantoria - Awards:

1954 - Edwin Leigh Newcomb Award in pharmacognosy given by the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education

1962 - Edwin Leigh Newcomb Award (for research on the growth and development of Daturia strasmodium L.)

1977 - Most Outstanding Phi Sigman

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