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So, at least tentatively for right now, I've decided to do a basic research paper for the honors part of my medicinal plants course. Taking a cue from the lecture, I'm gonna research the Solanaceae family, which includes tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, petunias, henbane, belladonna, and everyone's favorite vegetable, nightshade. It's the fact that tomatoes and potatoes are related to things like nightshade that I found intriguing about the family. So hopefully I can find some interesting things to talk about in a paper. I'm hoping I can get ahold of some info on the studies done on tomatoes involving lycopene, since cancer prevention is an interesting contrast to, say, poisioning someone with belladonna. And whatnot. ^_^;

You know, between this, and the herbarium project, and the plant presentation on myrrh, and the genetics tests, and the 90+ page screenplay I have to write, I'm gonna be a busy girl. ^_^;