<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/news/from-farm-to-pharmaceuticals-discovering-metabolites-with-potential-uses-in-medicine.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><pubDate>02/08/2023</pubDate><title>From farm to pharmaceuticals: Discovering metabolites with potential uses in medicine</title><description>Scopolamine and hyoscyamine are medicinally important compounds that are produced in some solanaceous species. MPS student Hannah Parks is interested in understanding the metabolism in this family of plants.</description><author/><hero-image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2023/parks-banner2.jpg" alt="Close up of a pipette"/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2023/Hannah%20parks-square.jpg" alt="Hannah Parks"/></image><tags><tag>research</tag><tag>students</tag></tags></item>