Magdalena Cantoria

Magdalena Cantoria. 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. 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.), and 1977 - Most Outstanding Phi Sigman