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Focus Groups |
| Pharmacognosy |
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| Aims and
Objectives
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Exchange of information and scientific appraisal on all aspects of
research and development of pharmaceuticals, health foods and other
products derived from plants, microorganisms and animals (pharmacognosy) |
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Promoting natural products as biologically-active compounds amongst the
wider scientific community. |
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Continuing education of the pharmaceutical and other related professions
in the scientific study of natural pharmaceuticals |
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Promotion of research on the safe use of medicinal plants and products
derived from them (herbal medical products, food supplements, cosmetics). |
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LLiaison and collaboration with other international and national societies
and with individuals with similar interests. |
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Contributing
to the sustainable use of the world’s biodiversity by fomenting all
aspects related to the development of products from such sources including
local initiatives on the save use of these resources |
Some of our
regular activities:
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Regular meetings to present and discuss current research often in
collaboration with other (international) societies
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Organise scientific meetings on a national and international level |
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Regional shorter sympopsia |
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Promotion of
all scholarly and applied activities related to medicinal plant research
including informing of the wider public. |
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Promotion of
pharmacognosy as a discipline through links within the natural sciences
and especially pharmacy |
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Establish and
strengthen links with researchers interested in bioactive natural products
and extracts, for example, via links with the Phytochemical Society of
Europe (PSE), Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural product Research (GA),
International Society for Ethnopharmacology (ISE) |
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Worldwide
networking within the context of pharmacognosy |
Panel of
Experts
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Prof. Michael Heinrich |
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Dr. P. Bremner |
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Dr. D. Tasdemir |
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Dr. J. Prieto-Garcia |
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Dr. E.M. Williamson |
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Prof. P. Houghton |
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Dr. Colin
Wright |
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Dr L Anderson |
For further information, please contact the
APSGB Secretariat: [email protected]
Some important links:
Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA) -
http://www.ga-online.org/
International Society for Ethnopharmacology (ISE) -
http://www.ethnopharmacology.org/
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