Pharmacognosy & Ethnobotany

Pharmacognosy is the study of basic medications of plant and animal origin, and is derived from the Greek words "pharmakon" (drug) and "gnosis" (knowledge). It is possibly the earliest contemporary discipline (in the form of tinctures, teas, poultices, powders, and other herbal formulations). It encompasses authentication and quality control of such pharmaceuticals, which is done by macroscopic and microscopic investigations of crude drugs. The emphasis and objective of pharmacognosy research has shifted substantially, from drug identification, including the isolation of active principles, to more recently, biological activity investigation.

Ethnobotany is the study of human-plant interactions; however, the term is increasingly commonly used to refer to the study of indigenous or traditional plant knowledge. Ethnobotany is more than just the study of humans' "use" of plants; it also places plants in their cultural contexts in certain civilizations, as well as people in their natural contexts. It entails indigenous plant taxonomy, cultivation, and uses as food, medicine, and shelter.

  • Field ethnobotany
  • Medicinal Plants
  • Ethnomedicine
  • Ethnopharmacology
  • Hallucinogenic
Committee Members
Speaker at Pharmaceutics and Novel Drug Delivery Systems 2023 - A C Matin

A C Matin

Stanford University, United States
Speaker at Pharmaceutics and Novel Drug Delivery Systems 2023 - Consolato M Sergi

Consolato M Sergi

Universities of Alberta and Ottawa, Canada
Speaker at Pharmaceutics and Novel Drug Delivery Systems 2023 - Luis Jesus Villarreal Gomez

Luis Jesus Villarreal Gomez

Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexico
Pharma 2023 Speakers
Speaker at Pharmaceutics and Novel Drug Delivery Systems 2023 - John K Maesaka

John K Maesaka

NYU Langone Hospital Long Island, United States
Speaker at Pharmaceutics and Novel Drug Delivery Systems 2023 - Richard Denk

Richard Denk

SKAN AG, Switzerland
Speaker at Pharmaceutics and Novel Drug Delivery Systems 2023 - Peter B Chase

Peter B Chase

Essentia Health- St. Mary's Medical Center, United States
Speaker at Pharmaceutics and Novel Drug Delivery Systems 2023 - Saliha Koc Aslan

Saliha Koc Aslan

Acibadem Healthcare Group, Turkey
Speaker at Pharmaceutics and Novel Drug Delivery Systems 2023 - Ana Isabel Rocha Faustino

Ana Isabel Rocha Faustino

University of Evora, Portugal
Speaker at Pharmaceutics and Novel Drug Delivery Systems 2023 - Narapereddy Krishna Prasad

Narapereddy Krishna Prasad

Reckitt Benckiser LLC, United States
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