Experts from India and abroad will deliberate on varied topics related to the herbal world such as development of scientifically validated quality products from medicinal plants and regulatory aspects at a three-day international conference here from February 15, 2020.
The experts at the 7th International Congress of the Society for Ethnopharmacology, India (SFEC 2020) which is being organised by the the Jamia Hamdard's School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research in association with the Society for Ethnopharmacology here at Jamia Hamdard, will also discuss traditional medicine inspired drug discovery and development besides evaluation of safety, efficacy and quality of botanicals.
The conference will be inaugurated by Minister of Ayush Shripad Nayak.
The theme of the conference is "Ethnopharmacology in development of scientifically validated quality products from medicinal plants and regulatory aspects" with slogan "globalisation lobalization of local knowledge and localisation of global technologies for drug development from medicinal plants".
The experts including those from UK, Australia, Japan will discuss subjects such as evidence-based validation of traditional medicine, traditional medicine inspired drug discovery and development, evaluation of safety, efficacy and quality of botanicals, identification and documentation of medicinal plants.
The other topic of deliberation will be on traditional resources pharmacological evaluation of medicinal plants and national and international regulatory needs of herbal drugs and traditional medicine for current global market needs among others.
The platform will also give an opportunity to India to showcase the potential of its AYUSH, medicinal plants at the global level.
"This will provide an ideal platform to the participants to present their research work, interact, debate and disseminate ideas amongst the distinguished professionals, eminent scientists, technologist, industrialist and traditional health care professionals," said an official from the Jamia Hamdard.
The Society for Ethnopharmacology, works on the dissemination of knowledge in this area through different local chapters made in different parts of India with the major highlights on 'Globalizing local knowledge and localizing global technologies'.
The official pointed out that plants have the miraculous treasure of numerous compounds with abilities to cure diseases and make immunity strong, however yet a lot needs to be done to explore their potential.