On second day of the Third International Congress jointly hosted by National Center for Natural Resources (NCNR), Pt Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur and Society for Ethnopharmacology (SFE-India) on ‘Ethnopharmacology & Evaluation of Medicinal Plants - Global Perspectives, witnessed series of presentations.
On the occasion, as many as nine poster presentations were presented by research scholars from institutes of different states and sessions were addressed by professors from India and overseas which include topics like natural products driven drug discovery, quality of traditional and local medicines: why is it not (yet) an ethnopharmacological topic, neurotrophic and neuritogenic natural products: potential new drug leads for treatment of neurodegenerative disorders and nerve injuries under which explained some natural products which were found to improve brain functions, learning, memory and other neurological disorders. Similarly, various other topics were also discussed in different sessions.
The objective of this Congress is to provide a platform for the interaction among top-notched researchers, professionals, entrepreneurs and young students in the field of Ethnopharmacology and allied disciplines, said the sources, elaborating that Ethnopharmacology is systemic study of the use of medicinal plants by specific cultural groups.