The 67th International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant
and Natural Product Research (GA) took place in Innsbruck, Austria, from September
1-5, 2019 in cooperation with the French Society of Pharmacognosy AFERP.
The main scientific topics of the conference were:
Natural products chemistry
Biological and pharmacological activities of natural products
Analytical methods for quality control of Herbal Medicinal Products
Metabolomics and molecular networking
Identification and authentication of plant material
Ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology
Herbal drug formulations
Biosynthesis and biotechnology of natural products
Biodiversity and chemical ecology
Clinical studies with natural compounds and Herbal Medicinal Products
Phytopharmaceuticals, dietary supplements, functional food, cosmeceuticals
Medicinal plants and natural products in animal healthcare and veterinary medicine
The symposium started on Sunday, September 1st 2019 with four pre-congress events: the Young Researchers’ Workshop, the Workshop
on African Research Network and the one-day pre-congress Symposia on Animal Healthcare
and Veterinary Phytotherapy as well as Economic Adulteration of Botanical Ingredients.
The scientific program of the Main Conference included 10 plenary lectures, 2 keynote
lectures, 45 contributed short lectures and 492 posters. The Regulatory Affairs Workshop
was held during the main conference and served as a forum for industry to update on
the latest trends in regulation of phytomedicines and related areas. The meeting was
also an excellent platform for exhibitors, who presented their latest products and
services.
We would like to thank everyone who has made this GA meeting possible, in particular
the members of the Organizing and Scientific Committees, as well as the representatives
of the PCO Tyrol Congress. We are also grateful to the University of Innsbruck for
providing the meeting place and infrastructure for the pre-symposia and the get-together
event, as well as the sponsors for their financial support.
Last, but not least, we want to thank Thieme Publishers for publishing the conference
abstracts in Planta Medica.
On behalf of the Organizing Committee
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hermann Stuppner
