2024 Programme and Speakers

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14:00-14:10

WELCOME

Michael Heinrich, UCL School of Pharmacy (Symposium Chair)

Sarah Edwards, Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum

14:10-14:25

MJ Datiles, Alumnus, UCL School of Pharmacy

'Philippine Botanical Materia Medica'

14:25-14:45

Banaz Jalil, UCL School of Pharmacy

'Quality of oral solid formulation of herbal medicinal products - a case study with Lavandula species products'

14:45-15:05

Javier Echeverría, Universidad de Santiago de Chile

‘The Health-promoting and disease-preventative benefits of traditional fermented beverages from Chile’

15:05-15:20

Q&A and Discussion

15:20-15:30

BREAK

15:30-15:50

Gabin Bitchagno Mbahbou, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

"The multifaceted interests of Vernonia species from Cameroon'

15:50-16:10

Esther Grosskopf, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

'Chemistry and Chemotaxonomy of Hypericum'

16:10-16:30

Chris Serpell, UCL School of Pharmacy

'Advancing madecassic acid derivatives towards a Vietnamese drug against liver cancer'

16:30-16:45

Q&A, Discussion and Conclusion