Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research
| Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research e. V. | |
|---|---|
| legal form | registered association |
| founding | April 8, 1953 |
| Seat | Neuenkirchen am Brand |
| main emphasis | Scientific Society |
| Chair | Anna-Rita Bilia |
| Members | over 1,200 |
| Website | www.ga-online.org |
The Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research e. V. (proper spelling GA, international name: Society of Medicinal Plants and Natural Product Research) based in Camberg / Taunus was founded in 1953. Currently (as of 7/2016) it has around 1200 members from 90 countries. The aim of the company is to disseminate and promote scientific issues in the medicinal plant sector including research, production, cultivation, breeding and clinical therapy. The task of the GA is to research medicinal plants and the biological effects of natural substances, to accompany technical pharmaceutical processes and procedures and the preclinical and clinical development of phytopharmaceuticals and to accompany findings in practice and use on humans and animals.
profile
The association was founded in 1953 as a society for medicinal plant research and therapy. The association received its current name Society for Medicinal Plant Research and Natural Product Research in 2007. The association promotes the science and development of medicinal plants, natural substances and phytopharmaceuticals internationally . Its members are predominantly pharmacists, biologists, chemists, biochemists and physicians. Its activities include various events such as B. the organization of its annual congress as well as the participation in and promotion of conferences and workshops in the areas of its funding purpose. The official organ of the society is the international journal Planta Medica .
history
On April 8, 1953, the company was founded in Bad Camberg / Taunus by a group of doctors, pharmacists and pharmaceutical biologists, whose common interest was medicinal plant research. The first president, Ernst Meyer, gave it the name "German Society for Medicinal Plant Research and Therapy". The aim of the new society was to disseminate and promote scientific questions in the medicinal plants sector including research, production, cultivation, breeding and therapy. The first issue of the journal Planta Medica, the official organ of the new society, had the subtitle "Journal of Medicinal Plant Use and Medicinal Plant Research". The journal should be the collection and focus of all scientific literature on medicinal plants.
In the initial phase under the direction of Meyer, who worked as a doctor with a special connection to phytotherapy in Camberg, the focus was on the phytotherapeutic aspect of medicinal plants. Although the annual congresses took place in temporal and spatial connection with the "German Therapy Congress", the participation of medical practitioners was never very strong and gradually declined over time, as the therapeutic aspect was not sufficiently taken into account in the various contributions at the congresses . The planned connection between doctors and pharmacists had ultimately failed and the focus shifted more to pharmacognosy and phytochemistry. The conclusion was therefore to delete the second part of the company's name. In 1959 the GA was renamed "German Society for Medicinal Plant Research".
In the first few years after its founding, the society met with great acceptance and after five years the number of members had increased from 54 members (1953) to 223 (1958). At that time, membership was only reserved for German interested parties, although there was interest in the company and its activities from abroad. Nonetheless, foreigners were accepted as corresponding members who could take part in the congresses.
In 1969 the company had developed into an international forum, so the addition "German" was deleted from the name. Since 1970 the name of the GA has been "Society for Medicinal Plant Research" with the English translation "Society for Medicinal Plant Research". With this decision, the original goal of the founders was achieved, to bring together all people and interested parties who are involved in medicinal plant research.
The composition of the society has become increasingly international over the years, today (2016) the members come from 90 countries. The introduction of English as the official conference language in 1978 was the natural consequence. The GA congresses became more attractive for an international audience and developed into an international platform and a scientific forum for aspects of medicinal plant research.
In accordance with the statutory objectives, the GA concentrated for a long time primarily on the dissemination and discussion of scientific results. Today, however, there is increasing demand for their expertise in science and health policy. At the European and international level, the GA was asked to comment on questions relating to the quality, safety and effectiveness of phytopharmaceuticals. The GA was and is also involved in working groups for the development of guidelines for good agricultural practice and the sustainable use of medicinal plants with its board and advisory board members.
The number of members has meanwhile increased to over 1200 (2016). This increase was not least achieved through 57 annual congresses (33 of them in Germany, 19 in other European countries, one in Canada and 3 in the USA). Every 4–5 years the congresses are held as "Joint Meetings" with the American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP), the Association Francaise pour l'Enseignement et la Recherche en Pharmacognosie (AFERP), the Phytochemical Society of Europe (PSE) and the Italian Phytochemical Society (SIF). They are still one of the main activities of the society. In order to enable young scientists to take part in these congresses, travel grants are granted every year on application for special contributions and the best posters are rewarded.
The range of topics of the congresses covers all areas of pharmaceutical biology, such as analysis, standardization of drugs, phytochemistry, chemotaxonomy, medicinal plant cultivation and breeding, genetic engineering and biotechnology, biochemistry and pharmacology of secondary substances and phytotherapy. In addition to the annual meetings, the GA participates in smaller workshops and symposia that deal with specific topics in medicinal plant research.
Research funding
The GA uses its own funds to support research in the fields of natural product chemistry, natural product analysis, phytopharmacology, in vitro and in vivo testing. With the Plants for Health foundation, the association supports scientific projects in basic research in pharmaceutical biology. The association awards its own (Egon Stahl Award) and company-financed awards (Bionorica Phytoneering Award, Dr. Willmar Schwabe Award).
organization
Office
The GA has its office in Neunkirchen am Brand .
President
- 2016 to date: Anna-Rita Bilia, University of Florence, Italy
- 2014–2015: Mathias Hamburger, University of Basel, Switzerland
- 2012–2013: Wolfgang Blaschek, University of Kiel, Germany
- 2008–2012: Brigitte Kopp, University of Vienna, Austria
- 2002–2007: Rudolf Bauer, University of Graz, Austria
- 1998–2001: Johannes JC Scheffer, Leiden University, Netherlands
- 1994–1997: Gerhard Franz, University of Regensburg, Germany
- 1990–1993: Max Wichtl , University of Marburg, Germany
- 1988–1989: Ewald Sprecher
- 1984–1987: Anders Baerheim Svendsen
- 1978–1983: Otto Sticher, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
- 1974–1977: Ernst Reinhard
- 1972–1973: Hans Haas
- 1966–1971: Hilmar Friedrich, University of Münster, Germany
- 1960–1965: Eduard Schratz
- 1959: Kurt Mothes
- 1958: Harry Auterhoff
- 1953–1957: Ernst Meyer
Honorary members
- Hans Kaiser (1956) †
- Friedrich von Bruchhausen (1959) †
- Hans Flück (1971) †
- Kurt Mothes (1971) †
- Walter Poethke (1971) †
- Thaddäus Reichstein (1971) †
- Günther Kerstein (1975) †
- Albert Hofmann (1977) †
- Robert Hegnauer (1978) †
- FHL van Os (1982) †
- Egon Stahl (1984) †
- Hilmar Friedrich (1985) †
- Max von Schantz (1987) †
- Anders Baerheim Svendsen (1990) †
- Ernst Reinhard (1992) †
- Varo E. Tyler (1994) †
- Max Wichtl (1995)
- Ewald Spokesman (1995)
- H.-G. Menßen (1997) †
- Heinz Schilcher (2000) †
- Otto Sticher (2002)
- Rudolf Hansel (2003)
- Adolf Nahrstedt (2005) †
- Gerhard Franz (2006)
- Hans Scheffer (2008)
- Chulabhorn Mahidol (2009)
- Arnold J. Vlietinck (2010)
- Brigitte Kopp (2015)
literature
- 50 years 1953–2003 A Jubilee Edition, 2003, Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, ISBN 3-8047-2028-5 (commemorative publication of the society on the 50th anniversary of its existence)
Coordinates: 49 ° 36 '35 " N , 11 ° 8' 24.4" E
- 50 years of medicinal plant research - every progress in methodology is a progress in science. Phillipson, JD (2003) Planta Medica 69: 491-495, DOI: 10.1055 / s-2003-40656
- 40th Anniversary of the Society for Medicinal Plant Research, NN (1992) Pharmazie, 47: 804-806
- First workshop for medicinal plant research and medicinal plant application, Anon (1953) Planta Medica, 1: 1-8
Web links
- GA website
- Plants for Health website
- Planta Medica website
- Anniversary congress: 50 years of the Society for Medicinal Plant Research (GA)
- A princess as an honorary member and award ceremonies
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ilse Zündorf: Harmonization and even more good clinical data. Retrieved January 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Plants for Health Foundation. Retrieved January 20, 2017 .