Recent Developments in Regulatory Matters on Herbal Medicinal Products in Europe

Abstract

The proceedings contain 155 papers. The topics discussed include: botanicals and NMR-based metabolomics: a perfect holistic match; evaluation of the anti-inflammatory potential of Chinese botanicals; ethnobotany, traditional medicine and dietary supplements: research priorities and lessons to be learned; known natural products with unknown bioactivity; triterpenoids as anti-inflammatory compounds of natural origin; antidepressant new herbal product development; effect of polysaccharides on enteric mucosal immune response in rats; eliminating analytical ambiguity in the scientific study, development and quality control of natural health products and dietary supplements; traditional knowledge guided research to identify legitimate substitutes for rare and unavailable herbs; metabolomics for discovery of novel medicinal compounds; quality evaluation and quality control of botanicals and traditional Chinese medicine; and HPTLC for quality control of traditional Chinese medicines: identification and detection of adulteration.