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2nd International Conference and Exhibition on Pharmacology and Ethnopharmacology, will be organized around the theme “Pharmacological Frontiers for Natural Products Drug Discovery and Development”

Ethnopharmacology 2016 is comprised of 17 tracks and 67 sessions designed to offer comprehensive sessions that address current issues in Ethnopharmacology 2016.

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Track 1:Pharmacology

Pharmacology is the study of drugs. It involves examining the interactions of chemical substances with living systems, with a view to understanding the properties of drugs and their actions, including the interactions between drug molecules and drug receptors and how these drug interactions elicit an effect.
 
Pharmacology provides the scientific basis and principles for a variety of special applications, such as the study of drug actions in the health sciences, the use of drugs as therapeutic agents in medicine or as tools in scientific research, and the development and regulation of pharmaceuticals. Pharmacology is a multi-disciplinary science with many subspecialties including clinical pharmacology, cardiovascular pharmacology, behavioural pharmacology, neuropsychopharmacology, pharmacogenetics, and pharmacoeconomics, to name a few.
 
  • Track 1-1Cardiovascular Pharmacology
  • Track 1-2Clinical pharmacology
  • Track 1-3Neuropharmacology
  • Track 1-4Psychopharmacology
  • Track 1-5Systems Pharmacology
  • Track 1-6Theoretical pharmacology
  • Track 1-7Behavioural pharmacology
  • Track 1-8Environmental pharmacology
  • Track 1-9Ocular Pharmacology
  • Track 1-10Biochemical Pharmacology

Track 2:Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics

Pharmacokinetics, sometimes abbreviated as PK (from Ancient Greek pharmakon "drug" and kinetikos "moving, putting in motion"; see chemical kinetics), is a branch of pharmacology dedicated to determining the fate of substances administered externally to a living organism. Pharmacokinetics describes how the body affects a specific drug after administration through the mechanisms of absorption and distribution, as well as the chemical changes of the substance in the body and the effects and routes of excretion of the metabolites of the drug.
 
Pharmacodynamics is the study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs on the body or on microorganisms or parasites within or on the body and the mechanisms of drug action and the relationship between drug concentration and effect.
 
  • Track 2-1Absorption
  • Track 2-2Routes of Administration
  • Track 2-3Drug Metabolism
  • Track 2-4Effects of age on drug responses
  • Track 2-5Drug-Receptor Interactions
  • Track 2-6Drug Concentration-Response [Dose- Response] Relationships

Track 3:Latest Trends in Ethnopharmacology

Ethnopharmacology is to identify the objectives of a largely virtual field whose self-identified membership represents a diverse suite of academic and applied disciplines, as well as commercial interests. In earlier times Ethnopharmacology was an endeavour characterized more by folkloristic than scientific inquiry; today it is heavily represented among published investigators trained in Pharmacology, Anthropology, Botany, and Pharmacognosy. Contributions are made as well by historians of science, clinicians, ethnographers, agronomists, biochemists, researchers in veterinary medicine, and others. This multi locality frustrates efforts to harmonize objectives and integrate methodologies; at the same time, it creates a dynamic tension that encourages dialogue

  • Track 3-1Pharmacological and clinical studies of chemically profiled extracts
  • Track 3-2Identification and ethnotaxonomy (cognitive categorisation) of the (eventual) natural material
  • Track 3-3Bio-evaluation of the pharmacological action of such preparations (Ethnopharmacology)

Track 4:Phytochemical Studies of Plants and Plant Extracts

The importance of plants is known to us well.  The plant kingdom is a treasure house of potential drugs and in the recent years there has been an increasing awareness about the importance of medicinal plants. Drugs from the plants are easily available, less expensive, safe, and efficient and rarely have side effects. The plants which have been selected for medicinal use over thousands of years constitute the most obvious choice of examining the current search for therapeutically effective new drugs such as anticancer drugs antimicrobial drugs anti hepatotoxic compounds.
 
According to World Health Organization (WHO), medicinal plants would be the best source to obtain variety of drugs. About 80% of individuals from developed countries use traditional medicines, which has compounds derived from medicinal plants. However, such plants should be investigated to better understand their properties, safety, and efficiency.  Medicinal plants contain some organic compounds which provide definite physiological action on the human body and these bioactive substances include tannins, alkaloids, carbohydrates, terpenoids, steroids and flavonoids. These compounds are synthesized by primary or rather secondary metabolism of living organisms. Secondary metabolites are chemically and taxonomically extremely diverse compounds with obscure function. They are widely used in the human therapy, veterinary, agriculture, scientific research and countless other areas.
 
  • Track 4-1Plant tissue homogenization
  • Track 4-2Serial exhaustive extraction
  • Track 4-3Isolation and Structural Elucidation of Natural Products
  • Track 4-4Chromatography techniques (MPLC, HPLC, LC-MS).
  • Track 4-5Extraction
  • Track 4-6Soxhlet extraction
  • Track 4-7Infusion
  • Track 4-8Maceration
  • Track 4-9Digestion
  • Track 4-10Percolation
  • Track 4-11Sonication

Track 5:Ecological Characteristics of Ethnobotanical Sources

A well-known facet of ecosystems is that the edges—the boundaries or transitions from one ecosystem to another—often exhibit high levels of species richness or biodiversity. These transitional areas often show features of species composition, structure, and function representative of the ecosystems they transcend, as well as having their own unique array of species and characteristics. Cultural transitional areas—zones where two or more cultures converge and interact—are similarly rich and diverse in cultural traits, exhibiting cultural and linguistic features of each of the contributing peoples. This results in an increase in cultural capital, and resilience, by providing a wider range of traditional ecological knowledge and wisdom on which to draw, especially in times of stress and change. We propose that indigenous peoples whose living territories traverse ecological edges have a correspondingly increased access to economically important resources and therefore have a greater capacity for flexibility. Finally, we suggest that indigenous peoples are drawn to areas having a high incidence of ecological edges, and furthermore, that they actively create and maintain ecological edges. This practice provides them with a greater diversity of cultural capital and helps to maintain their flexibility and resilience. 

  • Track 5-1Predicting drug-drug interactions
  • Track 5-2Soil sampling and analysis
  • Track 5-3Sampling of woody plants

Track 6:Phytochemistry and Phytopharmaceuticals

Phytochemistry is in the strict sense of the word the study of phytochemicals. These are chemicals derived from plants. In a narrower sense the terms are often used to describe the large number of secondary metabolic compounds found in plants. Many of these are known to provide protection against insect attacks and plant diseases. They also exhibit a number of protective functions for human consumers.
 
Phytochemistry can be considered sub-fields of Botany or Chemistry. Activities can be led in botanical gardens or in the wild with the aid of Ethnobotany. The applications of the discipline can be for Pharmacognosy, or the discovery of new drugs, or as an aid for plant physiology studies. Phytopharmaceuticals Science, the development of drugs from plants and other natural compounds, is now a significant area of research for the development of new medicines with a sound historical basis. Many drugs listed as conventional medications are derived from plants and were originally administered in plant form.
 
  • Track 6-1Polyphenols
  • Track 6-2Phytosterols
  • Track 6-3Alkaloids
  • Track 6-4Saponin
  • Track 6-5Dietary supplements
  • Track 6-6Prescription products
  • Track 6-7OTC products

Track 7:Natural Products in Clinical Pharmacology

Natural product biosynthesis sciences now face challenges at many fronts. At a global and economical level, biodiversity is diminishing everyday as the rain forest gives away to farmland and the coral reef is destroyed by pollution. As a result, many potentially valuable natural products are lost forever before we even know their very existence. An immediate implication beyond the direct loss is that we have less natural products. 

  • Track 7-1Modern natural product-derived drugs
  • Track 7-2Traditional medicine and ethnopharmacology

Track 8:Traditional Herbals in Treatment of Cancer

Medicinal herbs and their derivative phytocompounds are being increasingly recognized as useful complementary treatments for cancer. A large volume of clinical studies have reported the beneficial effects of herbal medicines on the survival, immune modulation, and quality of life (QOL) of cancer patients, when these herbal medicines are used in combination with conventional therapeutics. 

  • Track 8-1Camptotheca
  • Track 8-2Catharanthus
  • Track 8-3Podophyllum
  • Track 8-4Yew

Track 9:Nutraceuticals

A dietary supplement represents a product that contains nutrients derived from food products, and is often concentrated in liquid, capsule, powder or pill form. Although dietary supplements are regulated by the FDA as foods, their regulation differs from drugs and other foods.
 
Nutraceuticals have attracted considerable interest due to their potential nutritional, safety and therapeutic effects. They could have a role in a plethora of biological processes, including antioxidant defences, cell proliferation, gene expression, and safeguarding of mitochondrial integrity.
 
  • Track 9-1Functional foods and Beverages
  • Track 9-2Dietary supplements

Track 10:Ethnopharmacology of Medicinal Plants

  • Track 10-1Aromatic Plants and Essential oils
  • Track 10-2Medicinal Plants and their Uses

Track 11:Emerging Technology in Natural Product Drug Development

The development of natural product-derived drugs poses significant challenges in several areas. Of prime concern is the supply of the drug in sufficient quantities to permit preclinical, and hopefully clinical, development, and ultimately, if given a successful, clinical outcome, commercial production. Another major challenge is that of formulation. Natural products generally are highly insoluble in aqueous media, and such solubility is a prime requirement for administration of the drug to human patients, particularly through the intravenous route commonly used in the treatment of cancer patients. 

  • Track 11-1High-Throughput Screening
  • Track 11-2Combinatorial Chemistry
  • Track 11-3Bioinformatics, Proteomics and Genomics

Track 12:Neuropharmacology

Neuropharmacology is the learning of how drugs influence cellular function in the nervous system, and the neural mechanisms through which they influence behaviour. The studies are more concerned with the interactions of neurotransmitters, neuropeptides, neurohormones, neuromodulators, enzymes, second messengers, co-transporters, ion channels, and receptor proteins in the central and peripheral nervous systems. Advanced studies are being made to improvise developments in drugs to treat numerous diverse neurological disorders, including neurodegenerative diseases known to be Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease, pain, addiction, psychological disorders and many more.Neuropharmacology is the learning of how drugs influence cellular function in the nervous system, and the neural mechanisms through which they influence behaviour. The studies are more concerned with the interactions of neurotransmitters, neuropeptides, neurohormones, neuromodulators, enzymes, second messengers, co-transporters, ion channels, and receptor proteins in the central and peripheral nervous systems. Advanced studies are being made to improvise developments in drugs to treat numerous diverse neurological disorders, including neurodegenerative diseases known to be Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease, pain, addiction, psychological disorders and many more.

  • Track 12-1Neuroendocrinology
  • Track 12-2Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Track 12-3Neurotechnology
  • Track 12-4Neurotransmission

Track 13:Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Diabetes

Cardiovascular disease risk facors is the major cause of death in the US (>50% of all deaths).Cardiovascular function based on Cardiac pumping ability-Pace-making electrical signals, Force of contraction, Height of ventricle discharge pressure. Integrity of vasculature-Presence of blockage, Muscular tone/structural integrity Pressure drop needed to move blood to and through capillary beds.
 
Blood volume/composition-Water, electrolyte, iron balances, Lipid and protein composition
 
Major Cardiovascular Pathologies Requiring Pharmacological Intervention- Hypertension, Arrhythmia, Heart failure, Reduced vascular blood flow.
 
Diabetes is among the most common disorders in the world today. Despite various researches done and precautions taken, one cannot predict who will suffer from diabetes. Depending on the type and severity, every diabetic patient should be given medications. Few natural remedies that can be helpful in reducing the sugar levels in a diabetic patient.
 
  • Track 13-1Anti-arrhythmics
  • Track 13-2Hypolipidemic drugs
  • Track 13-3Congestive heart failure
  • Track 13-4Anti-anginal drugs
  • Track 13-5Anti-hypertensive drugs
  • Track 13-6Oral Hypoglycemic Agents
  • Track 13-7Insulin

Track 15:Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics

Pharmacogenetics is the study of inherited genetic differences in drug metabolic pathways which can affect individual responses to drugs, both in terms of therapeutic effect as well as adverse effects. The term Pharmacogenetics is often used interchangeably with the term pharmacogenomics which also investigates the role of acquired and inherited genetic differences in relation to drug response and drug behaviour through a systematic examination of genes, gene products, and inter- and intra-individual variation in gene expression and function.
 
Pharmacogenomics is the study of the role of genetics in drug response. It deals with the influence of acquired and inherited genetic variation on drug response in patients by correlating gene expression or single-nucleotide polymorphisms with drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination, as well as drug receptor target effects. Pharmacogenomics encompasses a more genome-wide association approach, incorporating genomics and epigenetics while dealing with the effects of multiple genes on drug response. Pharmacogenomics aims to develop rational means to optimize drug therapy.
 
  • Track 15-1Predicting drug-drug interactions
  • Track 15-2Thiopurines and TPMT
  • Track 15-3Integrating Pharmacogenetics into the health care system

Track 16:Entrepreneurs Investment Meet

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