Pharmacology and Ethnopharmacology

Biography

Dr. Christophe Wiart is the general secretary of the Asian Society of Pharmacognosy. Dr. Christophe Wiart appeared on HBO's Vice (TV Series) in season 3, episode 6 (episode 28 of the series), titled "The Post-Antibiotic World & Indonesia's Palm Bomb." This episode aired on April 17, 2015. This episode highlighted the need to find new treatments for infections that were previously treatable with antibiotics, but are now resistant to multiple drugs. “The last hope for the human race’s survival, I believe, is in the rainforests of tropical Asia,” said ethnopharmacologist Dr. Christophe Wiart. “The pharmaceutical wealth of this land is immense.”

Research Interest

Christophe Wiart PharmD, PhD, ASP (born August 12, 1967) is a French Pharmacognosist. His fields of expertise are Asian ethnopharmacology, chemotaxonomy and ethnobotany. He has collected and studied several hundred species of medicinal plants of Southeast Asia. Ethnopharmacology of medicinal plants in Asia Pacific; bioprospection, collection and identification of medicinal botanical samples and phytochemical and pharmacological study for the identification of lead compounds as novel antibacterial, antiviral, anticancer, and anti-diabetic principles from rare plants from the rainforest of Southeast Asia and from medicinal plants used by locals