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The American Society of Pharmacognosy was founded in 1959 as a society international in scope dedicated to the promotion, growth, and development of pharmacognosy and all aspects of natural products sciences. The field of pharmacognosy aims to study molecules from plants and other living things, that potentially have medicinal uses. Such molecules are the products of evolution, and can have intricate structures and previously unknown biological effects. ASP members are involved in a number of activities - including isolating new molecules and determining their chemical structure, finding out how they are made by the producing organism, and why they evolved. Another aspect of pharmacognosy is the scientific investigation of preparations used in traditional systems of medicine - often termed ethnopharmacology. The field of pharmacognosy therefore encompasses areas of chemistry, biochemistry, genomics, ecology and anthropology
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ASP 2025: A Grand Natural Products Adventure
by Amit Chandra, PhD
This article appears in the ASP Newsletter Volume 61, Issue 1.
This year’s ASP annual meeting, ASP 2025, will be held in the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan from August 2 to 6, 2025. The theme of the meeting is “Pharmacognosy Infused Health and Wellness Solutions.” There will be a special focus on the applied aspects of this science. The program covers a diverse range of topics.
Read MoreASP Member Takes the Fork in the Road
by Craig Hopp, PhD
This article appears in the ASP Newsletter Volume 61, Issue 1.
Being a Program Officer at NCCIH for the past 16 years has been the most rewarding job I have ever held. The ability to shape priorities and support the ASP research community was enormously gratifying. During my tenure I watched as the number of ASP presentations and posters acknowledging NCCIH support went from minimal to substantial. Despite my high job satisfaction, I have always maintained a variety of interests and activities outside of my job with NCCIH. Additionally, the work environment has taken a dramatic turn for the worse recently. So, when presented with the “fork in the road” from the current administration, I decided to take the offer. As of March 7, I am no longer a federal employee.
Read MoreHot Topics in Pharmacognosy: What’s Old Is New Again
by David J. Newman, DPhil
This article appears in the ASP Newsletter Volume 61, Issue 1.
This column will cover a variety of topics culled from a number of recent publications including: potential methodologies against resistant microbes involved in biofilms; recent reports on boron-containing potential antibiotics, some old, some new; organo-metallic (ferrocene-containing) against fungi and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs); a short excursion into the genetics of didemnin B production; and finally a very interesting protein kinase inhibitor, from a marine sample collected under the NCI’s marine collection program, further fractionated under the later NCI’s Program for Natural Products Discovery (NPNPD), and then synthesized-yielding aplithianines A and B.
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Journal of Natural Products
The Journal of Natural Products is co-published monthly by the American Chemical Society and the American Society of Pharmacognosy.