2026 International Conference on the Science of Botanicals

This conference is supported by a cooperative agreement between the NCNPR and the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It is co-sponsored by the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica/ CAS, China; the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR - India); the Ministry of Indigenous Medicine, Sri Lanka; the American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP); the Society for Medicinal Plant Research (GA); the Korean Society of Pharmacognosy (KSP) and the Japanese Society of Pharmacognosy (JSP).

ICSB focuses on all aspects of medicinal and aromatic plants and include international and national participants from industry, academia, and nonprofit institutions. Each session will open with a plenary speaker outlining the current approaches, limitations, and research needs of the topic area. Speakers are leading researchers from industry, academia, nonprofit institutions, trade associations, and government. The tremendous opportunity for international exchange among these representatives, participants, and students on important and timely scientific botanical issues is a hallmark of this event.

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Monday, April 20th
8:30 AM	A Joint Effort: Accomplishments of the Resource Center for Cannabis and Cannabinoids Research Patrick Still, NIH Don Stanford, University of Mississippi Mary Paine, Washington State University Nandakumara Sarma, US Pharmacopeia Oxford Conference Center 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Visit Site
11:20 AM	Windshield not the rearview mirror Dan Fabricant, Natural Products Association Oxford Conference Center 11:20 AM - 11:45 AM Visit Site
1:55 PM	Application of AQbD principles to build a Robust Compendial Analytical Method for the Quantification of Phytochemicals in Mate and Guayusa Leaf Dietary Ingredients Maria Monagas, U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) Salika Jeelani, U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) Greg Winter, U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) Natalia Kouznetsova, U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) Oxford Conference Center 1:55 PM - 2:15 PM Visit Site
4:00 PM	Using Natural Products in Patients with Cancer: More than Chemotherapy Gailen D. Marshall, University of Mississippi Medical Center Oxford Conference Center 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Visit Site
Tuesday, April 21st
8:30 AM	Yeast as a "Microbial Factory" Kaila Fuller, FDA Betsy Jean Yakes, FDA Oxford Conference Center 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Visit Site
10:30 AM	Advancements in Extraction and Co-extraction of Botanicals for Standardization and Efficacy Rory Coleman, OmniActive Health Technologies Oxford Conference Center 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM Visit Site
10:30 AM	Botanical hepatotoxicity: Are we accurately characterizing risk vs. hazard Rick Kingston, SafetyCall International P.L.L.C Oxford Conference Center 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Visit Site
11:10 AM	HPTLC: The New Front Line of Global Botanical Surveillance Tiên Do, CAMAG Ilona Trettin, CAMAG Ehab Mahran, CAMAG Sonja Drobnjak, CAMAG Oxford Conference Center 11:10 AM - 11:30 AM Visit Site
11:30 AM	Metabolite profiling of Chamaelirium luteum (false unicorn) roots and related commercial products by HPTLC and LC-MSMS Wendy Strangman, University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmer Perera, University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmer Perera, CAMAG Scientific, Inc. Oxford Conference Center 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM Visit Site
1:00 PM	Efficacy and safety of red ginseng extract powder (KGC05pg) in achieving glycemic control in prediabetes Korean subjects: A 12-week, single-center, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study Namhan Cho, Ajou University School of Medicine Oxford Conference Center 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Visit Site
1:00 PM	Ginsenoside-Based Theranostic Agents for Alzheimer's Disease: Implications for Brain Penetration, Cellular Uptake, and Anti-Aging Effects Hak Soo Choi, Forsyth Institute Harvard Oxford Conference Center 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Visit Site
1:15 PM	Determination of Kratom Alkaloids in Botanical Products Using Multi-Criteria LC–MS Analysis Mengliang ZHANG, Ohio University Oxford Conference Center 1:15 PM - 1:35 PM Visit Site
1:30 PM	Authenticated Hericium erinaceus Mushroom and Selected Mycelia Reference Materials for General Industry Use Steven Dentali, Nammex Oxford Conference Center 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM Visit Site
1:50 PM	Bioactive Metabolite Markers for Functional Mushrooms: Comprehensive Metabolomic Mapping of Full-Spectrum Cultivated Mushrooms, Standard Production and Method Development. Julie Daoust, M2 Ingredients Ivana Blaženović, Adikai Insights Oxford Conference Center 1:50 PM - 2:20 PM Visit Site
2:20 PM	Metabolomic characterizations of Hericium erinaceus (Bull.) Pers. and Laricifomes officinalis (Vill.) Kotl. & Pouzar fungal cultures Kyle Meyer, Fungi Perfecti, LLC Oxford Conference Center 2:20 PM - 2:40 PM Visit Site
3:00 PM	Botanical Safety Consortium: Overview and Progress Connie Mitchell, Botanical Safety Consortium Oxford Conference Center 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM Visit Site
3:30 PM	The use of NAMs to screen for Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity (DART) of botanicals Cynthia Rider, NIEHS Oxford Conference Center 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM Visit Site
3:45 PM	Using Test Guideline in silico and in vitro tools to evaluate Dermal Toxicity in botanicals Cecile Bascoul, doTERRA Oxford Conference Center 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Visit Site
5:30 PM	ICSB Poster Session Ikhlas Khan, University of Mississippi Oxford Conference Center 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM Visit Site
Wednesday, April 22nd
10:30 AM	In vitro vs. in vivo studies on the interaction of natural products with the gut microbiota: The example of STW 5 Olaf Kelber, Phyto & Biotics Tech Platform, Bayer Consumer Health, Steigerwald Arzneimittelwerk GmbH Oxford Conference Center 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM Visit Site
10:50 AM	Frankincense (Boswellia spp.) Essential Oils: Chemistry-Driven Authentication, Chemotype Discovery, and Sustainability Insights Across my published Studies Prabodh Satyal, Aromatic Plant Research Center Oxford Conference Center 10:50 AM - 11:10 AM Visit Site
11:30 AM	Real World Fertility: From Participatory Research to Clinical Trial Belinda Tan, People Science Azure Grant, People Science Ayla Barmmer, FullWell Oxford Conference Center 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM Visit Site
1:00 PM	Canndor Herbarium: A Comprehensive Herbarium Resource for Cannabis Identity, Diversity, and Botanical Research Nick Batora, LeafWorks Inc Laura Klein, LeafWorks Kerin Law, LeafWorks Eleanor Kuntz, LeafWorks Oxford Conference Center 1:00 PM - 1:20 PM Visit Site
1:00 PM	Mycotoxin Trends in Cannabis Flower and Concentrates in the United States Kyle Boyar, KB Consultations / ACS CANN Yasha Kahn, MCR Labs Michael Esposito, MCR Labs Sukhikh Pavel Oxford Conference Center 1:00 PM - 1:20 PM Visit Site
1:00 PM	Phytochemical and anticancer studies on the terpenoid constituents in Erica erigena John Walsh, Trinity College Dublin Khadijah Jabal, NatPro Centre Oxford Conference Center 1:00 PM - 1:20 PM Visit Site
1:40 PM	Evidence-Based Characterization of Cannabis Cultivars Yasha Kahn, MCR Labs Oxford Conference Center 1:40 PM - 2:00 PM Visit Site
1:40 PM	Hazard vs Risk: Scientific Considerations on the EU CLP Approach to MOCS and Whole Essential Oil Classification with Tea Tree Essential Oil as an Illustrative Example Cecile Bascoul, doTerra Dakota Carter, doTERRA Joseph Dawson, doTERRA Tim Valentiner, Alltruix Russell J. Osguthorpe, doTERRA Oxford Conference Center 1:40 PM - 2:00 PM Visit Site
2:00 PM	Cautionary labeling recommendation for USP turmeric and curcuminoid monographs Amy Roe, USP Dietary Supplement Admission Evaluation and Labeling Expert Committee Deval Patel, USP Dietary Supplement Admission Evaluation and Labeling Expert Committee Jo Barnes, USP Dietary Supplements Admission Evaluation and Labeling Expert Committee Paula Gardiner, USP Dietary Supplement Admission Evaluation and Labeling Expert Committee Bill Gurley, USP Dietary Supplement Admission Evaluation and Labeling Expert Committee Zehra Kilic, USP Dietary Supplement Admission Evaluation and Labeling Expert Committee Richard Ko, USP Dietary Supplement Admission Evaluation and Labeling Expert Committee Igor Koturbash, USP Dietary Supplement Admission Evaluation and Labeling Expert Committee Richard Van Breemen, USP Dietary Supplement Admission Evaluation and Labeling Expert Committee Nadeem Akhtar, USP Dietary Supplement Admission Evaluation and Labeling Expert Committee Oxford Conference Center 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM Visit Site
Thursday, April 23rd
8:30 AM	Expanding Natural Product Diversity Through Biotransformation Emerson Queiroz, University of Geneva Oxford Conference Center 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Visit Site
8:30 AM	Medicinal Plants and One Health Drug Discovery: Plectranthus Abietanes as P-Glycoprotein Modulators Patricia Rijo, Lusófona University Oxford Conference Center 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Visit Site
8:30 AM	Natural products as Multi Drug-Multi Target therapeutics - from the pharmacological proof to new approaches for quantitative quality control Olaf Kelber, Phyto & Biotics Tech Platform, Bayer Consumer Health, Steigerwald Arzneimittelwerk GmbH Oxford Conference Center 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Visit Site
10:30 AM	Advancements in Botanical Toxicology, Characterization, and Regulatory Frameworks Paula Brown, Centre for Applied Research & Innovation BC Institute of Technology, Burnaby, BC, Canada Oxford Conference Center 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Visit Site
10:30 AM	Determinants of opioid-relevant exposure from 7-hydroxymitragynine products in the evolving U.S. marketplace Igor Koturbash, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Scott Alsbrook, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences George Pro, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Oxford Conference Center 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Visit Site
10:30 AM	Naturally Derived Kratom Extracts: Toxicological Evaluation in Humans and Rodents Sibyl Swift, Swift Strategy Group Oxford Conference Center 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Visit Site
10:30 AM	Unmasking Ashwagandha Controversy: Safety, Toxicity, and Adulteration Tahir Maqbool Mir, Now Health Group Oxford Conference Center 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM Visit Site
10:50 AM	Evaluation of Fasted and Fed Gastrointestinal Transformation of Withania somnifera Plant Extracts and Bioactive Compounds via UPLC-MS/MS and Untargeted Metabolomics Sarah Barr, UNC Wilmington Wendy Strangman, University of North Carolina Wilmington R. Thomas Williamson, UNCW Amala Soumyanath, Oregon Health and Science University Melissa Bollen, Oregon Health and Science University Oxford Conference Center 10:50 AM - 11:10 AM Visit Site
11:10 AM	Alkaloid profiling of Narcissus poeticus L. bulbs and their inhibitory activity of cholinesterases Maël Gainche, Clermont Auvergne University Isabelle Ripoche, Clermont Auvergne University Elodie Jagu, Clermont Auvergne University Oxford Conference Center 11:10 AM - 11:30 AM Visit Site
11:30 AM	Multi-Omics Systems-Guided insights of Withanolide and other bioactives Contributions to Anti-Stress and Endurance Outcomes in Withania somnifera Deepak Mundkinajeddu, Natural Remedies Private Limited Oxford Conference Center 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM Visit Site
1:00 PM	What guides natural product commercialization – past and present Thomas Brendler, Pharmacognosy Institute and Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Retzky College of Pharmacy, UIC,USA Ben-Erik Van Wyk, University of Johannesburg Oxford Conference Center 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Visit Site
1:30 PM	Promoting Progress in the Rigor, Reproducibility, and Translatability of Dietary Supplement Research Adam Kuszak, National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements Oxford Conference Center 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Visit Site
2:00 PM	Fifteen Years of the ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program: What Have We Learned? Stefan Gafner, American Botanical Council Roy Upton, American Herbal Pharmacopeia (AHP) Mark Blumenthal, American Botanical Council Ikhlas Khan, University of Mississippi Oxford Conference Center 2:00 PM - 2:00 PM Visit Site

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