science across borders 5th annual natural health product research conference—march 26–29, 2008, toronto, canada科学跨越国界5年度自然健康产品研究conference-march每股26到29,2008年,加拿大多伦多.pdfVIP

Advance Access Publication 4 September 2008 eCAM 2010;7(3)391–395 doi:10.1093/ecam/nen059 Meeting Report Science Across Borders: 5th Annual Natural Health Product Research Conference—March 26–29, 2008, Toronto, Canada Muhammad Nabeel Ghayur Department of Medicine, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Canada is experiencing a growing interest in the use of alternative therapies and products particularly natural health products (NHP). In 1997, Canadians spent around C$ 2 billion on NHP. In an attempt to catch with this popularity of NHP use, Canadian researchers and administrators from academia, industry and government jointly established the Natural Health Product Research Society of Canada (NHPRS). Since its formation, NHPRS has been organizing an annual meeting which brings together world renowned researchers and experts in the area of NHP research. For 2008, the annual NHPRS meeting took place in Toronto from the 26th to 29th of March with a focus on ‘Science Across Borders: Global Natural Health Products Research’. The scientific program was spread into three days of plenary lectures and oral presentations. The different sessions containing these talks were on: ethnobotany around the world; chemical analysis of NHP; product standards and quality control; ethnom