2008 International Training Program on Natural Products: Botanicals, Nutraceuticals and Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

Daily Program

 

Foran Hall, Room 138A
8:00     Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30     Welcome to the World of Botanicals and Nutraceuticals, the NUANPP Program and Dietary Supplements (Dr. Simon)
10:00   Break (coffee and herbal African herbal teas provided)
10:30   Conservation and Preservation of Indigenous Medicinal Plants (Mr. Foster)
12:00   Tour of the NUANPP Lab Facilities, Prof.  James E. Simon, Director of NUANPP
12:45   Lunch (catered lunch)
1:45      Genetic Diversity in Botanicals and MAPs and the Relevance for Botanical standardization, Product development and Commercialization (Dr. Simon)
2:45     Germplasm Banks and Collections for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs), (Mr. Foster)
3:45     Break
4:15     New Technologies and Approaches in the Search for Bioactives and New Chemical Entities from Botanicals (Dr. Raskin).
6:30     Welcome Reception (The Rutgers Horticultural Gardens)

Foran Hall, Room 138A
7:30     Tour the Rutgers Greenhouses to see MAP collections (Drs. Simon and Park)
8:00     Continental Breakfast
8:30     Natural Products Chemistry- A Primer (Dr. Lavoie)
9:30     Extraction, Fractionation and Isolation/Purification of Natural Products (Dr. Wu)
10:30   break
11:00   The Relevance & Importance of QC for Botanicals and Nutraceuticals (Dr. Juliani)
12:30:   Lunch (on your own)
1:30:     Botanicals and Digestion (Dr. Lavoie)
2:30     Case Studies: Illustrated examples, Quality Control Problems, Authentication and Traceability (Dr. Simon).
3:00    WORKSHOP I: Quality Control in Natural Products Chemistry (NUANPP Labs and Conference Room)

• Station 1: Chemical Profiling of Medicinal Plants using LC/UV/MS (Dr. Wu)
• Station 2: Chemical Profiling of Aromatic Compounds using GC-MS (Dr. Juliani)
• Station 4: Essential Oils Lab: Essential Oil Extraction and Distillation (Dr. Park and Dr. Juliani)
• Station 5: Plant Sample Preparations and Extracts (Dr. Wu and Karla Deud Jose)
• Station 6: Physicochemical Parameters (Dr. Juliani)
• Station 7: Screening for Antimicrobial Activity (Dr. Swami)
• Station 8: Screening for Total Phenols and Antioxidant Activity (K. Deud Jose)
  
• Station 9: Adulteration: How to Search for it (Dr. Simon)
  
• Station 10: Aroma Sensing and Organoleptic Evaluations (teas, essential oils, spices) (Dr. Juliani and Dr. Koroch)
• Station 11: Using Genetic Markers for Botanical Authentication and Fingerprinting
(Dr. Belanger)
• Station 12: Genetic Improvement Strategies: In Vitro Propagation of Medicinal Plants (Dr. Koroch)

7:00     End

Foran Hall, Room 138A

7:30     Depart for Field trip (Bring your camera, comfortable walking shoes and a hat).

Objectives: to better understand and appreciate the critical role plant genetics plays in the accumulation of natural products; to see specific chemotypes that have and others that lack the targeted bioactive compounds; to appreciate the search for bioactives needs to be in parallel with the search for the best ‘plant’; and to recognize the importance that quality in MAPs and botanicals begins with the germplasm and is a continuum along the commodity chain from seed to final product.

For The Amateur Photographer: In this field trip, one of the instructors Steven Foster is a professional photographer, as well as noted ethnobotanist. Steve will provide lessons and assistance to participants in their photographic techniques so that they come away with the best possible images from the entire event. Steve’s recent book, Desk Reference to Nature’s Medicine, published by National Geographic is just one example of his photos.

WORKSHOP II: The Role of Agriculture in the Commercialization of Natural Products

8:30     Tour the Snyder Experimental Research Farm in Pittstown, New Jersey. Located in Northwestern New Jersey, about 1 hour from campus where you’ll see commercial varieties, breeding lines and chemotypes of a wide range of medicinal and aromatic plants, specialized walk-in dryers and pilot-scale portable distillation unit.
10:30   Models of Commercialization and New Crop Introduction of MAPs and Botanicals (Dr. Simon)
11:30   Break- Lunch Boxed lunches will be provided
11:45   Development of new value-added products from processing waste streams (Dr. Juliani)
PM:
1:00     Depart for Next Stop (35 min, 18 miles)
1:45     Well-Sweep Herb Farm. Located in Port Murray, New Jersey. The family endeavor is home to one of the largest collections of herbs and perennials in the country. Cyrus and Louis, owners are phenomenal plant collectors and they will give us a private tour of their aromatic and medicinal plant collections.
3:30     Depart for Next Stop (14 min, 7.5 miles)
4:00     The Herbalist & Alchemist- Beth Lambert and David Winston. Tour their botanical processing and product formulation company; discuss the uses of medicinal plants in health care, product formulations, and quality control with one of the nations leading herbalists, David Winston.
6:00     Departure  (1 h,  55 miles)
7:00     Expecting to return back to New Brunswick

Foran Hall, Room 138A
7:30     Continental Breakfast
8:30     Botanical Product Formulations (Karla Deud Jose)
9:30     A Commodity Chain Approach to Natural Product Commercialization (Dr. Simon)
10:30   Break
10:45    Challenges in the Processing and Marketing Chain (Mr. Foster)
11:45   Economics of the Natural Product Sector: Global and National Perspectives and Trends (Dr. Govindasamy)
12:45   Lunch
2:00     WORKSHOP III: Good Botanical Practices (Dr. Struwe)

• Station 1: Plant Taxonomy: A Primer
  
• Station 2: Traditional Botanical Taxonomy
  

3:30     Break
3:45    WORKSHOP IV: Good Agricultural and Collection Practices (GAP/GACP) (Dr. Simon and Dr. Juliani)

• Station 1: Ecological Importance of Essential Oils and Bioactive Compounds,
  
• Station 2: Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and Linkage to Quality
  
• Station 3: Organic Production and Certification
  
• Station 4: HACCP Program Development and Need for Certification (Dr. Garvin)
  
• Station 5: Commercial Production and Essential Oils, Spices and Botanicals of Selected Temperate-Zone and Tropical Plants
  
• Station 6: Development of Sustainable Collecting Systems: Case Studies with African botanicals
  
• Station 7: Case Studies from Madagascar
  
• Station 8: Environmental Concerns and Issues

6:00     End

 

The New York Botanical Garden
WORKSHOP V: Bioprospecting, Good Botanical Practices-Part II and IP Issues
6:30     Depart for The New York Botanical Garden
8:00     Welcome, Dr. Jim Miller, The New York Botanical Garden
8:15     Tour of the facilities, herbarium, library and labs
9:00     Medicinal plants Conservation and Botanical Gardens
9:30     Good Botanical Practices Workshop
(i) Introduction to Collecting
(ii) Herbarium Voucher Specimen Preparation and Mounting for Botanical Identification and Authentication
Noon   Lunch (on your own)
1:00     Bioprospecting Models and The NYBG Programs
2:00     Developing Collaborative Agreements in Collection, IP Issues and Discussion
3:30     Tour of The New York Botanical Garden
5:00     End
7:00     Banquet (location TBD)
11:00   Return to New Brunswick

Foran Hall, 138A and NUANPP Conference Room
8:00-10:00       Private and/or Group Appointments to Address Specific Issues and Potential Collaborations
10:00-2:00pm  Special Requested Trainings

Safe Journey Home