The 25th Herbal Drug Raw Materials Meeting (BIHAT), which has been held regularly every two years for 48 years, was held in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, hosted by the Near East University Faculty of Pharmacy. The event, hosted for the first time by Northern Cyprus, was carried out by the Departments of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany of Near East University Faculty of Pharmacy.
The meeting, which was held with the main theme of “Herbal Drugs from Tradition to the Future”, was organized with the aim of introducing high value-added products from natural resources to science and society. Current developments in the field were discussed at BIHAT, which is the most prestigious meeting held in the field of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany. The opening speeches were made by Near East University Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Umut Aksoy and Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy Prof. Dr. Prof. Dr. İhsan Çalış, and the meeting was co-chaired by Head of the Pharmacognosy Department of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Director of the Graduate Education Institute Prof. Dr. K. Hüsnü Can Başer and Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy Prof. Dr. Prof. Dr. İhsan Çalış.
The XXV. Herbal Drug Raw Materials Meeting, which brought together 80 participants from the pharmacognosy and pharmaceutical botany departments of pharmacy faculties in Turkey and Cyprus in the TRNC, featured 12 invited presentations, 17 oral presentations and 42 poster presentations in eight sessions.
The most established scientific platform in Turkey and the TRNC; from 1976 to the present…
One of the most established scientific platforms in the field of herbal drug raw materials, BIHAT aims to bring products obtained from natural resources to the benefit of science and society. The meeting, which was first organized in 1976 under the leadership of the late Prof. Dr. Turhan Baytop, a faculty member of the Istanbul University Faculty of Pharmacy, brings together experts in many fields such as botany, ethnobotany, phytochemistry, pharmacology and industrial uses. These meetings, which are held with the aim of benefiting from the rich flora of Turkey and the TRNC in a sustainable way, make great contributions to scientific research on herbal drug raw materials in the fields of agriculture and chemistry, especially in the pharmaceutical and medicine sector.
The logo of BIHAT also bears the signature of Prof. Dr. İhsan Çalış, who hosted the event this year as the Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy of Near East University. The daisy drawing signed by Prof. Dr. İhsan Çalış has been used as the logo of BIHAT since 1978 upon the suggestion of Prof. Dr. Mekin Tanker.
Prof. Dr. İhsan Çalış: “We are very delighted to host BIHAT, which has a history of almost half a century, in the TRNC.”
Emphasizing the importance of the meeting, Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy of Near East University, Prof. Dr. Prof. Dr. İhsan Çalış said, “We are very delighted to host BIHAT, which has a history of nearly half a century in the field of herbal drug raw materials, for the first time in the TRNC.” Reminding that they have undertaken many projects upon the vision of contributing to scientific research and public health as Near East University, Prof. Dr. İhsan Çalış said, “Our faculty’s Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany Departments also stand out as one of the strongest centers in the region with their research and education studies in the field of herbal drug raw materials.” Prof. Dr. İhsan Çalış also added; “I believe that we will take important steps towards introducing products obtained from natural resources to science and society with the academicians and scientists attending the meeting from Turkey and the TRNC.”
