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New publication in Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Improving the rigor and utility of botanical toxicity studies: Recommended resources Deval Patel, Barbara C. Sorkin, Constance A. Mitchell, Michelle R. Embry, Sharline Rina-Kong, Rebecca E. Adams, Emily R. DeTemple, Aalekhya Reddam, Stefan Gafner, Olaf Kelber, Cynthia V. Rider, Hellen Oketch-Rabah, Amy L. Roe, Robin J. Marles, Joseph Dever, Steven Dentali. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yrtph.2023.105471…

New BSC Review

Potential pharmacokinetic interactions with concurrent use of herbal medicines and a ritonavir-boosted COVID-19 protease inhibitor in low and middle-income countries Dallas J. Smith, Huichang Bi, Josias Hamman, Xiaochao Ma, Constance Mitchell, Kumbukani Nyirenda, Tsitsi Monera-Penduka, Hellen Oketch-Rabah, Mary F. Paine, Syril Pettit, Wihan Pheiffer, Richard B. Van Breemen and Michelle Embry. Frontiers in Pharmacology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2023.1210579 In…

BSC 2023 Annual Meeting

28 September 2023 Botanical Safety Consortium 2023 Annual Meeting held virtually on Thursday, September 28, 2023 from 9:00 – 3:30 (US Eastern). The meeting is free an open to all. Meeting flyer can be downloaded here. Click to Register

SPS 2023 Annual Meeting

18 – 21 September 2023 HESI Botanical Safety Consortium Cardiotoxicty Technical Working Group poster at the 2023 Safety Pharmacology Society Annual Meeting in Brussels, Belgium. P132: From neat compounds to complex mixtures: A potential screening strategy for cardiotoxic potential of botanicals. View full poster here. Go to Meeting Website

ETS 2023 Annual Meeting

17 – 20 September 2023 HESI Botanical Safety Consortium DART Technical Working Group poster at the 51st Annual Meeting of the European Teratology Society in Madrid, Spain. Go to Meeting Website

EMGS 2023 Annual Meeting

9 – 13 September 2023 HESI Botanical Safety Consortium Genotoxicity Technical Working Group poster presentation entitled “A Strategy for Developing a Robust Framework of Genotoxicity Assays for Safety Assessment of Botanicals” at the Environmental Mutagenesis & Genomics Society 54th Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, USA. Go to Meeting Website

ASP2023 – Current Topics in Botanical Safety Workshop

22 July 2023, 1:30 – 4:30pm HESI Botanical Safety Consortium workshop on Saturday, 22 July from 1:30 – 4:30pm at the 2023 American Society of Pharmacognosy Annual Meeting in Rockville, Maryland. Current Topics in Botanical Safety Sponsored by: The Botanical Safety Consortium Chairs: Dr. Hellen O’Ketch-Rabah & Dr. Michelle Embry The growing popularity and interest…

71st International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA)

July 5, 2023 BSC sponsored session on “Current Topics in Botanical Safety” at the 71st International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA) in Dublin, Ireland. View full program HERE

ICSB 2023

25 April 2023 HESI Botanical Safety Consortium session at the 21st International Conference on the Science of Botanicals (ICSB). ICSB Session 7a: Botanical Safety Assessment: Updates From The BSC Chair: Dan Marsman, Proctor & Gamble Location: OCC Auditorium Date:25 April 2023 at 1 pm-2:15 pm CT 1:00-1:25 Connie Mitchell, Health And Environmental Sciences Institute (HESI) – The…

Society of Toxicology 2023 Meeting

19-23 March 2023 HESI Botanical Safety Consortium at SOT2023 in person in Nashville. Symposium: New Approach Methodologies to Evaluate Botanical Safety, Monday 20 March, 1:45 pm – 4:30 pm Poster: Predicted Pharmacokinetic Properties of Botanical Constituents, Tuesday 21 March, 2:30 – 4:15 am Poster: A Potential Screening Strategy for Neuroactive Potential of Botanicals, Wednesday 22…