Keynote speaker 1 : Situation and trends in development of functional foods.
Short Biography
Prof. Dr. Nuntavan Bunyapraphatsara has been an active staff of the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University. She was also the head of the Medicinal Plant Information Center (MPIC), Mahidol University started in 1979 which was later accorded a status equivalent to an academic department within the Faculty of Pharmacy Mahidol University. She is now the consultant on medicinal plants at the Thailand Research Fund.
Beginning in 1995, Mahidol University and the National Scientific and Technological Development Agency (NSTDA) made an agreement to set up the Service Center for Medicinal Plant Information (SCMPI), National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University. The main tasks of the Center are to assimilate information on medicinalplants from various sources and to render services to government and private agencies, researchers, students and the general public in medicinal plant data search and analysis. Moreover, the Center also disseminate information on medicinal plants in other formats such as short-termed training, production of various teaching media, including books on medicinal plants and Thai traditional medicine, newsletters, journals, video and slides, CD-ROMs, etc.
She was also the head of the Medicinal Plant Information Center (MPIC), Mahidol University started in 1979 which was later accorded a status equivalent to an academic department within the Faculty of Pharmacy Mahidol University.
She is now the consultant on medicinal plants at the Thailand Research Fund.Beginning in 1995, Mahidol University and the National Scientific and Technological Development Agency (NSTDA) made an agreement to set up the Service Center for Medicinal Plant Information (SCMPI), National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University. The main tasks of the Center are to assimilate information on medicinalplants from various sources and to render services to government and private agencies, researchers, students and the general public in medicinal plant data search and analysis. Moreover, the Center also disseminate information on medicinal plants in other formats such as short-termed training, production of various teaching media, including books on medicinal plants and Thai traditional medicine, newsletters, journals, video and slides, CD-ROMs, etc.
The Thailand Research Fund (TRF) presented an “Outstanding Research Awards 2007” to Prof. Nuntavan Bunyapraphatsara and team. She received the award from the research entitled “Research and Development of Chilli and Chilli Products”.