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• ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
• INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF ABSTRACTS
• INSTRUCTIONS FOR POSTER CONTRIBUTIONS
• TOPICS
• SPEAKER ZONE

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

To be able to submit your abstract, you need an e-mail address and internet access. Please ensure that the e-mail address is typed correctly, otherwise you will not be able to receive important messages regarding the status of the abstract.

Please submit your abstract online using the abstract submission link below. Please note that abstracts sent by fax or regular mail will not be accepted. For the preparation of your abstract please use the abstract template which is available both on the conference website and on the abstract submission link below (please click here for an example).

A confirmation email indicating a successful upload will be automatically sent to the email address you have indicated on the first page of this submission form.

Deadline for abstract submission is April 3rd 2009. Abstracts of all accepted contributions will be printed in a regular issue of Planta Medica dedicated to the congress. Accepted abstracts will only be printed in the special issue of Planta Medica if the registration fee is received before April 30th 2009.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF ABSTRACTS

All abstracts must be prepared according to the following instructions. Abstracts which do not comply with the guidelines listed below will be returned directly to the authors for correction before they can enter the reviewing process.

1. The abstract must be written in English and should be checked by a native English speaker.

2. The abstract should be brief and concise. Concerning style please refer to the model abstract.

3. The abstract should have dimensions of 17.0 cm (width) x 12.0 cm (height), including figures, tables and references. The maximum length of the body of the text must not exceed 250 words (or 2000 characters including spaces). Longer abstracts will be rejected. Please use Arial Narrow as font and single line spacing for the entire abstract.

4. The title should be short and informative, with a maximum length of two lines. It should be written in bold letters, with a font size of 12 pt. Leave a blank line with font size 11 pt. between the author(s) and the name(s) of the institution(s).

5. The name(s) of the author(s) should be written in italic letters, with a font size of 11 pt.; please underline the name of the presenting author. Do not leave any blank lines between the author(s) and the name(s) of the institution(s).

6. Type the name(s) of the institution(s), incl. the address for correspondence, city and country, in normal letters with a font size of 9 pt. Leave a blank line with font size of 11 pt. between the address(es) and the body text.

7. The body of the text should be written with a font size of 11 pt.

8. The abstract should be as substantial and concise as possible: the aim of work, the applied methods, the main results and a conclusion should be presented. Statistical evaluation is obligatory for pharmacological and clinical data. Do not use phrases like “… results will be presented…”

9. Abstracts will undergo a strict peer review process. Abstracts without definite results will not be accepted.

10. Diagrams or tables have to be of good quality and large enough: the lettering should still be clearly legible after a reduction of 1:0.8. For drawing structural formulas Chem Draw® or comparable programs should be used.

11. The internationally accepted system of units (SI-units) should be used. The chemical nomenclature must be in accordance with the systematic rules adopted by IUPAC or Chemical Abstracts. Trivial names should be avoided unless they have a definite advantage over the corresponding systematic names.

12. Acknowledgements (italic): list of institutions and/or persons in normal letters with a font size of 9 pt.

13. The References have to be numbered in the order of their appearance in the text [1,2,3..] [in normal letters]; arrange the list of references in this order at the end of the abstract. Please keep the number of references to a minimum. Include a maximum of two authors, followed by the year, journal abbreviation (in accordance with Chemical Abstracts), volume and pagination. The font size for the references should be 9 pt.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR POSTER CONTRIBUTIONS

The dimensions of the posters should be 0.84m (33 inch) x 1.20m (47 inch) (width x height), equivalent to A0 size. Poster presenters are kindly requested to follow these instructions:

• Authors are kindly requested to attach their posters on the predetermined poster board which will be numbered according to the code number of their abstract.

• The code number of each abstract will be placed on each poster board by the Organizer.

• Authors are kindly requested to prepare the full title of their abstract, the names of authors and co-authors, as well as the institutes / hospitals they work for.

• All material needed for attaching posters will be provided to authors by the Congress Secretariat which will be operating at the Congress Venue.

TOPICS

• Lead finding from Nature

• Conservation and biodiversity issues

• Plants and aging of the population

• Natural products and neglected diseases

• Anti-cancer agents

• HIV and viral diseases

• Quality control and safety assessments of phytomedicines

• Prevention of metabolic diseases by medicinal plants and nutraceuticals

• Cosmetics, flavours and aromas

Please enter the Speaker Zone (using your personal access key) if:

• You have submitted an abstract an would like now to register to the conference

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If you have problems with your abstract submission, please contact KUONI Destination Management Geneva at: