12th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
ON CHROMATOGRAPHY OF NATURAL PRODUCTS

10-13 MAY 2026, LUBLIN

www.pharmacognosy.org

SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM

Scientific program

Sunday, May 10th

16.00 – 18.00

Registration

18.00 -21.00

Welcome reception

Monday, May 11th

9.00 – 10.00

Registration

10.00 – 10.30

Opening
ceremony

Opening lecture

Chair: Kazimierz GŁOWNIAK (Lublin, Poland)

10.30 – 11.15

PL 1: Guenther BONN (Innsbruck, Austria)

Analytical strategies for phytochemical screening and cellular testing: Applications on
Earth and aboard the ISS

11.15 – 12.00

Coffee
break

Session I

Chairs: Judith ROLLINGER (Austria) & Ilkay E. ORHAN (Turkey)

12.00 – 12.40

PL2: Leandros SKALTSOUNIS (Greece)

The olive tree (Olea europaea), an invaluable source of bioactive molecules

12.40 – 13.00

OP1: Benedikt SCHWARZ (Austria)

From complexity to a single marker: A unified enrichment and reduction workflow for pyrrolizidine alkaloid quantification in natural products

13.00 – 13.20

OP2: Phila RAHARIVELOMANANA (FrenchPolynesia) 
Feature-based molecular networks identification of Fagrea berteroana bioactive molecules targeting the dermal papilla cells of the hair cycle

13.20 – 13.40

OP3: Martina SAVOVA (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)

“Cycloastragenol enhances metabolic homeostasis in C. elegans through redox signalling modulation

13.40 – 14.30

Lunch

Session II:
Young Scientists

Chairs: Phila RAHARIVELOMANANA (French Polynesia)
             & Adam MATKOWSKI (Poland)

14.30 – 14.50

YSL1: Filip NOWACZYŃSKI (Lublin, Poland)

Geographical stability and environmental modulation of secondary metabolites in Marchantia polymorpha across Europe

14.50 – 15.10

YSL2: Mateusz KNAP (Cracow, Poland)

Chromatographic characterization of betacyanin preparations with
antioxidant potential obtained from Hylocereus polyrhizus fruit extracts

15.10 – 15.30

YSL3: Kajetan GRZELKA (Wrocław, Poland)

Influence of Pulsed Electric Field (PEF) treatment on the phytochemical profile of Iris domestica Natural Deep Eutectic Solvent (NDES) extracts

15.30 – 15.50

YSL4: Marek RYBAK (Lublin, Poland)

Linden inflorescences and elderflower as natural products with antiviral properties

15.50 – 16.10

YSL5: Wojciech PAŹDZIORA (Cracow, Poland) 
Isoflavones-rich Fabaceae plants and their impact on thyroid cells in vitro

16.10 – 16.45

Coffee break

16.45 – 18.00

Poster session 1

Tuesday, May 12th

Session III

Chair: Nikolas FOKIALAKIS (Greece)

10.00 – 10.40

PL3: Judith ROLLINGER (Austria)

Chromatography: Breaking complexity for natural product drug discovery

10.40 – 11.00

OP4: Maonian XU (Reykjavik, Iceland)

Chiral Chromatography and Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Usnic and Isousnic Acid
Enantiomers in Lichens

11.00 – 11.20

OP5: László Frici NÉMETH (Hungary)

Enormous saving achieved by process optimization in the purification of a high value botanical extract

11.20 – 11.45

Coffee break

Session IV

Chair: Milen I. GEORGIEV (Bulgaria)

11.45 – 12.25

PL4: Ilkay E. ORHAN (Ankara, Turkey)

Multi-faceted approach to neuroprotective potential of selected plant phenolics: insights from in vitro, in silico, and in vivo studies

12.25 – 13.05

PL5: Nikolas FOKIALAKIS (Athens, Greece)

Psychoactive Plants and Mushrooms: Transformative Science and Global Regulatory Transition

13.05 – 14.00

Lunch

14.00 – 16.00

Workshop  Anchem

Industrial-scale Purification of Psoralen from Angelicin Using CPC for Cost Efficient Production

16.00 – 17.15

Coffee break  & Poster session 2

20.00

Symposium dinner

Wednesday, May 13th

Session V

Chair: Leandros SKALTSOUNIS (Greece)

10.00 – 10.40

PL6: Milen I. GEORGIEV (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)

Unveiling аnti-obesity and longevity potential of natural products

10.40 – 11.00

OP6: Anna STASIŁOWICZ-KRZEMIEŃ (Poznań, Poland)

Decoding Cannabis: The Complexities Linking Chemical Composition with Biological Response

11.00 – 11.20

OP7: Ljuboš UŠJAK (Belgrade, Serbia)

Chemical investigation of Heracleum ternatum fruits: LC-QTOF-MS/MS analysis and CPC isolation

11.20 – 11.40

Coffee break

Session VI

Chairs: Milen I. GEORGIEV (Bulgaria)

11.40 – 12.10

PL7: Wenqi HUANG & Jiambo XIAO (Ourense, Spain)

Dietary EGCG Reshapes Metabolic-Epigenetic Interplay to Induce Transgenerational Host Defense

12.10 – 12.30

OP8: Łukasz ŚWIĄTEK (Lublin, Poland)

Antiviral Potential of Natural Products 

12.30 – 12.50

OP9: Mariusz A. BROMKE (Wrocław, Poland)

Mechanism of Action of the Combination of b-Aescin and Newly Synthesized
Alkylamidobetaines as Modern Components Eradicating the Biofilms of
Multidrug-Resistant Candida glabrata – Lipidome and Oxidative Stress Analysis

12.50 – 13.10

Closing remarks

13.10 – 14.00

Lunch

14.00

Guided walking tour of Lublin

IMPORTANT DATES!

April 29th, 2026 

Deadline for Abstract submission (Notification of Abstract acceptance)

April 29th, 2026

Early registration payment

Language

The official language of the symposium is English