RevistaBrasileiradeFarmacognosia25(2015)313
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Editorial
Special
issue
for
Brazilian
Pharmacognosy
Lecturers
TheideaofpublishingaspecialissueoftheBrazilianJournalof PharmacognosyemergedinformallyinPortoAlegreinNovember 2014,duringthevisitofProfessorCidAMSantos,BJP Editor-in-Chief,anditwasenvisioned,initially,asanissuecontainingarticles thatreflectthecurrentstateofresearchbeingconductedin Phar-macognosyandnaturalproductsinBrazil.
Inthemeantime,theideabegantakingshapeandsuggestions wereexchangedbetweenseverallecturersofPharmacognosyand relatedareas.BecauseinmanyPharmacycoursespartofthe Phar-macognosycontenthasbeentransferredtootherdisciplines(such asPharmacobotany,Phytochemistry,Phytomedicine,Technology andQualitycontrolofdrugplants andtheirderivatives,among others),theconsensuswasthatrestrictingsubmissions to Phar-macognosylecturerswouldexcludethevaluablecontributionof theresearchersoftheaboveareas.
Thus, lecturers of various fields that include the subject of Pharmacognosywereinvitedtosubmittheirmanuscripts.Asa con-sequence,submissionsfromallareaswerereceived,showingthe multidisciplinarycharacterofPharmacognosy.In fact,thisissue indicatesthattheBrazilianJournalofPharmacognosyisakey vehi-cleforthedisseminationofresultsintheseareas.Ourjournal,today partofElsevierjournals,hasbroadinternationalvisibility,witha crescentimpactfactor(nowIFof0.832),andcouldbecomethemain
vehicleforBrazilianresearchersinnaturalproducts.Thisrealizes theidealsofProf.FernandodeOliveira,founderofBJPin1986,of supportingthis vehicleandtheworkbeingcarriedoutoverthe years.
Wethinkthatthisspecialissueisanefforttodisseminatethe currentadvancesinPharmacognosyinBrazilandtostimulate dis-cussionoffutureresearchdirectionsinthefield.TheEditorshope thattheideasandtechniquesdescribedinthisspecialissuewill beviewedasavaluablecontributiontothebroadfieldof Pharma-cognosy.Also,welookforwardtothetimewhenmoreresearchers willtakeupthesechallengesandusetheBrazilianJournalof Phar-macognosyasaforumfortheexchangeoftheirresearchresultsand ideas.
Wewouldliketoexpressoursinceregratitudetoalltheauthors for contributing to this special issue, as well as to the many reviewersforhelpingusinassessingthemanuscriptsandgiving constructivecommentstotheauthors.Wewouldalsoliketothank theentirestaffoftheBrazilianJournalofPharmacognosyforguiding usinaveryorganizedandsupportivemannerthroughtheeditorial process.
GilsaneLinovonPoser(GuestEditor)
CidAimbirédeMoraesSantos(Editor-in-Chief)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjp.2015.09.001
