Asia, comprised of more than 40 countries and 4.5 billion people, forms the biggest economic community in the world with the largest number of producers and consumers. New markets related to the natural products research, such as food, functional food, pharmaceuticals, and the medical industry, are fast expanding in the Asian region. But the values of such changes and developments are not shared equally. Therefore, Asian researchers in every country are now to communicate and collaborate to pioneer the new frontier of the world natural products research and industry.
Mission
Provide experts’ opinion to the governmental policy-making process to benefit Asian natural product applications;
Host academic conferences to encourage information exchange among the natural products scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs;
Educate the next generation of natural product scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs.