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Pharmacognosy 2018
American Journal of Ethnomedicine
ISSN: 2348-9502
Page 47
April 16-17, 2018
Amsterdam, Netherlands
6
th
Edition of International Conference on
Pharmacognosy and
Medicinal Plants
Biography
Yiftach Vaknin completed his PhD from Tel-Aviv University and Post-doctoral studies from UC Davis, Pomology Department, CA, and UMR INRA/UAPV Ecol-
ogie des Invertébrés, France. He is currently a Senior Researcher at the Department of Natural Resources, Volcani Center in Israel. He has published more
than 35 papers in reputed journals and has developed new crops and innovative agro-technological methodologies for the food, medicinal and bioenergy
industries. His work onmedicinal plants was mainly focused on the following: Lemon eucalyptus for herbal infusions,
Moringa oleifera
as food supplement for
elevated milk production and milk quality in lactating cows and milk thistle for therapy of liver ailments.
yiftachv@volcani.agri.gov.il