55. Međunarodni simpozij o eteričnim uljima - ISEO 2025
(55th International Symposium on Essential Oils - ISEO 2025)
Univerzitet u Sarajevu - Farmaceutski fakultet i Udruženje kriminalista, kriminologa i menadžera sigurnosti, a pod pokroviteljstvom Univerziteta u Sarajevu i ISEO Permanentnog naučnog odbora, uspješno je organizovao 55. Međunarodni simpozij o eteričnim uljima - ISEO 2025 (55th International Symposium on Essential Oils - ISEO 2025). Simpozij je održan od 07. do 10. septembra 2025. godine u Hotelu Holiday u Sarajevu, Bosni i Hercegovini.
Simpozij ISEO se održava svake godine od 1968. godine, a ove godine kao organizatori dobili smo izuzetnu priliku i čast da organizujemo jedan ovako renomirani simpozij u Sarajevu.
ISEO je sastanak na kojem se renomirani predavači, akademski i industrijski stručnjaci i profesionalci, kao partneri, okupljaju kako bi podijelili informacije i znanja o najnovijim istraživačkim nalazima usmjerenim na eterična ulja, isparljive supstance i srodne prirodne proizvode. Kroz tematske sesije, podstiče se dijalog i akademsko umrežavanje kako bi se olakšala daljnja istraživanja, od uzgoja biljaka, analize, biogeneze, hemije i biološke aktivnosti, sinteze bioaktivnih spojeva eteričnih ulja, toksikologije, sigurnosti i upotrebe eteričnih ulja u aromaterapiji, medicini, farmaceutskoj industriji, prehrambenoj industriji (ljudskoj i životinjskoj), industriji mirisa i kozmetici.
ISEO privlači pažnju učesnika ne samo iz evropskih zemalja, već i iz šireg naučnog svijeta koji se fokusira na eterična ulja. Ove godine na ISEO 2025 učestvovalo je 135 registrovanih učesnika iz 29 država svijeta. Učesnici su bili iz: Austrije, Belgije, Bosne i Hercegovine, Brazila, Češke, Egipata, Francuske, Hrvatske, Indije, Italije, Japana, Kanade, Kuvajta, Mađarske, Malezije, Nigerije, Njemačke, Poljske, Portugala, Rumunije, Sjevernog Kipra (Kipar), Sjeverne Makedonije, Slovenije, Slovačke, Srbije, Švicarske, Turske, USA i Velike Britanije. Na simpozijumu je prezentirano 31 oralnih i 69 poster prezentacija.
Vrhunski plenarni i key note izlagači predstavili su posebno značejne tematske cjeline u cilju poticanja dijaloga i akademskog umrežavanja te olakšavanja daljnjih mogućnosti istraživanja i uspostavljanja trajnih veza među obrazovnim, naučno-istraživačkim i privrednim institucijama.
Pozvani predavači su održali 8 plenarnih i 4 key note predavanja.
Plenarna predavanja:
- Kemal Hüsnü Can Başer (Near East University Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacognosy, Lefkoşa (Nicosia), Northern Cyprus): “Carvacrol and Its Biological Activities: An Updated Review”
- Igor Jerković (University of Split, Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, Department of Organic Chemistry and Mediterranean Institute for Life Scieneces, Split, Croatia): "Insight into the chemical diversity of volatile organic compounds from chosen macroalgae compared to plants"
- Nur Latifah Kamaruddin, Ph.D. (CEO, Founder of Borneo Essentials, Borneo, Malaysia): "Halal Essential Oils: A Rising Trend in the Global Market"
- Cécile Bascoul, Ph.D. (Director of Product Safety, dōTERRA International, UT, USA): „Methods and strategies to evaluate the safety of essential oils as natural complex substances“
- Jasim Ahmed, Ph.D. (Research Scientist, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research Food Safety Program; Environment & Life Sciences Research Center, Safat, Kuwait City, Kuwait): „Essential Oils and Their Role in Designing Active Packaging , Controlled Release of Bioactives , and Food Safety: An Overview“
- Midhat Jašić, Ph.D. Emeritus (University of Tuzla,Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina): “Current status and needs for improving essential oils standardization intended for the food supplements production“
- Branislav Milovanović (University of Belgrade, Medical Faculty, Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases-Dedinje, Belgrade, Serbia): „The significance of the essential oils in the treatment of postinfection syndromes: Long Covid, Chronic fatigue syndrome and Late Lyme syndrome: neurocardiological approach and experience“
- Jonathan M. Bonello, Ph.D. (IFEAT- International Federation of Essential Oils & Aroma Trades, IFEAT Scientific Platform Coordinator, London, UK): "Decoding Natural Extracts: From Complexity to Classification"
Key note predavanja:
- Rana Babaç Çelebi, Ph.D. (Istanbul Medipol University’s International School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye): "Alchemy of Scent: Essential oils at the cross-roads of medicine, perfumery and innovation" + Workshop: Art of Perfumery in Ottoman Empire
- K.B. Rameshkumar, Ph.D. (Principal Scientist, Phytochemistry and Phytopharmacology Division Convener and Sc i/c; Central Instrumentation Facility- JNTBGRI KSCSTE-Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute Palode, Kerala, India): "Aromatic plants and perfumery in India - The legacy revisited"
- Sónia A.O. Santos, Ph.D. (Researcher at CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal): "Essential oil from Eucalyptus globulus leaves: The (un)expected potential"
- Maren Protzen, Ph.D. (President of the German Society of Perfumers, Hamburg, Germany): "Palmarosa oil – from field to ISO standard".
Tradicija dodjele ISEO Medalje časti, koju sponzorira Merck, nastavljena je i u Sarajevu tokom događaja ISEO 2025, a Medalja časti je dodijeljena za dvoje naučnih velikana iz oblasti istraživanja eteričnih ulja.
Laureati ove godine su bili:
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Buchbauer, Emeritiert, University of Vienna, Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vienna, Austria
Prof. Dr. Ana Cristina Figueiredo, University of Lisbon, Faculty of Sciences of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Također, na ceremoniji zatvaranja ISEO 2025 uručene su prigodne nagrade za najbolju oralnu i poster prezentaciju svih učesnika, kao i za mlade istraživače dobitnike IFEAT Young Scientist Fellowship Award, kao podsticaj za njihov daljnji rad i napredak u nauci i istraživanju.
Nagrada za najbolju oralnu i poster prezentaciju među učesnicima dodijeljena je:
- Katarzyna Pokajewicz (Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Opole University, Opole, Poland): „Is Linalyl Anthranilate Indeed Found in Plant Samples? GC-MS Misidentifications in the Scientific Literature” autora: Pokajewicz K.a,*, Biernat T.b, Wieczorek P. P.a, OP
- Lucie Baroux (Dsm-Firmenich, Satigny, Switzerland): “Orris Butter Authentication: Analytical Approach Using Orthogonal Techniques to Ensure Origin and Purity” autora: Merle, P.a, Felix, J-A.a, Neuter, A.a, Baroux, L.a,*, PP
Nagrada za najbolju oralnu i poster prezentaciju među mladim istraživačima dodijeljena je:
- Elif Beyza Özer (University of Ataturk-Faculty of Pharmacy, Erzurum, Türkiye) “Fragrant Frontiers in Herbal Medicine: GC-MS/MS Analysis and Enzyme Inhibitory Activities of Salvia albimaculata, Salvia viridis, and Salvia tomentosa“ autora: Mahab M.M.M.a, Özer E. B.a,e,*, Bilge A.b, Yuca H.a, Demirci B.c, Karakaya S.d
- Francesca Cannizzaro (Messina Institute of Technology c/o Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, former Veterinary School, University of Messina, Messina, Italy) „Comprehensive Analysis of Mandarin Essential Oils by means of Enantio-selective Multidimensional Gas Chromatography coupled to Isotopic Ratio Mass Spectrometry“ autora: Cannizzaro, F.a,*, Cucinotta, L.a, Sciarrone, D.a, Mondello, L.a,b
Na ceremoniji zatvaranja ISEO 2025 najavljen je i sljedeći simpozijum „56th International Symposium on Essential Oils - ISEO 2026“ koji će se održati od 06. do 09. septembra 2026. godine u Grasse, Francuska.
Zahvaljujemo se našim sponzorima: IFEAT (The International Federation of Essential Oils and Aroma Trades), Merck Group, Atelier Aromaterapi, Halilović d.o.o., Herbal Group, Bosnalijek d.d., Eko Aromatik d.o.o., Bioss Petrović, Komora magistara farmacije Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine.
IFEAT (The International Federation of Essential Oils and Aroma Trades) je sponzorisao 38 nagrada mladim naučnicima i istraživačima (studentske kotizacije), među kojima je 9 studenata iz Bosne i Hercegovine, a od toga 7 sa Univerziteta u Sarajevu – Farmaceutskog fakulteta u okviru istraživačke grupe u sastavu prof. dr. Hurija Džudžević-Čančar, doc. dr. Amra Alispahić i doc. dr. Alema Dedić.
Detaljnije informacije kao i galerija slika sa ISEO 2025 se mogu naći na web stranici https://www.iseoils.com/info-2025.
55th International Symposium on Essential Oils - ISEO 2025
The University of Sarajevo - Faculty of Pharmacy and the Association of Criminologists, Criminologists and Security Managers, under the auspices of the University of Sarajevo and the ISEO Permanent Scientific Committee, successfully organized the 55th International Symposium on Essential Oils - ISEO 2025. The symposium was held from September 7 to 10, 2025 at the Holiday Hotel in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The ISEO symposium has been held every year since 1968, and this year as organizers we were given the exceptional opportunity and honour to organize such an outstanding symposium in Sarajevo.
ISEO is a meeting where renowned lecturers, academic and industrial experts and professionals, as partners, come together to share information and knowledge on the latest research findings focused on essential oils, volatile substances and related natural products. Through thematic sessions, dialogue and academic networking are encouraged to facilitate further research, from plant breeding, analysis, biogenesis, chemistry and biological activity, synthesis of bioactive compounds of essential oils, toxicology, safety and use of essential oils in aromatherapy, medicine, pharmaceutical industry, food industry (human and animal), fragrance industry and cosmetics.
ISEO attracts the attention of participants not only from European countries, but also from the wider scientific world focusing on essential oils. This year, ISEO 2025 was attended by 135 registered participants from 29 countries around the world. Participants came from: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Croatia, India, Italy, Japan, Canada, Kuwait, Hungary, Malaysia, Nigeria, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Northern Cyprus (Cyprus), North Macedonia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, USA and Great Britain. The symposium featured 31 oral and 69 poster presentations.
Top plenary and keynote speakers presented particularly significant thematic units with the aim of stimulating dialogue and academic networking, facilitating further research opportunities and establishing lasting connections between educational, scientific-research and business institutions.
Invited speakers delivered 8 plenary and 4 keynote lectures.
Plenary lectures:
1. Prof. Kemal Hüsnü Can Başer (Near East University Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacognosy, Lefkoşa (Nicosia), Northern Cyprus): “Carvacrol and Its Biological Activities: An Updated Review”
2. Prof. Igor Jerković (University of Split, Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, Department of Organic Chemistry and Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences, Split, Croatia): "Insight into the chemical diversity of volatile organic compounds from chosen macroalgae compared to plants"
3. Dr. Nur Latifah Kamaruddin, Ph.D. (CEO, Founder of Borneo Essentials, Borneo, Malaysia): "Halal Essential Oils: A Rising Trend in the Global Market"
4. Dr. Cécile Bascoul, Ph.D. (Director of Product Safety, dōTERRA International, UT, USA): "Methods and strategies to evaluate the safety of essential oils as natural complex substances"
5. Dr. Jasim Ahmed, Ph.D. (Research Scientist, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research Food Safety Program; Environment & Life Sciences Research Center, Safat, Kuwait City, Kuwait): "Essential Oils and Their Role in Designing Active Packaging, Controlled Release of Bioactives, and Food Safety: An Overview"
6. Prof. Midhat Jašić, Ph.D. Emeritus (University of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina): "Current status and needs for improving essential oils standardization intended for the food supplements production"
7. Prof. Branislav Milovanović (University of Belgrade, Medical Faculty, Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases-Dedinje, Belgrade, Serbia): "The significance of the essential oils in the treatment of postinfection syndromes: Long Covid, Chronic fatigue syndrome and Late Lyme syndrome: neurocardiological approach and experience"
8. Dr. Jonathan M. Bonello, Ph.D. (IFEAT- International Federation of Essential Oils & Aroma Trades, IFEAT Scientific Platform Coordinator, London, UK): "Decoding Natural Extracts: From Complexity to Classification"
Key note lectures:
1. Dr. Rana Babaç Çelebi, Ph.D. (Istanbul Medipol University's International School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye): "Alchemy of Scent: Essential oils at the cross-roads of medicine, perfumery and innovation" + Workshop: Art of Perfumery in Ottoman Empire
2. Dr. K.B. Rameshkumar, Ph.D. (Principal Scientist, Phytochemistry and Phytopharmacology Division Convener and Sc i/c; Central Instrumentation Facility- JNTBGRI KSCSTE-Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute Palode, Kerala, India): "Aromatic plants and perfumery in India - The legacy revisited"
3. Sónia A.O. Santos, Ph.D. (Researcher at CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal): "Essential oil from Eucalyptus globulus leaves: The (un)expected potential"
4. Dr. Maren Protzen, Ph.D. (President of the German Society of Perfumers, Hamburg, Germany): "Palmarosa oil – from field to ISO standard".
The tradition of awarding the ISEO Medal of Honor, sponsored by Merck, continued in Sarajevo during the ISEO 2025 event, and the Medal of Honor was awarded to two scientific giants in the field of essential oil research.
This year's laureates were:
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Buchbauer, Emeritiert, University of Vienna, Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vienna, Austria
Prof. Dr. Ana Cristina Figueiredo, University of Lisbon, Faculty of Sciences of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Also, at the closing ceremony of ISEO 2025, special awards were presented for the best oral and poster presentations of all participants, as well as for the young researchers who won the IFEAT Young Scientist Fellowship Award, as an incentive for their further work and progress in science and research.
The prize for the best oral and poster presentation among the participants was awarded to:
1. Katarzyna Pokajewicz (Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Opole University, Opole, Poland): "Is Linalyl Anthranilate Indeed Found in Plant Samples? GC-MS Misidentifications in the Scientific Literature" by: Pokajewicz K.a,*, Biernat T.b, Wieczorek P. P.a, OP
2. Lucie Baroux (Dsm-Firmenich, Satigny, Switzerland): “Orris Butter Authentication: Analytical Approach Using Orthogonal Techniques to Ensure Origin and Purity” by: Merle, P.a, Felix, J-A.a, Neuter, A.a, Baroux, L.a,*, PP
The prize for the best oral and poster presentation among young researchers was awarded to:
1. Elif Beyza Özer (University of Ataturk-Faculty of Pharmacy, Erzurum, Türkiye) "Fragrant Frontiers in Herbal Medicine: GC-MS/MS Analysis and Enzyme Inhibitory Activities of Salvia albimaculata, Salvia viridis, and Salvia tomentosa" author: Mahab M.M.M.a, Özer E. B.a,e,*, Bilge A.b, Yuca H.a, Demirci B.c, Karakaya S.d
2. Francesca Cannizzaro (Messina Institute of Technology c/o Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, former Veterinary School, University of Messina, Messina, Italy) "Comprehensive Analysis of Mandarin Essential Oils by means of Enantio-selective Multidimensional Gas Chromatography coupled to Isotopic Ratio Mass Spectrometry" author: Cannizzaro, F.a,*, Cucinotta, L.a, Sciarrone, D.a, Mondello, L.a,b
At the closing ceremony of ISEO 2025, the next symposium "56th International Symposium on Essential Oils - ISEO 2026" was announced, which will be held from September 6 to 9, 2026 in Grasse, France.
We would like to thank our sponsors: IFEAT (The International Federation of Essential Oils and Aroma Trades), Merck Group, Atelier Aromaterapi, Halilović d.o.o., Herbal Group, Bosnalijek d.d., Eko Aromatik d.o.o., Bioss Petrović, Chamber of Pharmacy Masters of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
IFEAT (The International Federation of Essential Oils and Aroma Trades) sponsored 38 scholarship awards to young scientists and researchers (student fees), including 9 students from Bosnia and Herzegovina, 7 of whom are from the University of Sarajevo - Faculty of Pharmacy within the research group consisting of Prof. Dr. Hurija Džudžević-Čančar, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Amra Alispahić and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alema Dedić
More detailed information and a photo gallery about ISEO 2025 can be found on the website https://www.iseoils.com/info-2025.