Thieme Award for the Most Innovative Planta Medica Original Paper

Ever since 2013, Thieme awards every year the most promising paper published in Planta Medica in the previous year with a monetary prize. The decision of the jury – the Editors of the journal – is strictly based on scientific quality and on the interest that the paper has met with in the scientific community.

The 2026 winners are:

for their paper

Baicalein Alleviates Neuropathic Pain by Inhibiting Microglial Activation and Inflammation Via the TLR4/NF-κB p65 Pathway (Planta Med 2025; 91: 758-770).

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the paper.