Research Intention

Phytochemistry and Analytical Chemistry

• Determination of biological activity of plant-derived material (dietary and medicinal plants)
  • Antioxidant
  • Antiproliferative/anticancer
  • Antiinflammatory
  • Anthelmintic
• Detailed characterization of biologically active plant-derived compounds, their isolation and structure elucidation
  • High performance liquid chromatography hyphenated to UV detector or mass spectrometer (HPLC-UV/Vis; LC-MS)
  • Gas chromatography with mass spectrometer (GC-MS)
  • MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry
  • Olfactometry

Ethnobotany and Etnopharmacology

• Documentation of traditional use of plants by different human cultures; in particular plants that are used for medicinal purposes
• Endeavor to explain/verify the traditional use of plants with help of modern scientific methods (as mentioned above)