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The 'What' and 'Why' of Herbal Medicine Analysis
Modernizing the old
art of plant medicine practice requires
addressing the three interrelated issues of ‘quality’,
‘safety’, and ‘efficacy’. The 'pharmaceutical
quality' of plant medicines is
critically important as it does also affect the efficacy
and safety of these drugs....More
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Engineering stilbene
metabolic pathways in
microbial cells.
Biotechnology
Advances.
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OR,
Free Download Access
Until 7 January 2017 |
Anthocyanins
in the Management of
Metabolic Syndrome: A
Pharmacological and
Biopharmaceutical
Review. Frontiers in
Pharmacology.
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Nano
based drug delivery
systems: recent
developments and future
prospects. Journal of
Nanobiotechnology
16:71. (33 pages).
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Targeting
mTORs by omega-3 fatty
acids: A possible novel
therapeutic strategy for
neurodegeneration?
Pharmacological Research
135, 37-48 |
The
brain-derived
neurotrophic factor in
neuronal plasticity and
neuroregeneration: new
pharmacological concepts
for old and new drugs...Pererspective
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Read
our article on
potential application of
citrus by-products as
antibacterial agents.
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Just completed our
annual pharmaceutical
congress...
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Still
open and will be
completed by September
2018.
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Now
Open for Paper
Submission
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Plant-Derived
Anticancer Agents:
Lessons from the
Pharmacology of
Geniposide and Its
Aglycone, Genipin ...Out
Latest Review:
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We have isolated a novel
compound from Senna
torra that we named
'cassiatorin'
and shown promising crop
protective effect
against cowpea
weevil attack.
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Read the
story of caffeic acid
joining danshensu to
greet Alzheimer’s
disease. It is all about
molecular pharmacology,
chemistry of compounds
synthesized from these
two polyphenolic
compounds and drug
discovery options based
on their pharmacology.
The free article is now
available.
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Volume
23 Issue 1 of ‘MOLECULES’
featuring
the
title and images of our
article as a journal
cover.
Great
to see our work
recognized - even better
when it is used as
exemplary...
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From the ‘News and Announcements - Featured Papers’:
Dietary Anthocyanins and
Insulin Resistance: When
Food Becomes a Medicine
… Out of the 1340
papers published in 2017
in the journal of 'Nutrients', our
article appeared at the
top of the list of the selected five
featured papers.
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Quality
Check on the Newer UK
Universities. A
must read article to
those who are interested
in the UK higher
education system, league
tables and scientific
knowledge/output parity
between the older and
newer (post-92)
universities.
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Iridoids
and other monoterpenes
in the Alzheimer’s
brain: Recent
development and future
prospects.
This invited
review article outlines
the chemistry,
pharmacology and
therapeutic potential of
iridoids for treating
Alzheimer's disease. The
molecular mechanisms of
Alzheimer's disease...
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Antidiabetic
Potential of
Monoterpenes: A Case of
Small Molecules Punching
above Their Weight.
Read our article on one
class of natural
products that are
structurally small
and yet shown in recent
years with potential
antidiabetic effects.
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Could We Really
Use Aloe vera Food
Supplements to Treat
Diabetes? Quality
Control Issues.
After the
listing of Aloe vera
in the Diabetes UK
website as potential
therapy,
our previous
report was
centred at the merit of
using Aloe vera food
supplements to treat
diabetes.
Now we have
done quality control
measures on the very
Aloe vera food
supplements by the
best-selling brands. The
results show that what
you buy from the outlets
like the Holland and
Barrett could be far
below your expectation
on the labelling and
unwanted contaminants
(methanol!)…
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Quality
Check on the Newer UK
Universities. A
must read article to
those who are interested
in the UK higher
education system, league
tables and scientific
knowledge/output parity
between the older and
newer (post-92)
universities.
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"Dietary
Anthocyanins and Insulin
Resistance: When Food
Becomes a Medicine"..
our review article on
potential modulation of
diabetes and obesity by
what we eat.
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Moringa
stenopetala seeds as
sources of potential
anticancer compound:
Methodology for rapid
isolation of Moringin...
now published.
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Officially
published on 14 June
2017
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Elsevier site or the
attached
PDF for details. |
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The Site Owner
Dr Habtemariam BSc,
MSc, PhD, PGDipMS, FRSC, … As a world-class scientist in the field of natural products’
chemistry (phytochemistry) and pharmacology/
pharmacognosy, he is an author of over 300 research
papers
in top-tier journals and several books. His
research covers a broad area of drug discovery from
natural sources, modernisation of herbal medicines, and
the science of medicinal foods
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Dr Habtemariam’s expertise is based on decades of
research & consultancy on pharmacological assay
development in vitro, in vivo and clinical
studies. His work on qualitative and quantitative
analysis of medicinal products, separation/isolation of
active ingredients, and structural elucidations of
natural products have been based on state-of-the-art
equipment including HPLC systems, NMR, mass
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Dr Habtemariam is actively engaged on
research and outreach activities on topical issues of the UK higher education
system. This includes critical analysis of institutional culture, quality
assurance on teaching & research … policy shift and emerging trends from the
global higher education market perspective. Some of the articles and discussion
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