Pharmaceutical BiologyGroup of Matthias F. Melzig

Institute of Pharmacy, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany

Natural products from plants and Traditional European Herbal Medicine

Analytics

Elaboration of monographs for the European Pharmacopoeia

Development of new analytical methods for the standardization of drugs from plant origin

Natural product pharmacology

Inhibitors of enzymes (amylases, proteases, lipases, elastase, etc.)

Saponins as enhancers for targeted toxins

Proteases from plants as PAR activators

Natural products affecting TLR‘s

Isolation and characterization of natural productscollaboration with the Botanical Garden Berlin/ DCPS enzymes in latices of different families

Qualitative and quantitative analysis of tumor-promoting and skin irritating

diterpene esters in homeopathic mother tinctures by HPLC and MS

PhD student Joscha Kummer

joscha.kummer@gmx.de

Investigation of proteases in plant latices

PhD studentMartin Flemmig

martin.flemmig@fu-berlin.de

Investigation of plant latex proteins by electrophoretic methods

PhD studentSonja Sytwala

sonjasytwala@zedat.fu-berlin.de

Secondary plant products as inhibitors of pancreatic digestive enzymes

PhD Student Tina Buchholz

tina-buchholz@kabelmail.de

Analysis of lectins and triterpenes

PhD student Katharina Mulsow

kmulsow@zedat.fu-berlin.de

Investigation of Agrostin from Agrostemma githago L.

PhD student Joachim Schrot

achim.schrot@arcor.de

Investigation of the influence of natural compounds on the innate immune system

PhD student Patrick Schopohl

pschopohl@zedat.fu-berlin.de