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Prof. (a. D.) Dr. rer. nat. Drs. h.c. Adolf Nahrstedt  *1940

 Nahrstedt 2008

anahrstedt@uni-muenster.de; Tel.: +49 251 83 32215

Curriculum vitae

  • Born 1940
  • Education in Pharmacy (final examination 1965) and Food Chemistry (final examination 1968), University of Freiburg i.Br. (1962-1968);
  • PhD (Dr. rer. nat.; Pharmacognosy) Freiburg i. Br. (1971);
  • Habilitation (Pharmaceutical Biology) Freiburg i. Br. (1976);
  • Professor (C3; associate) of Pharmaceutical Biology, Techn. University of Braun­schweig (1977 - 1986);
  • Visiting scientist: Univ. California Davis, Dept. Biochemistry & Biophysics (Prof. E. E. Conn, 1985).
  • Full Professor (C4) and Chair of Pharm. Biology and Phytochemistry, Westf. Wilhelms-University Münster (1986 - 2004).
  • Since Oct 2004 retired.
  • Dean Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy (1989-1991).
  • Coeditor of Planta Medica (1983 - 1992).
  • Editor in Chief of Planta Medica - Natural Products and Medicinal Plant Research (1993 - 2004);
  • Senior Editor of Planta Medica since 2005.
  • Member of the Board of Directors of the Society for Medicinal Plant Research (GA;, 1981 - 2005) and the Board of Directors of the Gesellschaft für Phytotherapie (1995 - 2004).
  • Member of the Committee of Experts "Pharmaceutical Biology (Pharmacognosy)" of the German Pharmacopoeia (1987 - 2008).
  • Vice-member of the Commission E of the Federal Institute of Medicinal Products and Medical Advices (2002 - 2004).
  • Dr. h.c. of the Ovidius University, Constanta, Romania (2004).
  • Honorary member of the Society for Medicinal Plant Research (GA; 2005)
  • Visiting Professor: Faculty of Pharmacy, Univ. of Mahasarakham; Thailand (since 2005).
  • Adjunct Faculty Member, Dept. of Pharmaceutics, Univ. of Florida at Gainesville (since 2006).
  • Guest Professor: Faculty of Pharmacy, Sinai University; Egypt (2008).
  • Varro E. Tyler Award of the American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP; 2009).
  • Dr. h.c. of the University of Mahasarakham, Maha Sarakham, Thailand (2010)

Research

Phytochemistry, physiological activity and biopharmaceutical aspects of traditionally used medicinal plants and their constituents, esp. phenolic compounds. Biochemistry and physiology of secondary constituents of plants and insects, in particular the cyanogenic com­pounds;  >210 papers in these fields.

List of publications (Jan 2011)



Topic: Kava-Kava



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Hittorfstraße 56 · D-48149 Münster
Tel.: +49 251 83-33380 · Fax: +49 251 83-38341