Phytochemistry & Biodiscovery

Traditional medicinal systems all over the world have applied herbal drugs over millennia. Research based on this enormous resource creates new insights into the traditional medical systems and the elucidation of the active principles of such plants provides new bioactive compounds which can be developed for future applications in therapy.

Selected Papers:

Areesanan A, Wasilewicz A, Nicolay S, Grienke U, Zimmermann-Klemd AM, Rollinger JM, Gründemann C. Evaluation of in vitro pharmacological activities of medicinal mushrooms in the context of dry eye disease. Front Pharmacol. 2025;16:1557359. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40110128

Areesanan A, Wasilewicz A, Kirchweger B, Nicolay S, Zimmermann-Klemd A, Grienke U, Rollinger JM, Gründemann C. Pharmacological in vitro profiling of Buddleja officinalis flower extracts in the context of dry eye disease. Biomed Pharmacother. 2024;181:117685. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39541792

Vanekova Z, Holloway P, Rollinger JM. Vaccinium uliginosum L. (bog bilberry) and the search for its alleged toxicity: A review. Front Toxicol. 2024;6:1358840. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38357417

Eichenauer E, Saukel J, Glasl S. VOLKSMED Database: A source for forgotten wound healing plants in Austrian folk medicine. Planta Med. 2024;90(7-08):498-511. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38843790

Eichenauer E, Jozic M, Glasl S, Klang V. Spruce balm-based semisolid vehicles for wound healing: Effect of excipients on rheological properties and ex vivo skin permeation. Pharmaceutics. 2023;15(6). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37376126