Name of the research center: Research and processing center for medicinal and aromatic plants/ acronym Plant-Med
Director of the research center: Professor Danciu Corina, MD, PhD
Date of establishment/ acknowledgement: 24.04.2024
– proposed name of the center: Research and processing center for medicinal and aromatic plants, acronym: Plant-Med
– center director: Professor dr. Danciu Corina
– members of the research team: Associate professor dr. AVRAM ȘTEFANA, Assistant professor dr. MAGYARI-PAVEL IOANA ZINUCA, Assistant professor dr. MINDA DALIANA, Teaching assistant dr. BORA LARISA
Research and processing center for medicinal and aromatic plants (Plant-Med) through its titular members, associates and collaborators has as main objective one of the most important research directions at the moment, namely, the complex evaluation of plant extracts both from the point of view of the phytochemical profile as well as that of biological activity. Beside plant extracts, natural compounds represent another important objective of study, both from the point of view of evaluating the biological effects as well as of the physico-chemical modulations meant to increase their bioavailability as well as theirefficacy
- Obtention, physico-chemical characterization and standardization of different types of extracts from cultivated and spontaneous medicinal and aromatic plants
- Safety profile analysis (determination of metals) of the selected plant extracts
- In vitro evaluation of the antioxidant, antiproliferative, pro-apoptotic, cytotoxic, antiinflammatory effect on various tumoral/healthy cell lines for the standardized extracts/phytocompounds of interest and after their physico-chemical modulations
- Applications of the chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) assay: assessing toxicity, irritability, biocompatibility, inflammation and angiogenesis studies for the selected standardised extracts/phytocompounds
- Evaluation of the antimicrobial effect for the standardized extract/phytocompounds of interest as such or after physico-chemical modulations
- Clinical studies on different pathologies for the standardized extracts/phytocompounds of interest as such or after physico-chemical modulations (in collaboration with specialized centers in the pathologies of interest)
Titular members:
Nr. | Name and surname of the titular member (didactic/ research personnel) | Didactic/ research degree |
1. | DANCIU CORINA | PROFESSOR, MD PHD |
2. | AVRAM ȘTEFANA | ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, MD PHD |
3. | MAGHYARI-PAVEL IOANA-ZINUCA | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, MD PHD |
4. | MINDA IONELA DALIANA | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, MD PHD |
5. | BORA LARISA | TEACHING ASSISTANT, PHD STUDENT |
Associated members:
Nr. | Name and surname | Student, masters student, PhD student, postdoctoral student, auxilliary and non-teaching staff |
1. | ESEANU OANA | STUDENT |
2. | LOMBREA ADELINA | PhD STUDENT |
3. | PASCA OANA | STUDENT |
4. | SEMENESCU IULIA | PhD STUDENT |
5. | SIMILIE DIANA | PhD STUDENT |
Internal collaborators:
Nr. | Name and surname | VBUMP Affiliation |
1. | ARDELEAN FLORINA | Pharmaceutical Botany, Dep.I |
2. | BORCAN FLORIN | Analytical Chemistry, Dep.I |
3. | BUDA VALENTINA | Clinical Pharmacy, Communication in pharmacy, Pharmaceutical care, Dep.I |
4. | CORICOVAC DORINA | Toxicololgy, Drug industry, Management and Legislation, Dep.I |
5. | COTAN ANA MARIA | Pharmaceutical Technology, Dep.II |
6. | DEHELEAN CRISTINA | Toxicology, Drug Industry, Management and Legislation, Dep.I |
7. | IFTODE ANDRADA | Toxicology, Drug Industry, Management and Legislation, Dep.I |
8. | MIOC MARIUS | Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Dep.II |
9. | MOACĂ ALINA | Toxicology, Drug Industry, Management and Legislation, Dep.I |
10. | MUNTEAN DELIA | Microbiology-Virusology, Dep.XIV |
11. | NEGREA-GHIULAI ROXANA | Pharmacology-Pharmacotherapy, Dep.II |
12. | OLTEANU EMILIAN | Toxicology, Drug Industry, Management and Legislation, Dep.I |
13. | OPREAN CAMELIA | Drug Analysis, Environmental Chemistry, Hygiene, Nutrition, Dep.I |
14. | PÎNZARU IULIA | Toxicology, Drug Industry, Management and Legislation, Dep.I |
15. | ȘOICA CODRUȚA | Pharmacology-Pharmacotherapy, Dep.II |
16. | TCHIAKPE-ANTAL DIANA | Pharmaceutical Botany, Dep.I |
17. | TRANDAFIRESCU CRISTINA | Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Dep.II |
18. | VLAIA LAVINIA | Pharmaceutical Technology, Dep.II |
19. | WATZ CLAUDIA | Pharmaceutical Physics, Dep.I |
External collaborators:
Nr. | Name and surname (didactic/ research personnel) | Affiliation (Department, institution/university, city, country) |
1. | ALEXA ERSILIA | USVT TIMIȘOARA, ROMÂNIA |
2. | AVRAM SORIN | ARIC TIMIȘOARA, ROMÂNIA |
3. | CĂTA ADINA | INCEMC TIMIȘOARA, ROMÂNIA |
4. | COCAN ILEANA | USVT TIMIȘOARA, ROMÂNIA |
5. | CRIȘAN MANUELA | ARIC TIMIȘOARA, ROMÂNIA |
6. | DIACONEASA ZORIȚA | UASVM, CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMÂNIA |
7. | HAIDU DANIELA | ARIC TIMIȘOARA, ROMÂNIA |
8. | IENAȘCU IOANA | UVVG ARAD. ROMÂNIA |