NATURAL PRODUCTS AND MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

I. RESEARCH AREAS

- Isolation, characterization, and structural elucidation of secondary metabolites from natural sources, including: medicinal plants, marine and animals;

- Drug discovery and development;

- Isolation of marker compounds for drug standardization;

- Bioactivity-focused  semisynthesis and SAR studies in drug discovery;

- Screening of extracts/compounds for biological activities such as cytotoxicity, antioxidants, anti-inflammatory, xanthine oxidase, α-glucosidase, tyrosinase, acetylcholinesterase, lipase,… inhibitory activities;

- Development of bioassay methods; analytical techniques for herbal drug analysis;

- Development of products containing natural substances in pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, cosmeceuticals,…

II. GROUP MEMBERS

1. Prof. NGUYEN Kim Phi Phung, Ph.D. – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (CV)

2. Assoc. Prof. NGUYEN Dieu Lien Hoa, Ph.D. – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (CV)

3. Assoc. Prof. TRAN Le Quan, Ph.D. – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

4. Assoc. Prof. NGUYEN Trung Nhan, Ph.D. – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (CV) 

5. Assoc. Prof. NGUYEN Thi Thanh Mai, Ph.D. – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (CV)

6. HO Thi Cam Hoai, Ph.D. – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

7. TON That Quang, Ph.D. – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (CV)

8. NGUYEN Thi Y Nhi, Ph.D. – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (CV) 

9. NGUYEN Thi Le Thu, Ph.D. – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

10. NGUYEN Tri Hieu, Ph.D. – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (CV) 

11. MSc. NGUYEN Anh Thy – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

12. MSc. DAI Hue Ngan – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

13. MSc. NGO Trang Nhu Ngoc – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

14. MSc. NGUYEN Xuan Hai – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

15. MSc. NGUYEN Thi Thao Ly – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

16. MSc. BUI Ngoc Dung – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

17. MSc. LE Hoang Giau – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

18. MSc. DANG Hoang Phu – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

19. MSc. LE Minh Tam – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

20. MSc. BUI Quoc Thai – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

21. MSc. LE Huu Tho - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

III. TYPICAL PUBLICATIONS

1. H. T. Vo, N. T. N. Ngo, T. Q. Bui, H. D. Pham, H. L. D. Nguyen, Geranylated tetraoxygenated xanthones from the pericarp of Garcinia pedunculata, Phytochemistry Letters, 2015, 13, 119-122.

2. T. T. T. Nguyen, B. Anne, B. Estelle, C. Anne-Sophie, P. P. K. Nguyen, M. Jacques, First chemoselective deprotonative lithiation of azobenzenes. Reactions and mechanisms, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2014, 79, 2775-2780.

3. M. T. T. Nguyen, N. T. Nguyen, K. D. H. Nguyen, H. T. T. Dau, H. X. Nguyen, P. H. Dang, T. M. Le, T. H. N. Phan, A. H. Tran, B. D. Nguyen, J. Ueda, S. Awale, Geranyl dihydrochalcones from Artocarpus altilis and their antiausteric activity, Planta Medica, 2014, 80 (2/3), 193-200.

4. D. A Bui, M. K. Vu, H. D. Nguyen, T. L. T. Nguyen, S. V. Dang, H. L. D. Nguyen. A protostane and two lanostanes from the bark of Garcinia ferrea, Phytochemistry Letters, 2014, 10, 123-126.

5. P. H. Dang, H. X. Nguyen, N. T. Nguyen, H. N. T. Le, M. T. T. Nguyen, α-Glucosidase inhibitors from the stems of Embelia ribes, Phytotherapy Research, 2014, 28, 1632-1636.

6. L. M. T. Do, V. A. Truong, N. T. Vo, T. G. Pinnock, L. M. Pratt, D. Guillaume, P. P. K. Nguyen, New derivatives from the aerial parts of Boerhaavia diffusa L. (Nyctaginaceae), Phytochemistry Letters, 2013, 6(4), 544-551.

7. H. M. Tran, H. X. Nguyen, N. T. Nguyen, Q. T. Ton, Q. L. Tran, C. D. To, D. H. Nguyen, D. T. Nguyen, Cytotoxic activity of new phenolic compounds from Vietnamese Caesalpinia sappan, Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 2013, 77 (12), 2378-2382.

8. N. T. Nguyen, K. M. H. Nguyen, H. X. Nguyen, N. K. N. Bui, M. T. T. Nguyen, Tyrosinase inhibitors from the wood of Artocarpus heterophyllus, Journal of Natural Products, 2012, 75 (11), 1951-1955.

9. T. L. T. Nguyen, H. T. Nguyen, M. Barbič, G. Brunner, J. Heilmann, H. D. Pham, D. M. Nguyen, H. L. D. Nguyen. Polyisoprenylated acylphloroglucinols and a polyisoprenylated tetracyclic xanthone from the bark of Calophyllum thorelii, Tetrahedron Letters, 2012, 53, 4487-4493.

10. N. H. Dai, H. C. T. Ho, H. M. Le, P. E. Hansen, O. Vang, Bioactivities and chemical constituents of a vietnamese medicinal plant “Che vang” Jasminum suptriplinerve Blume. (Oleaceae), Natural Product Research, 2008, 22 (11), pp. 942-949

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