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Internship for EUGLOH program

Title: Phytochemistry research group

Keywords: natural product, pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, phytoanalysis, chromatography

Internship Duration: 01/01/22 - 30/06/22


Head of the hosting team: Prof. Judit Homann DSc.

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Address of the host laboratory:
Research group 1
Team Phytochemistry research group
Eötvös u. 6.
6720 Szeged Hungary

Supervisor 1: Dr. Andrea Vasas Ph.D. dr. habil
E-mail: vasas@pharmacognosy.hu
Phone: +3662546451

Supervisor 2: Dr. Dora Redei Ph.D.
E-mail: redei@pharmacognosy.hu
Phone: +3662546451


Internship description:

Chemical identification of plant metabolites, isolation of compounds from plant extracts, characterization of the composition of plant extracts, essential oil analysis.

Techniques used during the internship:

Instruments for phytoanalytical and preparative phytochemical work: LC-MS (API 2000), HPLC with PDA, UV and RI detectors (Waters, Shimadzu, Jasco Able); SCF-HPLC (Jasco); Chromatotron centrifugal chromatograph (Harrison Research); counter-current partition chromatograph (Armen CPC Spot); MPLC device (Büchi); gas chromatographs with MS and FID detectors (Shimadzu, HP 5890 Series 2); CombiFlash; TLC-UV/VIS densitometer; UV spectrophotometers; Hettich centrifuge; permanent access to spectrometers: NMR 500 MHz, 600 MHz, Bruker; Q-Exactive Orbitrap UPLC with mass spectrometer

Bibliography:

1. Lajter I, Vasas A, Beni Z, Forgo P, Binder M, Bochkov V, Zupko I, Krupitza G, Frisch R, Kopp B, Hohmann J
Sesquiterpenes from Neurolaena lobata and their antiproliferative and anti-inflammatory activities.
Journal of Natural Products 77:(3) pp 576–582. (2014), 10.1021/np400834c.
2. Kúsz N, Orvos P, Bereczki L, Fertey P, Bombicz P, Csorba A, Tálosi L, Jakab G, Hohmann J, Rédei D
Diterpenoids from Euphorbia dulcis with potassium ion channel inhibitory activity with selective g protein-activated inwardly rectifying ion channel (GIRK) blocking effect
Journal of Natural Products 81:(11) pp 2483-2492. (2018), 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b00500.


Possibility of PhD : Yes

Research field(s) of interest to the hosting team:
Language(s) spoken in the host laboratory: English