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Ara DerMarderosian
Research Professor of Pharmacognosy
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
PhD, Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Rhode Island, 1964
Pharmacognosy
(215) 596-8915
Email Ara DerMarderosian
Research Interests
- Pharmacognosy
- Medicinal chemistry
- Nutraceuticals
Research Summary
Dr. DerMarderosian's research interests include hallucinogenic botanicals:
medicinal and poisonous plants and their phytochemistry and pharmacology;
marine pharmaceuticals; drugs of abuse and medical foods or "nutraceuticals."
Representative Publications
‡ Undergraduate Student
* Graduate Student
R.A. Smith, C.M. Calveiello, A. DerMarderosian, M.E. Plamer, "Evaulation
of Antibacterial Activity of Belizean Plants: An Improved Method",
Pharmaceutical Biology 2000, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 25-29 Jeremy J.
Mihalov*, Ara Der Marderosian and James C. Pierce, "DNA Identification
of Commercial Ginseng Samples," J. Agric. Food Chem, 48, 3744-3752.
R.A. Smith, C. Calviello, Ara DerMarderosian, and M.E. Palmer, 2000,
"Evaluation of Antibacterial Activity of Belizian plants: An
Improved Method," Pharmaceutical Biology, 38, 25-29.
John W. Gruber*, Daniel J. Siebert, Ara DerMarderosian, and Rick
S. Hock, 1999, "High Performance Liquid Chromatographic Quantification
of Salvinorin A from Tissues of Salvia divinorum Epling & Játiva-M,
" Phytochemical Analysis 10, 22-25.
A. Howell, N. Vorsa, Ara Der Marderosian, and L.Y. Foo, 1998, "Inhibition
of the Adherence of P-Fimbricated Escherichia coli too Uroepithelial
Cell Surfaces by Proanthocyanidin Extracts from Cranberries, "
NEJM, 339:1085-1086.
Ara Der Marderosian, 1998, "Promising practics in the use of
Medicinal Plants in the United States, " pps. 177-190, In:
Medicinal Plants-Their Role in Health & Biodiversity, University
of Pennsylvania Press, Phila., PA, 1998.
J. Betz, K. White, A. DerMarderosian, 1995, "Gas Chromatographic
Determination of Yohimbine in Commercial Yohimbine Products,"
JOAC, 78(5), 1189-1194.
P. Rider, A. DerMarderosian, and J. Porter, 1992, "Evaluation
of Total Tannins and Relative Astringency in Teas," ACS Symposium
Series 506, Phenolic Compounds in Foods and their Effects in Health
I, Analysis, Occurrence, and Chemistry, Ed.: Chi-Tang Ho, et al.
pp. 93-99, American Chemical. Society., Washington, DC.
J. Betz, and A. DerMarderosian, 1991, "Antimicrobial Activity
of Marine Organisms," Marine Technology Society Journal, 25
57-64.
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