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Matthias Hamburger

Matthias Hamburger

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Chemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
16842
World Ranking
7224
National Ranking
149

Overview

Matthias Hamburger is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, medicine, and agricultural and biological sciences. Their research spans 69 publications in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, 45 in medicine, and 39 in agricultural and biological sciences.

Their primary subfields of study include molecular biology, plant science, pharmacology, biochemistry, and complementary and alternative medicine. This multidisciplinary focus is reflected in their research topics, which incorporate natural product bioactivities and synthesis, phytochemistry and biological activities, plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae studies, essential oils and antimicrobial activity, phytochemical compounds' biological activities, and phytochemicals and antioxidant activities.

Matthias Hamburger has published research in several prominent scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include Planta Medica, Journal of Natural Products, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, Frontiers in Pharmacology, and Phytochemistry.

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, notably Olivier Potterat, Ombeline Danton, Jakob K. Reinhardt, Andrea Treyer, and Morris Keller.

Selected recent papers include:

  • Immunosuppressive Activity of Artemisia argyi Extract and Isolated Compounds, 2020, Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Boswellia carteri extract and 3-O-acetyl-alpha-boswellic acid suppress T cell function, 2020, Fitoterapia
  • HPLC-Based Activity Profiling for Antiprotozoal Compounds in Croton gratissimus and Cuscuta hyalina, 2020, Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Identification of a novel di-C-glycosyl dihydrochalcone and the thermal stability of polyphenols in model ready-to-drink beverage solutions with Cyclopia subternata extract as functional ingredient, 2021, Food Chemistry
  • Lignans, Amides, and Saponins from Haplophyllum tuberculatum and Their Antiprotozoal Activity, 2020, Molecules

Best Publications

  • 7. Bioactivity in plants: the link between phytochemistry and medicine

    Matthias Hamburger;Kurt Hostettmann

  • Comparative study of four immortalized human brain capillary endothelial cell lines, hCMEC/D3, hBMEC, TY10, and BB19, and optimization of culture conditions, for an in vitro blood-brain barrier model for drug permeability studies.

    Daniela E Eigenmann;Gongda Xue;Kwang S Kim;Ashlee V Moses

  • A bioautographic agar overlay method for the detection of antifungal compounds from higher plants

    L. Rahalison;M. Hamburger;K. Hostettmann;M. Monod

  • Determination of the wound healing effect of Calendula extracts using the scratch assay with 3T3 fibroblasts.

    M. Fronza;B. Heinzmann;M. Hamburger;S. Laufer

  • Plants traditionally used in age related brain disorders--a survey of ethnobotanical literature.

    Michael Adams;Francine Gmünder;Matthias Hamburger

  • A direct bioautographic tlc assay for compounds possessing antibacterial activity.

    Matthias O. Hamburger;Geoffrey A. Cordell

  • Morinda citrifolia (Noni) fruit--phytochemistry, pharmacology, safety.

    Olivier Potterat;Matthias Hamburger

  • Pressurized liquid extraction of medicinal plants.

    Björn Benthin;Henning Danz;Matthias Hamburger

  • Medicinal herbs for the treatment of rheumatic disorders--a survey of European herbals from the 16th and 17th century.

    Michael Adams;Caroline Berset;Michael Kessler;Matthias Hamburger

  • Antimicrobial flavonoids from Psiadia trinervia and their methylated and acetylated derivatives

    Ying Wang;Matthias Hamburger;Joseph Gueho;Kurt Hostettmann

  • Screening of some Nigerian medicinal plants for antioxidant activity using 2,2, diphenyl-picryl-hydrazyl radical

    JM Oke;MO Hamburger

  • Preparative purification of the major anti-inflammatory triterpenoid esters from Marigold (Calendula officinalis)

    M. Hamburger;S. Adler;D. Baumann;A. Förg

  • Supercritical carbon dioxide extraction of selected medicinal plants--effects of high pressure and added ethanol on yield of extracted substances.

    M. Hamburger;D. Baumann;S. Adler

  • Identification and isolation of the cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitory principle in Isatis tinctoria.

    Henning Danz;Stefka Stoyanova;Petra Wippich;Axel Brattström

  • Novel tetramic acids and pyridone alkaloids, militarinones B, C, and D, from the insect pathogenic fungus Paecilomyces militaris.

    Karen Schmidt;Ulrike Riese;Zengzhi Li;Matthias Hamburger

  • Ultraviolet a induces generation of squalene monohydroperoxide isomers in human sebum and skin surface lipids in vitro and in vivo.

    Swarna Ekanayake Mudiyanselage;Matthias Hamburger;Peter Elsner;Jens J Thiele

  • Concepts and technologies for tracking bioactive compounds in natural product extracts: generation of libraries, and hyphenation of analytical processes with bioassays

    Olivier Potterat;Matthias Hamburger

  • Antifungal tests in phytochemical investigations: comparison of bioautographic methods using phytopathogenic and human pathogenic fungi.

    L. Rahalison;M. Hamburger;M. Monod;E. Frenk

  • Phytochemistry of plants used in traditional medicine

    K. Hostettmann;A. Marston;M. Maillard;M. Hamburger

  • Isatis tinctoria - From the rediscovery of an ancient medicinal plant towards a novel anti-inflammatory phytopharmaceutical

    Matthias Hamburger

  • A comprehensive metabolite profiling of Isatis tinctoria leaf extracts

    Tobias Mohn;Inken Plitzko;Matthias Hamburger

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcel Kaiser
Marcel Kaiser Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Kurt Hostettmann
Kurt Hostettmann University of Geneva
Reto Brun
Reto Brun University of Basel
Geoffrey A. Cordell
Geoffrey A. Cordell University of Florida
Peyman Salehi
Peyman Salehi Shahid Beheshti University
Pascal Mäser
Pascal Mäser Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Jean-Luc Wolfender
Jean-Luc Wolfender University of Geneva
Markus Neuburger
Markus Neuburger University of Basel
Helen Stoeckli-Evans
Helen Stoeckli-Evans University of Neuchâtel
Hamid Reza Khavasi
Hamid Reza Khavasi Shahid Beheshti University

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