Medicinal Chemistry

      NATURAL PRODUCTS
      Search for lead compounds from plants and marine organisms

      Secondary Metabolites from Higher Plants
            Calophyllum teysmanii var. inophylloide
            Artocarpus elasticus
            Horsfieldia iriaghedi
            Garcinia speciosa

         Secondary Metabolites from Fungi

         Secondary Metabolites from Marine Sponges
            Xestospongia exigua
            Cinachyra australiensis
            Dysidea herbacea


        SYNTHESIS

       Synthesis of xanthone derivatives by varying the substituents on the aromatic rings

        Biomimetic synthesis of isomeric xanthonolignoids

        Design and synthesis of bioactive phenolic compounds as potential antioxidants

        Synthesis of drugs of abuse metabolites


        PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FOR BIOLOGICAL ACTIVE COMPOUNDS

       Galenic development and physico-chemical characterisation of nanoparticles containing xanthones


        ARTIFICIAL CHIRAL MOLECULAR RECOGNITION

        Synthesis of chiral selective xanthones to be used  for enantiomeric resolution in HPLC