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Asso. Prof. Hanganu Daniela

Affiliation :
University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, Romania,Romania

Biography :

I joined the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, in 1993 for my Doctoral thesis. In june 1997 I present my thesis The pharmacognostical analysis of Chrysanthemum balsamita L. (Asteraceae). In 2002, I graduated a Postdoctoral stage in the Etnopharmacological Field at the University of Metz in collaboration with France Society of Etnopharmaciology. Currently, I am the vicepresident of Romanian Society of Etnopharmaciology and I am specialist on phytochemistry. My research include the field of medicinal plants, obtaining, characterization and standardization of extracts, testing their pharmacological action, testing antioxidant activity in vitro and in vivo, analysis and isolation of biologically active compounds (polyphenols, carotenoides, essential oils, terpenes, alkaloids), spectrometric and chromatographical analysis (HPLC, GC). Nowaday, I am The pharmacist, Associate Professor PhD. at University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Haţieganu”, Cluj-Napoca (Romania), Department of Pharmacognosy (Faculty of Pharmacy). My work is embodied in scientific papers: 6 books published in national publishing houses: CNCSIS-MECI, 5 chapters published in books, 90 scientific papers published in journals. I have been involved in 8 research projects (as member or as manager). I am member of the professional associations: Association of Romanian Pharmacists, Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Romania, Association for the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Southeast European Countries (AMAPSEC), Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA) and Vice President of Romanian Society of Ethnopharmacology.

Research Interest :

Phytochemical analyses, HPLC, GS-MS, polyphenols, antioxidants, essential oils, bioactive compounds, obtaining and standardization of vegetal extracts, etc