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by Christophe Wiart
 Deep
in the jungles of
South East Asia, over a period of more then ten years, Dr. Christophe
Wiart has been studying
medicinal and rare plants for the discovery of new drugs. He is
a French pharmacognosist and pharmacist, who studies the relationship
between drugs and plants. Chris set out from his natal Brittany (Saint
Malo, France) on a mission to find plants with pharmacological
potentials from
the Malaysian rain forest. His work appears in scientific journals and
other publications.
[Image: Dr. Chris
examining an interesting plant with his friend, Pak Sulaiman.]
Personal interests
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Collaborations and correspondences |
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| Bioprospecting,
ethnobotany, botany, pharmacology, chemotaxonomy, biology, chemistry,
and pharmacology. |
Sharing resources and knowledge.
Bringing together the skills
and expertise of scientists throughout the world to investigate such
questions as: can we predict a pharmalogical activity by knowing
botany.
Why is it so difficult to get drugs from plants when plants are so
numerous? To discuss research projects, collaborations,
speaking
engagements, consultations, workshops, interviews, etc. Please contact
me at: christophe_wiart@yahoo.com
[Image: Sterculiaceae]
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| Ethnobotanical
research |
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| Expeditions
to the rainforests of Malaysia to discover new drugs for the treatment
of cancer, diabetes and microbial infections. |
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| Pharmacology |
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| Identifying
and characterizing vegetal substances with antimicrobial, cytotoxic and
neuroactive potentials. |
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| Chemistry |
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| Identifing
novel bioactive molecules from plants. |
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