Matthias F. Melzig

Biography

Prof. Dr. Matthias Friedrich Melzig, Head of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology / Enzymology and Receptorology at the Institute of Drug Research, Berlin, (1990-1991), and Head of the Research Group Cellular and Biochemical Pharmacology at the Institute for Molecular Pharmacology, Berlin 1992-1996). 1992-1993, ie Research Fellow at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, at the Department of Drug Dependence Research. He became appointed Professor of Pharmaceutical Biology at the Institute of Pharmacy of the Humboldt University of Berlin. Since October 2002, Matthias Friedrich Melzig is Professor of Pharmaceutical Biology at the Institute of Pharmacy of the Free University of Berlin.

Research Interest

Our research is focused on isolation, chemical characterization and investigation in pharmacological activities of natural products of higher plants. The emphasis is on the investigation of medicinal plants used in traditional and folk  medicine to elucidate their biological activity and mode of action. Especially we are interested in finding new inhibitor of enzymes (proteases, amylases, lipases and other hydrolases) as well as the mode of action of selected triterpenoid compounds, mainly saponins and triterpenoic acids.