Dr. Wojciech Piekoszewski
Professor
Cheimstry
Jagiellonian University
Poland
Biography
Dr. Wojciech Piekoszewski is the Professor of Chemistry in Jagiellonian University.He has been to the positions of European Registered Toxicologist; Head of the Polish Pharmaceutical Society, Kraków Branch (1995–1998); Head of the Polish Toxicological Society, Kraków Branch (2002–2008); Head of the Standing Committee of Working Group of the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes, The Hague, the Netherlands (2004–2005); Abstract Editor of Bulletin of the International Association of Forensic Toxicologists; Research Director of the Institute of Forensic Research (1997––2007). Major scientific interest: determination of drugs of abuse in biological materials; application of alternative materials in toxicological analysis; methadone; buprenorfina and maintenance program; driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs; effects of tobacco smoke on the pregnant woman and foetus; genotoxic effects of tobacco smoke and drugs; biochemical effects of tobacco smoke; influence of tobacco smoke and alcohol on drugs pharmacokinetics; biomarkers of tobacco exposition; determination of tobacco specific carcinogens in biological fluids; disturbance of metals homeostasis in cancer patients.
Research Interest
Analytical Chemistry
Publications
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Wilimowska J., Florek E., Piekoszewski W., Disposition of valproic acid in self-poisoned adults, Basic Clin. Pharmacol. Toxicol., 99, 22–26, 2006.
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Węgrzyn P., Jura J., Kupiec T., Piekoszewski W., Władyka B., Zarębski A., Koj A., A search for genes modulated by interleukin-6 alone or with interleukin-1b cells using differential display analysis, Bichim. Biophys. Acta-Mol. Basis Dis., 1762, 319–328, 2006
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Wilimowska J., Piekoszewski W., Krzyżanowska-Kierepka E., Florek E., Monitoring of verapamil enantiomers concentration in overdose – case report, Clin. Toxicol., 44, 169–171, 2005.
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Scisłowski M., Piekoszewski W., Kamenczak A., Florek E., Simultaneous determination of buprenorphine and norbuprenorphine in serum by high-performance liquid chromatographyelectrospray ionization-mass spectrometry, J. Anal. Toxicol., 29, 249–253, 2005.
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Florek E., Ignatowicz E., Wrzosek J., Piekoszewski W., Effect of rutin on total antioxidant status of rats exposed to cigarette smoke, Pharmacol. Rep., 57, 84–89, 2005
