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Research on Chinese Medicinal Plants and its
Impact on Western Medicine
Prof. Dr. Rudolf Bauer
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Karl-Franzens
-Universität Graz, Austria
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Traditional Chinese Medicine
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Herbal productsas leads for new drugs

• used in phytotherapy
• old and new indications(modernized TCM)

• used in orthodox medicine
• new chemical entities

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Quality control and standardization of Chinese
herbs by TLC and HPLC
funded by TCM Hospital Kötzting, Germany
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Screening of Chinese Herbs for Anticancer and
Antifungal Activity
Kahl, S., Rauh, R., Efferth, T., Shen, Y.M.,
Hao, X.J., Bauer, R., Boechzelt, H.G.
activity against leukemia cell line CCRF-CEM at
10 mg/ml anti-fungal activity against Penicillium
avellaneum UC-4376
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Collaborations with Chinese researchers

• Institute of Medicinal Plant Development,
  Beijing, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
• Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of
  Science
• Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences,
  Beijing
• Shanghai Research Center for Modernization of
  TCM, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica,
  Chinese Academy of Science

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TCM Research Cluster Austria
etc.
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Research on Chinese Medicinal Plants and its
Impact on Western Medicine

• Funding
• Initial private funding (TCM Hospital Kötzting)
  monographs
• Joanneum Research, Graz, StyriaKunming Cancer
  Project
• State of Styria, Future Fund TCM Research
  Center Graz
• Eurasia-Pacific UniNet scholarships
• bmgfj workshops and symposia in Austria and
  Beijing
• bmwf workshop in Chengdu meeting in Austria
• Funding needs
• TCM Cluster Austria
• Funding of projects and bench fees