Herbal Medicine Research and Education Centre
The area of herbal and complementary medicines is a major industry in Australia, and is being increasingly recognised in the health policies of the federal and state governments. The Herbal Medicines Research and Education Centre (HMREC) was established at the University of Sydney in July 1997 to carry out high quality research and education on herbal and complementary medicines.
HMREC strengths
- University infrastructure
- Pharmaceutical technology
- Herbal medicines chemistry, isolation of chemical components, extract procedures
- Herbal pharmacology, in vitro and whole animal
- Herbal testing, state of the art equipment
- Pharmacognosy, herbal identification and cultivation
- Links to pharmaceutical industry
- Involvement with TGA/Complementary Medicines Evaluation Committee
- Education programs and student contacts
- Community information services
- International reputation
Research expertise of HMREC staff
- cardiovascular
- pain and inflammation
- anti-cancer agents
- neuropharmacology
- isolation and identification of active components
- liver toxicology
- quality analysis
- pharmacokinetics
- drug-herb interactions
- diabetes and lipid management
The PhytoLaboratory analytical facility includes:
- CAMAG Planar Chromatography System
- Shimadzu HPLC with UV-DAD and Alltech ELSD
- Finnegan Polaris GC/MS/MS
- Varian 300 MHz NMR
- Cary UV-Vis Spectrophotometer
- Video Microscope