Center of Excellence For
DNA Barcoding of
Thai Medicinal Plants
Chulalongkorn University
Our team
Principal Investigator
Suchada
Sukrong
Professor
Department of Pharmacognosy & Pharmaceutical Botany
+668 1819 6742
Bio
Taksina Chuanasa is an Assistant Professor in Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany at Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. She also is a member in ‘’DNA Barcoding of Medicinal Plants”, a research unit of Chulalongkorn University.She has been spending time working in molecular biology, biochemistry and biotechnology of plants and other organisms since she started work as a faculty member. Her research is focused on the mechanisms and potentiality of substances to be developed as drug candidates. Her other research interest is authentication of plant species by several techniques.
Education & Qualification
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Ph.D., Plant Physiology/Molecular Biology/Biochemistry, University of Kentucky, USA, 2004.
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M.Sc., Pharmacognosy, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, 1993.
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B.Sc., Pharmacy, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, 1990.
Research Topics
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Thai medicinal plant DNA barcoding references library
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DNA metabarcoding of Thai folk medicine recipe
Expertise
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Plant DNA Barcoding
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Molecular Biology Techniques
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Genetic marking
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Plant-tissue culture
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Natural Product Chemisty
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Cell-based bioactivity assay
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Co-principal Investigator
Taksina
Chuanasa
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacognosy & Pharmaceutical Botany
+662-218-8373
Bio
Taksina Chuanasa is an Assistant Professor in Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany at Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. She also is a member in ‘’DNA Barcoding of Medicinal Plants”, a research unit of Chulalongkorn University. She has been spending time working in molecular biology, biochemistry and biotechnology of plants and other organisms since she started work as a faculty member. Her research is focused on the mechanisms and potentiality of substances to be developed as drug candidates. Her other research interest is authentication of plant species by several techniques.
Education & Qualification
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Ph.D., Plant Biochemistry, Purdue University, USA, 2003.
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B.Sc., Pharmaceutical Sciences, Silpakorn University, Thailand, 1997.
Research interests
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Bioactivity: in vitro and cell-based assays for potentiality of herbs as drug candidates.
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Standardization of herbs: both molecular and chemical analyses for quality control of herbs.
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Co-principal Investigator
Natapol
Pornputtapong
Lecturer
Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
+662-218-8373
Bio
Natapol pornputtapong
Education & Qualification
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Postdoctoral Associate, Yale School of Medicine, CT, USA, 2014-16
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Ph.D., Bioscience (Systems Biology), Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, 2014.
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M.Sc., Biomedicinical Chemistry, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, 2008.
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B.Sc., Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, 2004.
Research Interests
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Precision Medicine:
Using computational biology and systems biology for precision therapy -
Yeast synthetic biology:
Using yeast as model organism for personalized therapeutic agent production -
Natural resource data collection:
Building database to collect new natural entities, i.e., active compound, genes and enzymes.
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Co-principal Investigator
Worathat
Thitikornpong
Lecturer
Department of Food and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
+662-218-8373
Bio
to be added
Education & Qualification
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Postdoctoral Associate, Yale School of Medicine, CT, USA, 2014-16
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Ph.D., Bioscience (Systems Biology), Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, 2014.
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M.Sc., Biomedicinical Chemistry, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, 2008.
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B.Sc., Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, 2004.
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Researchers
Kannika Thongkhao, PhD
Post-doctoral fellow
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DNA barcoding coupled with HRM analysis to differentiate edible vegetables from poisonous plants for food safety.
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Integrative approaches for unmasking hidden species in herbal dietary supplement products.
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Lateral flow immunoassay for identification of toxic plant species in Thai folk medicine recipe.
Santhosh J. U. Kumar, PhD
Post-doctoral fellow
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DNA metabarcoding to unravel plant species composition in tradition Thai herbal medicine products
Chayapol Tungphatthong
Researcher
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Lateral flow diagnostic kit for identification of narcotic plant species using immunochromatographic assay
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DNA barcoding coupled with HRM analysis to identify narcotic exhibits.
Graduate students
Ponjit Kongsupon
PhD student
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Bioassay-guided isolation of bioactive compounds from Crinum latifolium
Nonthapon Vejpanich
MSc student
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DNA barcoding coupled with high resolution melting analysis (Bar-HRM) for differentiation of White Kwao Khruea (Pueraria candollei), Black Kwao Khruea (Mucuna Macrocarpa), and Red Kwao Khruea (Butea superba)
Buakotchaphan Jirabanjerdsiri
MSc student
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The protection of Thunbergia laurifolia water extracts against PM2.5 mediated oxidative stress in epidermal cells.