
Dr Veronique Seidel
Senior Lecturer
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
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Area of Expertise
- Natural Products Chemistry
- Pharmacognosy
- Drug discovery from natural sources
- Purification & structure elucidation of bioactive natural products
- Ethnopharmacological investigation of natural remedies
- Discovery of new antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory products of natural origin
- In silico studies of natural products
Prize And Awards
- Strathclyde Women + in Leadership Network #CelebrateHER Neogen Science Award
- Recipient
- 2023
- Royal Society Partnership Award
- Recipient
- 2022
- Scottish Funding Council (SFC) - European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Interface Award
- Recipient
- 2018
- International Medical University (IMU) Research Award
- Recipient
- 2014
- Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (TISTR) Award
- Recipient
- 2013
- Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) Award
- Recipient
- 2011
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Publications
- Antimicrobial and cytotoxic naphthoquinones from microbial origin : an updated review
- Kashi Marziyeh Esmaeilzadeh, Ghanbari Mahdiyeh, Badibostan Hasan, Seidel Veronique, Hosseini Seyed Hamzeh, Asili Javad, Shakeri Abolfazl, Sahebkar Amirhossein
- Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry Vol 23 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.2174/1389557523666230911141331
- Editorial : Re-emergence of neglected tropical diseases amid the COVID-19 pandemic: epidemiology, transmission, mitigation strategies, and recent advances in chemotherapy and vaccines
- Mohapatra Ranjan K, Kandi Venkataramana, Seidel Veronique, Rabaan Ali A
- Frontiers in Pharmacology Vol 14 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2023.1265803
- Protective effects of medicinal plant-based foods against diabetes : a review on pharmacology, phytochemistry, and molecular mechanisms
- Ansari Prawej, Samia Jannatul F, Khan Joyeeta T, Rafi Musfiqur R, Rahman Md Sifat, Rahman Akib B, Abdel-Wahab Yasser H A, Seidel Veronique
- Nutrients Vol 15 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15143266
- Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of lipids from Ficus carica L. fruits
- Naoui Hadjira, Benalia Mohamed, Hachani Soumaya, Djeridane Amar, Ben Ahmed Ziyad, Seidel Veronique, Yousfi Mohamed
- Chemistry Journal of Moldova Vol 18, pp. 92-101 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.19261/cjm.2022.1029
- Synthesis, characterization, biological applications, and molecular docking studies of amino-phenol-derived mixed-ligand complexes with Fe(III), Cr(III), and La(III) ions
- Al-Resayes Saud I, Laria Fatima Y, Miloud Miloud M, El-ajaily Marei M, El-Barasi Najla M, Sarangi Ashish K, Verma Sarika, Azam Mohammad, Seidel Veronique, Mohapatra Ranjan K
- Journal of Saudi Chemical Society Vol 27 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jscs.2023.101622
- Phenolic compounds as Nrf2 inhibitors : potential applications in cancer therapy
- Sharifi-Rad Javad, Seidel Veronique, Izabela Michalak, Monserrat-Mequida Margalida, Sureda Antoni, Ormazabal Valeska, Zuniga Felipe A, Mangalpady Shivaprasad Shetty, Pezzani Raffaele, Ydyrys Alibek, Tussupbekova Gulmira, Martorell Miquel, Calina Daniela, Cho William C
- Cell Communication and Signalling Vol 21 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12964-023-01109-0
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Teaching
Dr Seidel teaches on the MPharm programme.
- Teaching coordination
Class coordinator for the Management of Infection and Infectious Diseases class (MP321)
- Undergraduate teaching
Research Projects (MP507)
Management of Infection and Infectious Diseases class (MP321)
Being a Pharmacist 2 (MP320)
Herbal Medicines, Past, Present and Future (57102)
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Research Interests
- Purification and structure elucidation of bioactive natural products
- Ethnopharmacological investigation of natural remedies
- Screening of natural products for antimicrobial/anti-inflammatory activity
- In silico studies of natural products
Professional Activities
- Invited author of a review article on ‘Pesticides in European honeys’ in the French magazine Abeilles et Fleurs (Bees and Flowers)
- Contributor
- 2023
- Frontiers in Pharmacology (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2023
- Author of slides on ‘Plants and their uses’, ‘Thin Layer Chromatography’ and ‘Literature search & Poster design’ produced as part of the Royal Society-funded partnership project ‘What’s cool about mint?’
- Contributor
- 2023
- Heliyon (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2023
- Qeios (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2023
- Host for an external visitor from the Nigeria Police Academy, Nigeria
- Host
- 2023
Projects
- Purification and identification of bioactive natural products from plants
- Seidel, Veronique (Principal Investigator)
- £6,000 (Tertiary Education Trust (TET) Fund, Federal Government of Nigeria)
- 30-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
- What’s cool about mint?
- Seidel, Veronique (Principal Investigator) Kielty, Therese (Principal Investigator)
- £2965 (Royal Society Partnership Award )
- 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2023
- Anti-UV and anti-acne properties of extracts and constituents from medicinal plants (Student - Natalia Blicharska)
- Seidel, Veronique (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2024
- Evaluating the antimicrobial and antibiofilm potential of heather honey produced by the Scottish Bee company
- Seidel, Veronique (Co-investigator) Efthimiou, Georgios (Principal Investigator)
- £4,935 (Scottish Funding Council (SFC)-European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Interface Award)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 31-Jan-2018
- Phytochemical, biological, and molecular docking studies on Fraxinus excelsior, Stachys arabica, Pelargonium sidoides, and Pelargonium reniforme
- Seidel, Veronique (Principal Investigator)
- International tuition fees, stipend, and £26,000 bench fees sponsored by the Jordanian University of Science & Technology
- 01-Jan-2017 - 01-Jan-2021
- Terpenoid inhibition of DsbA: a periplasmic protein from the dysentery-causing bacterium, Shigella sonnei
- Seidel, Veronique (Principal Investigator)
- International tuition fees, stipend, and £27,000 bench fees sponsored by the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research
- 01-Jan-2015 - 30-Jan-2019
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Contact
Dr
Veronique
Seidel
Senior Lecturer
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
Email: veronique.seidel@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2751