Address:

P. Sarajishvili st. 36,
Tbilisi, 380059
Georgia
Tel: (995 32) 52-98-50, (995 32) 52-16-29, (995 32) 52-47-98
Fax: (995 32) 25-00-26
E-mail: [email protected]

Date of foundation:
5 May 1932; associated with Acad. Sci. since 1961.

Main directions of research:
Chemistry of the physiologically active natural compounds and drug development.
In particular:
Pharmacobotanical studies of Georgian flora and problems of medicinal plant cultivation;
Isolution, purification and physico-chemical investigation of natural compounds of different chemical classes and evolution of their biological activities;
Scientific principles of technological processes and of standardization applied for bioactive materials and pharmaceutical formulations;
Mechanisms of action of pharmalogically effective natural compounds, toxicology and preclinical examinations.

Director of the Institute:
Etheri Kemertelidze - Academician of Georgian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of pharmaceutical sciences, Professor, Honored Scientist, the member of the Editorial Board of 4 international scientific journals.

Members of the Academy, doctors, candidates of sciences:
Doctors of Sci. -9, Candidates of Sci.- 46.

Contacts:
Collaboration with the Institute of Botany and Ecology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, on the subject of "Comparative investigation the Iridoids in Georgian and Hungarian Flora".

Publications:
The Transactions of the Institute of Pharmacochemistry are published periodically under the title "Biologically Active Compounds of Georgian Flora", vol. XVI published in 1987 and the vol. XVII is prepared for publication in 1996.

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