Ether Kemertelidze

Date of birth: 23 March, 1926

Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Professor
Member of Georgian Academy of Sciences (Pharmaceutical chemistry).

First scientific degree (Candidate, Pharmaceutical Sciences) in 1953;
Highest sci. degree (Doctor, Pharmaceutical Sciences) in 1973.

Chemistry, technology and analytical study of the natural compounds of plant origin: cardiac glycosides, steroid and triterpene saponins, lipids, flavonoids, anthraquinones, cumarins, lectins, polysaccharides.

Director of the I. Kutateladze Institute of Pharmacochemistry;
Head of the Phytochemistry department.

Chairmain, Physiologically active compounds Coordinating Council, Georgian Academy of Sciences;
The Member of Georgian Scientific Experts Council; The Member of the State Prizes awarding Committae.

Honoured Scientist, P.Milikishvili Prize winner.

Member of Academy Medical Sci., Academy of Medical-Biological Sci. and Ecological Academy.

Member of Editorial Boards, Journals: "Chemistry of Natural Compounds" (Tashkent); "Chemical-Pharmaceutical Journal" (Moscow); "Floristic Resources" (St. Petersburg); "Pharmacy" (Moscow).

Address:

• Home:

  K.Gamsakhurdia ave. 33/a; fl. 40;
  Tbilisi 380060,
  Georgia
  Tel: (8832) 37-27-45

• Office:

  P.Saragyshvili st. 36
  Tbilisi 380059,
  Georgia
  Tel: (8832) 94-14-04

Scientific publications:
( 282 articles; 9 monographs; Author's certificates and Patents-56.)

• Cardiac Glycosides of Digitalis ciliata. Digitoxin from Digitalis ciliata. // Medicinal Industry in the USSR, Moscow, 1965, N 4, p. 22-27.
• Steroid Sapogenins of Digitalis ciliata Trautv. // Chemistry of Natural Compounds, Tashkent, 1965, N 5, p. 315-318.
• Biac-angelicine and novel forocumarin geracol from Heracleum asperum fruits. // Buletin of Acad. Sci., Georgian SSR, Tbilisi, 1970, N 1, p. 97-100.
• Tigogenin from Jucca gloriosa-as possible raw material for semisynthesis of steroid Gormonal preparations. // Chemical-Pharmaceutical J., Moscow, 1972, N 12, p. 44-47.
• Ascasid-a novel Flavone Glycoside of Astragalus caucasicus. // Chemistry of Natural Compounds, 1975, N 9, p. 351-354.
• Chemotoxonomy of certain Onobrychis species grown in Georgia. // Floristic Resources, St.Petersburg, 1976, N 4, p. 526-530.
• Novel Neolignans from Chaerophyllum maculatum. // Biorganic Chemistry, Moscow, 1980, V. 6, N 9, p. 1415-1419.
• Triterpene Glycosides of Cephalaria gigantea. II. Structure of giganteosides D and G. // Biorganic Chemistry, 1981, v.7, N 5, p. 736-740.
• Kaerophyllin, a new Lignan from Chaerophyllum maculatum. // Planta medica, 1981, v. 7, N 4, p. 378-380.
• New anti-atherosclerosis drug-Tribusponin. // Chemical-Pharmaceutical J., 1982, N 1, p. 119-122.
• Terpenoids of Pinus pitiasa and P. eldaria soft resins. // Chemistry of Natural Compounds, 1982, N 3, p. 316-320.
• The lignane lactons from Anthescus nemerosa (Bieb.) Spreng. roots. // Biorganic Chemistry, 1982, N 8, N 5. p. 695-701.
• Triterpene Glycosides of Astragalus and their genins. XVI Cyclogale- ginozides A and B from Astragalus galegiformis. // Chemistry of Natural Compounds, 1988, N 4, p. 477-481.
• Lipids of Paliurus spina-christi seeds. // Chemistry of Natural Compounds, 1985, N 3, p. 322-326.
• Steroid Glycosides of Jucca aloifolia leaf. // Chemistry of Natural Compounds, 1987, N 4, p. 537-542.
• Synthesis and antiarhithmic activity of epymers of 17-amino-5-$\alpha$- androstan-3-ols and their derivatives. // Chemical-Pharmaceutical J., 1988, N 3, p. 288-293.
• Comparative study of the Iridoid production in Hungarian and Georgian Calium verum L. populations. // Acta Botanica Hungarica, 1988, v.34, N 1-2, p. 257-268.
• Lipids of Helleborus abchasicus A. Br. Chemistry and biological activity. // Chemical-Pharmaceutical J., 1990, N 1, p. 146-148.
• Isolation and structural investigation of a glucofructan from Symphytum asperum. // Planta medica, 1990, v. 56, N 6, p. 596, Bonn, July, 17-21.
• Localization of oligofurostanozides and their cleavage enzyme in Jucca gloriosa leaf. // Plant Physiology, Moscow, 1992, v. 39, N 3, p. 501-508.
• Digitoside, a novel triterpene glycoside from Digitalis ciliata. // Journal of Natural products-loydia, 1992, v. 55, p. 217-220.
• Lipids of Maclura pomifera: Chemistry and biological activity. // Chemical-Pharmaceutical J. 1993, N 7, p. 21-24.
• Transformed Cardiac Glycosides and aglicones, Chemistry and biological activity. (monograph.), // Publishers "Metsniereba", Tbilisi, 1984, p. 253.
• Steroid compounds of plants, grown in Georgia. (monograph.), // Publishers "Metsniereba", Tbilisi, 1993, p. 183.
• Biologically active Lipids in plants, grown in Georgia. (monograph.), // Publishers "Metsniereba", Tbilisi, 1996, p. 186.

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