Dr Hans Wohlmuth BSc(Macq) PhD(SCU) is a pharmacognosist and Senior Research Fellow with Southern Cross Plant Science. He leads a research group focused on plant compounds for wound healing, a project that is part of the Wound Management Innovation Cooperative Research Centre. Other research interests include authentication of herbal raw materials and the quality and safety of herbal medicinal products. Hans is the Curator of the Southern Cross University's Medicinal Plant Herbarium (PHARM) and a co-founder of the University’s Herbal Authentication Service. He also serves on the Therapeutics Goods Administration's statutory Advisory Committee on Complementary Medicines and is a member of the Queensland Ministerial Advisory Panel for Higher Education. He has taught pharmacognosy, herbal and complementary medicine for two decades, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Journal articles
Detection of Panax quinquefolius in Panax ginseng using ‘subtracted diversity array’ (with Linhai Niu, Nitin Mantri, Chun Guang Li, Charlie Xue, and Edwin CK Pang), Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2011)
BACKGROUND: Food adulteration remains a major global concern. DNA fingerprinting has several advantages over chemical...
A combined phase I and II open label study on the effects of a seaweed extract nutrient complex on osteoarthritis (with Stephen P. Myers, Joan O'Connor, J Helen Fitton, Lyndon O. Brooks, Margaret I. Rolfe, Paul A. Connellan, Phillip A. Cheras, and Carol A. Morris), Biologics: Targets and Therapy (2010)
Background: Isolated fucoidans from brown marine algae have been shown to have a range of...
Diarylheptanoid from Pleuranthodium racemigerum with in vitro prostaglandin E2 inhibitory and cytotoxic activity (with Myrna A. Deseo, Don J. Brushett, Dion R. Thompson, Graham MacFarlane, Lesley M. Stevenson, and David N. Leach), Journal of Natural Products (2010)
Bioactivity-guided fractionation of an ethanolic extract of the rhizome of Pleuranthodium racemigerum, a tropical Zingiberaceae...
Effect of Astragalus membranaceus and Angelica sinensis combined with Enalapril in rats with obstructive uropathy (with Ken Wojcikowski, David W. Johnson, and Glenda Gobe), Phytotherapy Research (2010)
ACE inhibitors (ACEi) reduce renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis but are not completely effective. Combined extract of...
Pharmacognosy and chemotypes of passionflower (Passiflora incarnata L.) (with Kerry G. Penman, Tanya Pearson, and Reginald P. Lehmann), Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin (2010)
Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata L.) is used in phytotherapy as a mild sedative and anxiolytic agent....
Books
Plants and plant form: an illustrated guide (with Lexanne Leach), Plants and plant form: an illustrated guide (2001)
Book chapters
A review of reviews of the benefits of naturopathy and western herbal medicine (with Stephen P. Myers, Alan Bensoussan, Joan O'Connor, Peta-Anne Paul-Brent, Don G. Baker, and Phillip A. Cheras), The practice and regulatory requirements of naturopathy and western herbal medicine (2005)