Prof. Dr. Theodor Dingermann KFN honorary member

In recognition of his meritorious work, Professor dr. Theodor Dingermann, Frankfurt, has been appointed honorary member of the Committee for Research Natural Medicine e.V. (KFN). Professor Dingermann, former President of the German Pharmaceutical Society (DPhG) has been chairman of the scientific advisory board of the KFN since the founding of the Munich-based committee.

09/25/2013

Born in Kevelaer on the Lower Rhine in 1948, he studied pharmacy at the University of Erlangen / Nuremberg and completed his habilitation in the subjects of biochemistry and molecular biology. In 1990 he received a call for a C4 professorship in pharmaceutical biology at the University of Frankfurt am Main. Thus, Professor Theodor Dingermann was the first molecular biologist to be appointed to a pharmaceutical chair in Germany. His special interest was from the beginning of the herbal medicines.

The internationally renowned pharmacologist has already been honored with many honors and prizes. For example, in 2007 he was awarded the 1st prize of the 1822 University Prize for Excellent Teaching and in 2010 the Carl Mannich Medal of the German Pharmaceutical Society DPhG for outstanding achievements in the pharmaceutical sciences. He is the author, co-author or publisher of 23 scientific textbooks and handbooks.

The appointment of Professor Dingermann as an honorary member of the Committee for Research on Natural Medicine was in recognition of his consistent commitment to the rational therapy of herbal medicines and for the important impulses for phytoforestation that he provided.

The nonprofit research organization Natural Medicine e.V. (KFN) was founded 15 years ago with the aim of promoting research in the field of natural products. In the KFN those Phytopharmaka experts have joined together, which are based expressly on the generally accepted scientific standards.

Since the founding of the association in 1998, science has provided valid evidence for its effectiveness and the underlying mechanisms of action for a whole range of herbal medicines. They all form the rational basis of modern herbal medicines, which need not shun comparison with conventional chemo-synthetic drugs. (Pm)