Curriculum Vitae Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rudolf Bauer

Curriculum Vitae
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rudolf Bauer
Personal Data
Date of Birth:
September 30, 1956
Place of Birth: Obertaufkirchen, Germany
Nationality
Education
Germany
1962-1967 Primary school in Ranoldsberg, Germany
1967-1975 Secondary school (Gymnasium) in Mühldorf/Inn, Germany
Career History
1976 -1980 Studies of Pharmacy, University of Munich, Germany
1980-1984 Ph.D. thesis (Pharmacognosy), University of Munich
1980 - 1993 Research Assistant, Inst. Pharm. Biology, Univ. Munich
1987
On leave, Postdoctoral fellow at the University of
California, Irvine, USA (Prof. Dr. Eloy Rodriguez)
1990
Habilitation in Pharmaceutical Biology (Univ. Munich)
1990/91
Guest Professor; Inst. Pharmacognosy, Univ. Innsbruck
1993-2002
Assoc. Professor, Inst. Pharm. Biology, Univ. Düsseldorf,
2002-present
Professor of Pharmacognosy (University of Graz, Austria)
2004-present
Head of the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
University of Graz, Austria
Career-related Activities
2002-2005
Evaluation of Echinacea in Human virus challenge Model,
Grant No. 5 R01 AT001146-03, NIH/USA
2005-2008
EU Specific Targeted Research project “SAFEWASTES”,
Project no. EU 513949
Awards
1990
Egon-Stahl-Award of the Society for Medicinal Plant Res.
1994 Cipla Distinguished Fellowship in Pharm. Sciences of the
Department of Chemical Technology Univ. Bombay
1996 International Award of the Belgian Soc. Pharm. Sci.
Memberships
Society for Medicinal Plant Research (President), Phytochemical Society of Europe, Int. Soc.
of Ethnopharmacology (Board Member), Am. Society of Pharmacognosy, Österr.
Pharmazeutische Gesellschaft, Deutsche Pharmazeutische Gesellschaft, Gesellschaft für
Phytotherapie
Publications
Original Publications, Reviews and Book Chapters: 212
Patents: 3
Research Interests
Quality control and pharmacokinetic studies of herbal medicinal products; isolation and
structure elucidation of plant constituents; pharmacological screening of plant constituents
with anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory activity; Chinese herbal drugs

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rudolf Bauer
Scientific publications of the last 5 years
Stöhr, J.R., Xiao P.G., Bauer, R., Constituents of Chinese Piper species and their inhibitory activity on
prostaglandin and leukotriene biosynthesis in vitro, J. Ethnopharmacol. 75, 133-139 (2001)
Abourashed, E.A., Muhammad, I., Resch, M., Bauer, R., El_Feraly, F.S., Hufford, C.D., Inhibitory
Effects of Maesanin and Analogs on Arachidonic Acid Metabolizing Enzymes, Planta Med. 67,
360-361 (2001)
Resch, M., Heilmann, J., Steigel, A., Bauer, R., Further phenols and polyacetylenes from the
rhizomes of Atractylodes lancea and their anti-inflammatory activity, Planta Med. 67, 437-
442 (2001)
Dietz, B., Heilmann, J., Bauer, R., Absorption of dodeca-2E,4E,8Z,10E/Z-tetraenoic acid isobutylamides
after oral application of Echinacea purpurea tincture, Planta Med. 67, 863-864 (2001)
Efferth T, Olbrich A, Bauer R., mRNA expression profiles for the response of human tumour
cell lines to the antimalarial drugs artesunate, arteether, and artemether, Biochem.
Pharmacol. 64(4) 617-623 (2002)
Ingolfsdottir K, Gudmundsdottir GF, Ogmundsdottir HM, Paulus K, Haraldsdottir S,
Kristinsson H, Bauer R., Effects of tenuiorin and methyl orsellinate from the lichen Peltigera
leucophlebia on 5-/15-lipoxygenases and proliferation of malignant cell lines in vitro,
Phytomedicine 9(7) 654-658 (2002)
Adams, M., Kunert, O., Haslinger, E., Bauer, R., Inhibition of leukotriene biosynthesis by
quinolinone alkaloids from the fruits of Evodia rutaecarpa, Planta Medica 70, 904 - 908
(2004)
Adams, M., Pacher, Th., Greger, H., Bauer, R., Inhibition of Leukotriene Biosynthesis by Stilbenoids
from Stemona Species, J. Nat. Prod. 68, 83 - 85 (2005)
Wenzig E, Kunert O, Ferreira D, Schmid M, Schuhly W, Bauer R, Hiermann A., Flavonolignans from
Avena sativa. J Nat Prod. 68(2), 289-92 (2005)
Fiebich, B.L., Grozdeva, M., Hess, S., Hüll, M., Danesch, U., Bodensieck, A., Bauer, R., Petasites
hybridus extracts in vitro inhibit COX-2 and PGE2 release by direct interaction with the
enzyme and by preventing p42/44 MAP kinase activation in rat primary microglial cells,
Planta Medica, Planta Medica 71(1), 12 - 19 (2005)
Efferth, T., Rauh, R., Kahl, S., Tomicic, M., Böchzelt, H., Tome, M.E., Briehl, M.M., Bauer, R.,
Kaina, B., Molecular modes of action of cantharidin in tumour cells, Biochem. Pharmacol.
69, 811 - 818 (2005)
Zschocke, S., Klaiber, I., Bauer, R., Vogler, B., HPLC-coupled spectroscopic techniques (UV,
MS, NMR) for the structure elucidation of phthalides in Ligusticum chuanxiong, Mol.
Divers. 9(1-3): 33 - 39 (2005)
Tziveleka, L.-A., Abatis, D., Paulus, K., Bauer, R., Vagias, C., Roussis, V., Marine Polyprenylated
Hydroquinones, Quinones and Chromenols with Inhibitory Effects on Leukotriene Formation,
Chemistry & Biodiversity, 2, 901-909 (2005).
Rollinger, J.M., Bodensieck, A., Seger, C., Ellmerer, E.P., Bauer, R. Langer, T., Stuppner, H.,
Discovering COX-inhibiting constituents of Morus root bark: Activity-guided versus
computer-aided methods, Planta Medica 71(5): 399-405 (2005)
Turner, R.B., Bauer, R., Wölkart, K., Hulsey, T.C., Gangemi, J.D., Evaluation of Chemically
Defined Preparations of Echinacea angustifolia roots for Prevention and Treatment of
Experimental Rhinovirus Infections, New Engl. J. Med. 353, 341 - 348 (2005)

Woelkart, K., Koidl, C., Grisold, A., Gangemi, J.D., Turner, R.B., Marth, E., Bauer, R.,
Bioavailability and Pharmacokinetics of Alkamides from the roots of Echinacea angustifolia in
humans, J. Clin. Pharmacol. 45(6): 683-9 (2005)
Wölkart, K., Xu, W., Pei, Y., Makriyannis, A., Picone, R.P.,Bauer, R., The endocannabinoid system as
a target for alkamides from Echinacea angustifolia roots. Planta Medica 71, 701 - 705 (2005)
Adams, M., Abebe Wubea, A., Kunerth, O., Haslinger, E., Bucar, F., Bauer, R., Quinolone Alkaloids
from Evodia rutaecarpa: A Potent new Group of Antimycobacterial Compounds. Int. J.
Antimicrob. Agents 26(3), 262 - 264 (2005)
Reininger, E., Bauer, R., PGHS-1 and -2 microtiter assays for the testing of herbal drugs and in vitro
inhibition of PGHS-isoenzyms by polyunsaturated fatty acids from Platycodi radix.
Phytomedicine 13(3), 164 -169 (2006)
Linde, K., Barrett, B., Wölkart, K., Bauer, R., Melchart, D. Echinacea for preventing and treating the
common cold. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2006 Jan 25;(1):CD000530.
Ramadan, M., Goeters, S., Watzer, B., Krause, E., Lohmann, K., Bauer, R., Hempel, B., Imming, P.
Chamazulene Carboxylic Acid and Matricin: A Natural Profen and its Natural Prodrug, Identified
Through Similarity to Synthetic Drug Substances. J. Nat. Prod. 69(7), 1041-5 (2006)
Adams, M., Abebe Wubea, A., Kunerth, O., Ettl, S., Haslinger, E., Bucar, F., Bauer, R.,
Antimycobacterial activity of geranylated furocoumarins from Tetradium daniellii. Planta Medica,
72(12), 1132-5 (2006)
Adams, M., Efferth, T., Bauer, R., Activity guided isolation of scopoletin and isoscopoletin, the
inhibitory active principles towards CCRF-CEM and multi-drug resistant CEM/ADR5000
leukaemia cells, from Artemisia argyi , Planta Medica, 72(9):862-4 (2006)
Wölkart, K., Marth, Suter, A., Schoop, R., Raggam, R.B., Koidl, C., Kleinhappl, B., Bauer, R.,
Bioavailability and pharmacokinetic of Echinacea purpurea preparations and their
interaction with the immune system. Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther. 44(9), 401-8 (2006)
Adams M, Wiedenmann M, Tittel G, Bauer R.., HPLC-MS trace analysis of atropine in Lycium
barbarum berries. Phytochem Anal. 17(5):279-83 (2006)
Wube AA, Gibbons S, Asres K, Streit B, Adams M, Bauer R, Bucar F., In vitro 12(S)-HETE and
leukotriene metabolism inhibitory activity of sesquiterpenes of Warburgia ugandensis. Planta
Med. 72(8), 754-6 (2006)
Wube AA, Bucar F, Asres K, Gibbons S, Adams M, Streit B, Bodensieck A, Bauer R., Knipholone, a
selective inhibitor of leukotriene metabolism. Phytomedicine 13(6), 52-6 (2006)