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Administrator* 20.06.05


Prof Dr.

Reinhold Wintersteiger Ao.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Reinhold Wintersteiger

Building: Universitätsplatz 1, Room E03
A-8010 Graz / Austria

Tel: +43-316-380-5392 (Office)
Fax: +43-316-380-9846

e-mail: Reinhold.Wintersteiger@uni-graz.at





Curriculum:

Mag. pharm. 1970

Dr. phil. 1973

Habilitation 1983

Ao.Univ.-Prof. 1991



Research:
  • Development of sensitive and selective methods for drug determination in biological materials
  • Derivatization for electrochemical and fluorimetric detection
  • Clinical pharmacy
  • Environmental analysis
  • Prostaglandins and phospholipids



Teaching:
Lectures:
PV für Dipl. und Diss.
Privatissimum for students making their thesis or diploma thesis
Anl. zur Diplomarbeit aus Pharm. Chem.
Discussion of problems within the scope of diploma thesis
Ausgewählte Methoden der experimentellen Pharmazeutischen Chemie
Discussion of special analytical techniques
Einführung in die UE aus Pharmazeutischer Chemie III (Characterization of blood, plasma, serum, liquor and urine, enzymes and enzyme kinetics, mechanism of inhibition, drug metabolism and analysis of metabolites, therapeutic drug monitoring, determination of bioavailability and bioequivalence, determination of different drug invasion and evasion processes, analysis of misused drugs and dopings in biological matrix, methods of sample preparation, immunoassays, bioassays, chromatographic and radiometric techniques, statistic parameters in bioanalysis)
Einf. in die Methoden der chemischen Diagnostik (Composition, functions, physical and chemical properties of blood, methods of quantification of endogenious compounds in blood, enzymatic and non-enzymatic determination of substrates, determination of enzyme activity, urine analysis, possibilities and causes of influences to bioanalysis by drugs)
Klinische Chemie für Stud. d. Pharm. (Aspects of clinical chemistry for students of pharmacy interested in hospital pharmacy)


Laboratory courses:
Anl. zur Benützung v. chem. App. u. Geräten (Detailed practical assistence for the use of analytical instrumentation)
Einf. in die Benützung von chemischen Apparaten und Geräten (Practical introduction into the use of analytical instrumentation)
UE aus Pharmazeutischer Chemie III (Determination of pK's and isoelectric pH's of amino acids, electrophoresis of serum proteins, determination of thyroid hormons by enzyme immuno assay and investigation of cross reactions, enzyme kinetics: Michaelis-Menten, Lineweaver-Burk diagram and inhibition of enzymic reactions, determination of protein binding of drugs, quantification of drugs by densitometry, fluorometry, HPLC, GC and other methods including determination of recovery, accuracy and precision. Methoden der chemischen Diagnostik Chromatographic separation and characterization of plasma amino acids and serum lipids, non- enzymatic determination of endogenious substrates (proteins etc.), enzymatic substrate determination (glucose, urea, uric acid, LDL and HDL cholesterin, etc.) in serum, plasma and urine, determination of enzyme activity (GPT, GLDH, CHE, CK, etc.) in serum and plasma, immunological identification of pregnancy in human urine)



Coworkers:
  • Ursula Zeipper, Technician
  • Karin Eggenreich, Mag. pharm., PhD student
  • Mazen Hamada, Dipl. chem., PhD student
  • Tanja Grobuschek, Mag. pharm., PhD student in collaboration with Prof. Juan
  • Martina Butter, Mag. pharm., PhD student in collaboration with Prof. Juan
  • Simone Hennerbichler, Mag. pharm., PhD student in coll. with Prof. Sedlmayr
  • Dagmar Azzola, Mag. pharm., PhD student in collaboration with Prof. Sedlmayr



Subjects of Diploma thesis and PhD work:
  • Determinations of cosmetric products and metabolites
  • Investigations on prostaglandins, isoprostanes and phospholipids
  • Development of highly sensitive methods for the determination of compounds in biological materials (phamacokinetic studies) Pesticide analysis
  • Clinical Pharmacy



Collaborations:
  • Cosmital SA, Marly, Switzerland
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientific, Montpellier, France
  • Institute of Biomedical Research, Prof. Juan, Univ. Graz
  • Institute of Histology and Embryology, Prof. Sedlmayr, Univ. Graz
  • Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Mikro- and Radiochemistry, Prof. Lankmayr, Technical Univ. Graz
  • Department of Traumatology, Dr. Schwendenwein, Univ. Vienna
  • Department of Anaesthesiology, Prof Likar, LKH Klagenfurt
  • Institut of Chemistry, Al-Azhar Univ., Palaestine
  • Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Univ. Trieste, Italy



Publications:

  • Determination of a hair- dye using different derivatization agents and HPLC in combination with UV, electrochemical and fluorescence Detection Differential phenotypic properties of human peripheral
    B. Goger, R. Wintersteiger, H. Beck
    Archiv der Pharmazie 11, 399-404(1999)
  • Influence of isoprostanes on vasoconstrictor effects of noradrenaline and angio- tensin II
    W. Sametz, T. Grobuschek, S. Hammer-Kogler, H. Juan, R. Wintersteiger
    European Journal of Pharmacology 378 47-55(1999)
  • Derivatization of carboxylic-acids with fluorescent reagents
    A. Knauer, R. Wintersteiger, R. Markl, W. Sametz, H. Juan
    JPC-Journal of Planar Chromatography-Modern TLC 12, 211-214 (1999)
  • Vascular effects of isoprostanes after endothelial damage
    W. Sametz, S. Prasthofer, R. Wintersteiger, H. Juan
    Prostaglandins, Leucotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids 61 (6), 369-372(1999)
  • Determination of Prostaglandins by LC and Fluorescence Detection
    R. Wintersteiger, A. Knauer, K. Friesenbichler, H. Juan, W. Sametz
    Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Letters 10, 1:41-44(2000)
  • Influence of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) on vasoconstrictions induced by 8-iso-PGF2a and 8-iso-PGE2
    W. Sametz, M. Jeschek, H. Juan, R. Wintersteiger,
    Pharmacology, 60,155-160, (2000)
  • Characterisation of prostanoid receptors mediating actions of the isoprostanes, 8-iso PGE2 and 8-iso-PGE2a in some isolated smooth muscle preparations
    W.Sametz, S. Hennerbichler, S. Glaser, R. Wintersteiger,
    Histochem. J. 32: 71-77, (2000)
  • Formation of 8-iso-PGF2a and thromboxane A2 by stimulation with several activators of phospholipase A2 in isolated human umbilical vein.
    W. Sametz, K. Humme, M. Butter, R. Wintersteiger
    Br. J. Pharmacol. 131, 145-151, (2000)
  • Reaction patterns of monoclonal antibodies to HLA-G in human tissues and on cell lines: A comperative study.
    A. Blaschitz, H. Hutter, V. Leitner, S. Pilz, R. Wintersteiger, G. Dohr, P. Sedlmayr
    Hum. Immunol. 61, 1074-1085 (2000)
  • Quantification of phenylurea pesticides by HPLC/ECD and photolysis
    B. Goger, O. Kunert, Ch. Seger, R. Rinelli, R. Wintersteiger
    Electronanlysis 13, No. 16,(2001) (in press)



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