Academic Staff

Education Background:

• B.Sc. (Pharmacy), Mahidol University, Thailand
• Ph.D. (Phytopharmaceutical Sciences), Mahidol University, Thailand
   

Work Experience:

• 2015 – present Lecturer, Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University
• 2010 – 2015 Assistant Lecturer, Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University

Expertise:

• Quality improvement of herbal raw materials
• Quality control of herbal materials & products

            - Identification of pharmacologically active compounds 

            - Development of the standardized protocol using Chemometrics techniques 

• Clinical trial of herbal medicine

Current Research:

Award & Honor:

• AWARDS

           - 2014 Outstanding oral presentation in the RGJ-Ph.D. Congress XV 

           - 2013 Second prize in the student poster competition in the 12th International Conference on the Science of Botanicals (ICSB)

• Publications

1. Benjawan, S., Nimitphong, H., Tragulpiankit, P., Musigavong, O., Prathanturarug, S., Pathomwichaiwat, T., 2022. The effect of Cissus quadrangularis L. on delaying bone loss in postmenopausal women with osteopenia: a randomized placebo-controlled trial. Phytomedicine, 2022; 101:154115.
2. Inchan A, Pathomwichaiwat T, Bualeong T, Tipratchadaporn S, Chootip K., 2022. Anti-hypotensive effect of “Yahom Navakot” in rats with orthostatic hypotension. Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine. 2022;12(2):180-189. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcme.2021.08.002.
3. Pansumrit, P., Pathomwichaiwat, T., Kladwong, P., Tiyaworanant, S., Nguanchoo, V., Bongcheewin, B., 2022. An ethnobotanical study of the genus Smilax in Thailand and its botanical authentication for Hua-khao-yen crude drugs. Pharmaceutical Sciences Asia. 2022; 49: 230-241.
4. Atiratana, T., Traiperm, P., Kochaiphat, P., Pathomwichaiwat, T., Viboonjun, U. Comparative assessments of alkaloids and phenolic compounds in a Thai medicinal plant, Erycibe elliptilimba, and other species in the genus. Acta Horticulturae. 2022;1339:59-66.
5. Thong-on, W., Pathomwichaiwat, T., Boonsith, S., Koo-amornpattana, W., Prathanturarug, S., 2021. Green extraction optimization of triterpenoid glycoside-enriched extract from Centella asiatica (L.) Urban using response surface methodology (RSM). Scientific Reports 11, 22026.
6. Rattanavipanon W, Nithiphongwarakul C, Sirisuwansith P, Chaiyasothi T, Thakkinstian A, Nathisuwan S, Pathomwichaiwat T. Effect of tomato, lycopene and related products on blood pressure: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Phytomed. 2021:153512.
7. Kwankhao P, Chuthaputti A, Tantipidok Y, Pathomwichaiwat T, Theantawee W, Buabao S, Chantraket R, Puttarak P, Petrakart P, Chinsoi P, Chungsiriporn D, Bongcheewin B, Sermsinsiri V. The current situation of the herbal medicinal product system in Thailand. Journal of Health Science. 2020;29:S82-S95.
8. Nguyen KV, Pongkitwitoon B, Pathomwichaiwat T, Viboonjun U, Prathanturarug S. Effects of methyl jasmonate on the growth and triterpenoid production of diploid and tetraploid Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. hairy root cultures. Scientific Reports. 2019;9(1):18665.
9. Pathomwichaiwat T, Ochareon P, Soonthornchareonnon N, Ali Z, Khan IA, Prathanturarug S. Alkaline phosphatase activity-guided isolation of active compounds and new dammarane-type triterpenes from Cissus quadrangularis hexane extract. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2015;160:52–60.
10. Jivapetthai A, Pathomwichaiwat T, Ochareon P, Prathanturarug S. In vitro bone formation inducing activity of selected Thai traditional formulations for the promotion of women’s health. Journal of Health Research 2014; 28(4): 233-9.
11. Pathomwichaiwat T, Suvitayavat W, Sailasuta A, Piyachaturawat P, Soonthornchareonnon N, Prathanturarug S. Antiosteoporotic effect of sequential extracts and freeze-dried juice of Cissus quadrangularis L. in ovariectomized mice. Asian Biomedicine 2012;6(3):377–84.

• Oral & Poster Presentations

1. Pathomwichaiwat T, Prueksa S, Prathanturarug S. Age-related chemical profiles and osteoblast differentiation activity of 18-month old Cissus quadrangularis L. The 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research 2019; September 1-5, 2019; Innsbruck, Austria. 2019.
2. Pathomwichaiwat T, Soonthornchareonnon N, Suvitayavat W, Ochareon P, Khan IA, Prathanturarug S. Antiosteoporotic-based standardization of Cissus quadrangularis hexane extract using similarity analysis. The 9th Joint Natural Products Conference 2016; July 24–27, 2016; Copenhagen, Denmark. 2016.
3. Pathomwichaiwat T, Soonthornchareonnon N, Suvitayavat W, Ochareon P, Ali Z, Khan IA, Prathanturarug S. Identification of major compounds from active hexane extract of Cissus quadrangularis for osteoporosis. RGJ-PhD Congress XV; May 28–30, 2014; Pattaya, Chonburi, Thailand. 2014. (Award: Outstanding oral presentation)
4. Pathomwichaiwat T, Ochareon P, Ali Z, Khan IA, Prathanturarug S. Isolation of major compounds from pharmacologically active hexanes extract of Cissus quadrangularis L. The 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Pharmacognosy; July 13–17, 2013; Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. 2013.
5. Pathomwichaiwat T, Ochareon P, Ali Z, Khan IA, Prathanturarug S. Stimulatory effect on osteoblast differentiation of compounds from Cissus quadrangularis L. The 12th International Conference on the Science of Botanicals (ICSB); April 15–18, 2013; Oxford, Mississippi, USA. 2013.
6. Pathomwichaiwat T, Suvitayavat W, Sailasuta A, Piyachaturawat P, Soonthornchareonnon N, Prathanturarug S. Antiosteoporotic effect of Cissus quadrangularis L. extracts in ovariectomized mice. 58th International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research and the 7th Tannin Conference; August 29–September 2, 2010; Germany. 2010.