Dr. Nina Vahekeni

Projects

• Natural Malagasy Plant Dyes / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Vahekeni, N. et al. (2026) 'Historical texts as a potential resource for plant-based antiviral agents against SARS-CoV-2 : the example of the Receptarium of Burkhard III von Hallwyl from 16th-century Switzerland', Frontiers in Pharmacology, 16(1731629). doi: 10.3389/fphar.2025.1731629.
• Vahekeni, N. et al. (2024) 'Antiprotozoal activity of plants used in the management of sleeping sickness in Angola and bioactivity-guided fractionation of Brasenia schreberi J.F.Gmel and Nymphaea lotus L. active against T. b. rhodesiense', Molecules, 29(7), p. 1611. doi: 10.3390/molecules29071611.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Sellathurai, V. et al. (2025) 'In vitro studies on the wound healing potential of dermatological plants from the Receptarium of Burkhard III von Hallwyl, a recipe text from 16th century Switzerland', in 73rd International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA), Naples, Italy, 31 August - 3 September 2025.
• Stehlin, J. et al. (2023) 'Immunomodulatory studies on selected plants from the Hallwyl 'Kräuterbuch' : an influential recipe text from 16th century Switzerland', in Planta Medica. Thieme, pp. 1392–1393. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1774171.
• Vahekeni, N. et al. (2023) 'Historical herbal texts from Switzerland : a potential source for plant- derived natural products against SARS-CoV-2', in Planta Medica. Thieme, p. 1422. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1774265.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

Urmann, C. et al. (2025) 'Targeting the hidden potential : bioactivity-guided metabolomics for antiviral compound discovery in plants', in Planta Medica. Thieme, p. 187. doi: 10.1055/s-0045-1814833.

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