Dr Barbara Pendry
Principal lecturer and Programme leader Pharmaceutical Science
Medicines Research Group
Principal lecturer and Programme Leader Pharmaceutical Science
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AE 5.33, Stratford Campus
School of Health Sport and Bioscience
University of East London
Water Lane
London
E15 4LZ - b.pendry@uel.ac.uk +442082234586
Dr Pendry is an Herbal Medicine Practitioner with a PhD in Phytotherapy involving the investigation and identification of antioxidant activity in a small selection of medicinal plants traditionally used in the treatment of chronic age-related diseases. Her particular interest in the treatment of Cancer with Complementary therapies and mental health has evolved from her previous work as a practitioner with Barnet Cancer Care and as a Mental Health Act Manager for Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust and latterly Cornerstone House a service providing a rehabilitation and recovery service for those people from a mental illness. At UEL she has responsibility for the leadership of the BSc in Pharmaceutical Science formerly Programme leader for Herbal Medicine.
Dr Pendry is a member of the Medicines Research Group at UEL whose current focus is quality assessment and drug discovery potential for natural products related to public health promotion and disease presentation in emerging and developed economies. The issues related to the problems of antimicrobial resistance are of particular interest and Dr Pendry has presented at two workshops in India (funded by the British Council) and Bangladesh (funded by the GCRF fund) to highlight the problems of antimicrobial resistance and discuss the challenges for the development of novel antimicrobial agents from Ayurvedic medicinal plants.
She is a member of the government’s Herbal Medicine Advisory Committee (HMAC) and Editor-In Chief of the Journal of Herbal Medicine
Overview
Active member of the Medicines Research Group (MRG) which embraces research across a wide range of biomedical issues concerning the safety and efficacy of medicines: phytomedicines, nutritional medicine and pharmaceuticals. Current activities include;- • Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier Journal ‘Journal of Herbal Medicine’ • Phytochemical analysis of a range of herbal medicines prescribed by herbalists to assess quality. • Collaboration with The West African Health Organisation to assist in the development and the use of herbal medicines in healthcare particularly in the development of quality control testing for Herbal products and a pharmacopoeia for traditional herbal medicinal plants for a largely uncontrolled market in West Africa. • Research related to the search for plants to combat antimicrobial resistance plus the use of antibiotics in third world countries contributing to this global threat • Research on Peer-Led Drug and Alcohol Services • Herbal practice related issues such as the use of the restricted Schedule 20 herbs • PhD/MSc supervision of a variety of medicinal plant related projects Dissertation supervisor for undergraduate/post graduate bioscience students of Herbal Medicine, Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Science and Biomedical Science. Internal examiner (UEL)/ External examiner for several PhD thesis.
Collaborators
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Research
Publications
Funding
Antioxidant activity of Medicinal plants particularly in relation to their propensity to inhibit lipid peroxidation.
Analysis of Herbal Medicines and plant materials in regard to quality control, efficacy and safety
Materia Medica and Herbal therapeutics
Botanical treatment of Cancer
Mental Health - psychiatric disorders and the pharmacological treatment of mental illness.
Interests
Portfolio
BSc Pharmaceutical Science
BSc Biomedical Science
BSc Pharmacology
BSc Pharmaceutical Science
BSc Biomedical Science
BSc Pharmacology
Member of the British Association of Occupational Therapists
External Examiner for the University of Bedfordshire (Foundation degree complementary therapy)
Member of the MHRA's 'Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee'