This is a very interesting article that was first posted in June 2025, and due to its popularity the KHNI would like to draw your attention to this informative read. Over the past decade, the global prevalence of obesity has escalated to alarming levels, prompting significant public health concerns. In 2022, approximately 1 in 8… Read more »
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Professor Helen Sheridan BSc, MA, PhD, FRSC, FTCD
Professor in Natural Product Science at the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SoPPS) - Trinity College Dublin (TCD)
Go To Contributors ArticlesDr. Helen Sheridan is the founder and academic director of the NatPro Centre for Natural Product Research located at TCD (2019 – to date). She completed her B. Sc in University College Dublin (UCD) with first class honours Helen completed her Ph. D in Natural product Chemistry in UCD (1980-3). She was awarded a Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Travelling Fellowship which she held at Oxford University under the direction of Professor Sir Jack Baldwin. She also had a subsequent period of research supported by the Irish and French Governments at the CNRS at Gif-sur-Yvette, Paris in the research group of Nobel Laureate Professor Sir Derek Barton. Helen returned to UCD on an Irish Government Fellowship and carried our research and teaching there, in the area of natural products before taking up her academic position in the SoPPS at TCD.
Amla, also known as Phyllanthus emblica Linn (Euphorbiaceae family) or the Indian gooseberry is referred to as balakka, kimalaka, kemlaka, kemloko, or malaka in Indonesia. The plant has thirteen synonyms listed in the World Flora Online database. This plant has been revered for centuries in the traditional medicine systems of Southern Asia, such as Ayurveda,… Read more »
Professor Helen Sheridan BSc, MA, PhD, FRSC, FTCD: Kerry Health and Nutrition Institute is pleased to announce that Dr. Helen Sheridan has joined our Scientific Advisory Council. Helen is a Professor in Natural Product Science at the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SoPPS) at Trinity College Dublin (TCD). She is founder and academic… Read more »