Name:

IRAJ MEHREGAN

Birth Year:

1975

Birth Place:

Gachsaran, Iran

Iraj Mehregan's Curriculum Vitae

Education:

1993-1997; Dep. of Biology, Faculty of sciences, University of Isfahan, Iran (B.Sc. in Biology | Plant Sciences).

1998-2001; Dep. of Botany, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University (former National Univ. of Iran), Tehran, Iran (M.Sc. in Plant Sciences | Systematics).

2004-2008; Institut fuer Spezielle Botanik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz, Germany (Ph.D. in Biology | Plant Molecular Phylogeny).

Dissertations:

1997, BSc Thesis, Floristic study of Boustan region (Gachsaran, Iran).

2001, MSc Thesis, Taxonomic study of the genus Medicago L. in Iran.

2008, PhD Thesis, Systematics, phylogeny und biogeography of genus Cousinia (Asteraceae). [also +]

English Papers: “last updated on 13.09.09”

23. Mehregan, I. & Assadi, M. (submitted). Notes on the new section Cousinia sect. Argentea (Asteraceae, Cardueae) from NE Iran. Submitted to Willdenowia.

22. Mehregan, I. (2009). Identity, relationship and distribution of the poorly known Cousinia elata (Asteraceae, Cardueae). Willdenowia 39: 83-87.

21. Mehregan, I. & Kadereit, J. W. (2009). The role of hybridization in the evolution of Cousinia s.s. (Asteraceae). Willdenowia 39: 35-47.

20. López-Vinyallonga*, S., Mehregan*, I., Garcia-Jacas, N., Tscherneva, O., Susanna, A. & Kadereit, J. W. (2009). Phylogeny and evolution of the Arctium-Cousinia complex (Compositae, Cardueae-Carduinae). Taxon 58: 153-171. (* Lopez-Vinyallonga & Mehregan contributed equally to this publication).

19. Mehregan, I. & Kadereit, J.W. (2008). Taxonomic revision of Cousinia sect. Cynaroideae. Willdenowia 38: 293-362.

18. Faridi, P., Ghasemi, Y., Gholami, G., Mehregan, I. & Mohagheghzadeh, A. (2008). Antimicrobial essential oil from Smyrniopsis aucheri . Chemistry of Natural Compounds 44: 116-118.

17. Sajjadi, S. E., Mehregan, I. (2006). Volatile constituents of flowers and leaves of Anthemis hyaliana. Chemistry of Natural Compounds 42: 531-533.

16. Sajjadi, S. E., Mehregan, I. (2006). Chemical composition of the essential oil of Cyclothrichium depauperatum. Chemistry of Natural Compounds 42: 358-359.

15. Mohagheghzadeh, A., Schmidt, T. J., Bayindir, Ü, Fuss, E., Mehregan, I., Alfermann, A. W. (2006). Diarylbutyrolactone Lignans from Linum corymbulosum in vitro Cultures. Planta Med. 72: 1165-1167.

14. Ghasemi Y., Faridi P., Mehregan I. & Mohagheghzadeh A. (2005). Ferula gummosa fruits: An aromatic antimicrobial agent. Chemistry of Natural Compounds 41: 311-314.

13. Javidnia, K., Miri, R., Mehregan, I. & Sadeghpour, S. (2005). Volatile constituents of the essential oil of Nepeta ucrainica L. ssp Kopetdaghensis from Iran. Flavor and Fragrance J. 20: 219-221.14.

12. Javidnia, K., Miri, R., Fahham, N. & Mehregan, I. (2005). Composition of the Essential Oil of Dracocephalum kotschyi Boiss. from Iran. J. Essential Oil Res. 17: 481-482.

11. Sajjadi, S. E., Mehregan, I., Khatamsaz, M. and Asgari, Gh (2005). Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of Perovskia abrotanoides Karel. growing wild in Iran. Flavour and Fragrance J. 20:445-446.

10. Sajjadi, S. E. and Mehregan, I. (2005). Chemical Constituents of the Essential Oil of Nepeta daenensis Boiss. J. Essential Oil Res. 17:563-564.

9. Mohagheghzadeh, A., Hemmati, Sh., Mehregan, I. & Alfermann, A. W. (2003). Linum persicum: lignans and placement in Linaceae. Phytochemistry Reviews 2: 363?369.

8. Sajjadi, S. E. and Mehregan, I. (2003). Composition of the essential oil of Stachys laxa Boiss. & Buhse. Iranian J. Pharm. Sci. 2: 57-58.

7. Ghannadi, A., Aghazari, F., Mehrabani, M., Mohagheghzadeh, A. & Mehregan, I. (2003). Quantity and Composition of the SDE prepared essential oil of Nepeta macrosiphon Boiss. Iranian J. Pharm. Sci. 2: 103-105.

6. Ghannadi, A. and Mehregan, I. (2003). Essential oil of one of the Iranian skullcaps. Z. Naturforsch. 58 C: 316-318. [direct link to pdf file].

5. Mehregan, I., Assadi, M. & Attar, F. (2003): Cousinia (sect. Haussknechtianae) gatchsaranica, a new species from SW Iran. Willdenowia 33: 107-111. [direct link to pdf file].

4. Mehregan, I., Moussavi, M. and Nasrabadi, N. (2003). The genus Medicago in Iran: Biodiversity and variation centres. Rostaniha (Botanical Journal of Iran) 4(1-2): 5-18. [with an abstract in Farsi; not online yet].

3. Mehregan, I., Rahiminejad M. R. and Azizian, D. (2003). A taxonomic revision of the genus Medicago in Iran. Iranian J. Botany 9: 207-221. [with an abstract in Farsi; not online yet].

2. Sajjadi, S. E. & Mehregan, I. (2003). Constituents of essential oil of Prangos asperula subsp. haussknechtii (Boiss.) Herrnst. & Heyn. Daru 11: 79-81.

1. Sajjadi, S. E., Rahiminejad, M. R., Mehregan, I. & Poorassar, A. (2001). Constituents of essential oil of Hypericum dogonbadanicum Assadi, J. Essential Oil Res. 13: 43-44.

Current Address:

Postfach 3242

55022 Mainz

Germany

c/o

Institut fuer Spezielle Botanik
Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet
55099 Mainz
Germany

Books:

6. Emami, A. & Mehregan, I. (in press). PDR for Herbal Medicine. Vol. 1 & 2. Tehran, Iran. [Farsi; translated from English].

5. Mehregan, I. (in press). Euphrasia L. in Assadi M. et al. (eds.). Flora of Iran, Institute of Forests and Rangeland Researches,Tehran, Iran. [Farsi].

4. Mehregan, I. & Rahiminejad M. R. (in press). Medicago L. in Assadi M. et al. (eds.). Flora of Iran, Institute of Forests and Rangeland Researches,Tehran, Iran. [Farsi].

3. Emami, A., Shams-Ardakani, M. R. & Nekouie-Naeenie, Nasim in corp. with Mehregan, I. (2002-2006). Phytotherapie: traitement des maladies par les plantes. Vol. 1-3. Rah-e Kamal Press,Tehran, Iran. [Farsi, Translated from French + additions].

2. Emami, A., Shams-Ardakani, M. R. & Mehregan, I. (2004). Medicinal Plants Pictorial Dictionary. Shahid Beheshti University Press,Tehran, Iran. [Farsi, Translated from English + additions].

1. Mehregan, I. (2003) in Ghasemi, N. (ed.): Iranian Herbal Pharmacopoeia, monographs 1-100. Vol. 1 & 2. Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, 795 pp. [member of Botany Committee] [Farsi].

Thesis I advised:

4. Botanical & Phytochemical study of Carlluma tuberculatum N. E. Brown in comparison to Chelidonium majus L. Supervised by Ghassemi, N.; Mehregan, I., Faculty of Pharmacy, Esfahan University of Medical Sciences.

3. Pharmacognostical evaluations of the herbal Flora of Shandiz mountains in Khorasan province. Supervised by Sajjadi, S. E., Mehregan, I. and Khatamsaz, M., Faculty of Pharmacy, Esfahan University of Medical Sciences.

2. Aghazari, F.: Morphological and phytochemical investigations on Nepeta macrosiphon Boiss. Supervised by Ghannadi, A., Mohagheghzadeh, A. and Mehregan, I., Faculty of Pharmacy, Esfahan University of Medical Sciences.

1. Eskandari Chorati, B.: Pharmacognostical evaluations of the herbal Flora of Chorat in Mazandaran province. Supervised by Moattar, F. and Mehregan, I., Faculty of Pharmacy, Esfahan University of Medical Sciences.