Oral Health and Dental Medicine

Nijole Savickiene is the professor in the Department of Pharmacognosy, Lithuania Lithuanian University of Health Sciences.  Scientific interests: the investigations of the biologic active substances in plants, search of the new drugs and pharmacological activities in them. Activity: She was the head and coordinator of International “Eureka“project E! 3695 „Creation of the methodology for effects of natural antioxidants on the development of the Diabetes mellitus complications “. Nijole Savickiene participated in the research supported by a Grant (N.MIP–10180) of Lithuania Foundation for Research and Studies for the Projects according initiative of scientists „The estimation of biological activity and the technological functionalization of lectins”. Together with Department of Physiology and Pharmacology of Sapienza University of Rome was evaluated investigation of lectin-enriched protein fraction from Urtica dioica L. as antitumor and antimutagenic agent. She participated in Project entitled „Research and elaboration of directions for use of new plant polypeptides in the lectin family as potential immunomodulators and cytostatic agents“ jointly with V. F. Kuprevich’s Institute of Experimental Botany of Belarus Academy of Sciences, Horizon 2020 m.era.net Project “ PELARGODONT” (“Engineering and functionalization of delivery system with Pelargonium sidoides biologically active substance on inflamed periodontal surface area”),  9 Publications over last 5 years cited in the database of the Thomson Reuters ISI Web of Science. Nijole Savickiene is Expert of European Commission, Member of the Council of Faculty Pharmacy, Lithuania Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Member of Lithuania pharmacists association Council, Member of A. Kaikaris relief and charity Council, Member of Lithuania Apitherapy Society, President of Endobiogenic Medicine and Integrative Physiology Association.