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Turhanen Petri Antero
Summary
Dr. Petri Turhanen, Ph.D, is university researcher at University of Eastern Finland (UEF),
School of Pharmacy. He received M.Sc. in organic chemistry at University of Jyväskylä in
1997 and Ph.D. in synthetic organic and medicinal chemistry at University of Kuopio in 2003.
Dr. Turhanen has authored more than 50 publications and conference presentations being a
main author in most of them, he also has 2 patents and 2 patent applications.
His scientific interests are focused on synthetic organic chemistry with green chemistry aspect
and synthesis of different kind of bisphosphonates (BPs) and their derivatives, also synthesis
of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) analogs are with great interest. BPs are highly important class
of drugs used in many applications in medicinal chemistry field like for the treatment of bone
disorders like Paget´s disease and osteoporosis; besides BPs can be used in many other
applications such as purification of metal contaminated water. Dr. Turhanen´s lab has ability
to synthesize many different kind of BPs, as some to mention: etidronate, pamidronate,
clodronate, alendronate, zoledronate, risedronate, tiludronate, incadronate etc.
ATP analogs are also with great interest because of their biological effects and possible
applications in medicinal field, however they are difficult to prepare because of quite unstable
structure (two -P-O-P- bonds). Dr. Turhanen has also experience of purification of prepared
ATP analogs by high performance counter current chromatography (HPCCC), which is not a
common method in synthetic chemistry. See more: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/PetriTurhanen
