Dr. Sandra Miklos

She is our expert for medicinal plants and phytochemicals and advises our customers in the fields of cosmetics, Chinese medicine and more: Diploma biologist Dr. Sandra Miklos. After completing her doctoral thesis in Regensburg and Rostock, she lived and worked for a year in Mexico at the Centro de Investigacion Biomedica de Michoacan. She has […]

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Bee venom kills breast cancer cells

Anyone who has already experienced a bee sting on their own body knows that it causes pain, accompanied by unpleasant itching and swelling. The substance melittin contained in bee venom is responsible for this. And it is precisely this that could play an important role in cancer therapy, according to an Australian study. Researchers and […]

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Karin Bayer

The trained marketing manager has been part of the Cfm team since summer 2020 and is thus the newest member. She ensures that customers and interested parties are supplied with news about Cfm. What is your everyday life like at Cfm? Most of the time you can hear me tapping the keys. I write texts […]

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Industry and nature in harmony: CFM Oskar Tropitzsch receives award

The Bavarian State Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection encourages businesses to design their areas to be insect-friendly and close to nature as part of the “Blühpakt Bayern” project. This should not only help the bees, but also support the entire biodiversity in Bavaria. A total of around 50 companies were awarded, including Cfm […]

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Verrucarin A in cancer therapy

Pancreatic cancer (ductal pancreatic adenocarcinoma / PDA) is one of the most difficult cancers to treat. Common chemotherapeutic agents often only bring about a short-term improvement in symptoms and, unfortunately, experience has shown that they have little effect on the patient’s recovery. New types of therapy are urgently needed here.  This is where Verrucarin A […]

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Laboratory ventilation system creates new opportunities

While planning our new building in 2017, it was already our goal to expand the service range for our customers by these capabilities: To be able to store active ingredients and excipients GDP-compliant (Good Distribution Practice) To be able to safely store hazardous substances in accordance with applicable guidelines To have an analytical laboratory – […]

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Stay in touch with us

Usually, you can meet us – the team of Cfm Oskar Tropitzsch GmbH – at various trade shows worldwide. But unfortunately not this year. For a known reason, we have made ourselves scarce for the moment. However, in 2021, we hope to be present at all trade shows again, if possible considering the COVID-19 situation. […]

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DL-Dithiothreitol – DTT as key element in diagnostics

In today’s time when there is still no vaccine or medication against the corona virus, COVID 19 tests or antibody tests are particularly important in order to uncover and thus interrupt the chain of infection. One product is of particular importance in these test kits: DL-Dithiothreitol, in short: DTT Long-term partnership Cfm Oskar Tropitzsch GmbH […]

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Sirolimus - An accompanying treatment for COVID-19 in elderly persons?!

Sirolimus – An accompanying treatment for COVID-19 in elderly persons?!

Researchers globally combat the COVID-19 pandemia. Data generated suggest that COVID-19 is a major threat for elderly in regards to being more dangerous and more severe. Even when a successful vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 becomes available, an additional drug might be necessary in order to boost the immune response in vaccinated but weakened persons. Rapamycin/Sirolimus is […]

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Sirolimus - An accompanying treatment for COVID-19 in elderly persons?!

Rapamycin – Eine Zusatztherapie bei der COVID-19 Behandlung von Senioren?!

Forscher weltweit bekämpfen die COVID-19-Pandämie. Die generierten Daten legen nahe, dass COVID-19 eine große Bedrohung gerade für ältere Menschen darstellt, da die Krankheitsverläufe gefährlicher und schwerer sind. Selbst wenn ein erfolgreicher Impfstoff gegen SARS-CoV-2 verfügbar wird, kann ein zusätzliches Medikament erforderlich sein, um die Immunantwort bei geimpften, aber geschwächten Personen zu stärken. Rapamycin / Sirolimus […]

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Covid-19 Update

Dear Clients, As the COVID-19 situation evolves globally, Cfm Oskar Tropitzsch GmbH strives to provide an uninterrupted supply of Analytical- and Research Reagents, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients and Starting Materials to customers and ultimately millions of patients we serve around the world. We are continuously assessing the situation, and given extensive mitigation planning and efforts, as […]

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Pepper from the Amazonas

Originally from southwestern India — pepper has found its way to us in Europe as a spice and remedy. Pepper was already known as a preservative and spice for food in ancient times and was therefore very popular as a luxury item in early Europe. In some epochs, this seasoning was outweighed with gold, which indicated its astonishing triumph even then. The flavor originates mainly from the alkaloid piperine. The digestive properties have always been used against gastrointestinal pain.

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