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Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas (CCNH) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
bachelor's at Bacharelado em Química from Instituto de Química - Universidade de São Paulo (1997), bachelor's at Licenciatura em Química from Faculdade de Educação - Universidade de São Paulo (1999) and doctorate at Química from Instituto de Química - Universidade de São Paulo (2002). Has experience in Chemistry, focusing on Chemistry of the Natural Products (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The use of nanotechnology has been widely used in the last decade, emerging as a technological revolution that has presented a low-cost alternative with more effective action due to its nanometric size. The combination of nanotechnology and natural products from medicinal plants or fungi may be a new approach to seek to improve the treatment of some diseases. Additionally, considering the…
Bahia is the main sisal producer in the world, accounting for approximately 90% of Brazil's production. Of this amount (around 140 thousand tons of sisal fibers per year), around 50% are exported to Asia, Europe and, mainly, Central America. However, after the fiber extraction and processing process, around 95% of the total mass of the raw material is classified as waste. Research carried…
The neglected diseases caused by parasites affect more than one billion people and represent a negative impact on health, education, productivity and socioeconomic development. Chemotherapy remains the main method of controlling these diseases, but the available drugs are limited in number and effectiveness. Aware of this problem, the World Health Organization (WHO), in its new roadmap wi…
In the present project, the prospective studies of bioactive molecules will be continued, especially with antiparasitic action (antileishmanial, antitrypanosomal and/or anthelmintic), originating from plant species belonging mainly to Annonaceae, Asteraceae, Lauraceae and Piperaceae occurring in Atlantic Forest and "Cerrado" areas of the State of São Paulo. Initially, selected species wil…
Natural products obtained from Brazilian flora constitute a powerful and diverse source of bioactive molecules, which are increasingly in high demand for the development of new human therapeutics. These bioactive molecules can be considered 'pre-optimized' by Nature to possess bioactivity and 'drug-like' properties. Affirmation of these statements is realized in the fact that more than 50…
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At the forefront of modern psychiatry, studies on psychedelic chemicals are opening newavenues for the treatment of mental disorders such as depression, refractory anxiety, and PostTraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Recent studies involving 5-methoxy-N,Ndimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT) have shown its effectiveness for depression that is resistantto conventional treatment. The aim of this pro…
Chagas disease and schistosomiasis, caused by the protozoa Trypasonoma cruzi and Schistosoma mansoni, respectively, are serious illnesses that have a high mortality and morbidity rate. Despite this, current treatments for these diseases face challenges, such as parasite resistance, low efficacy and adverse side effects. Therefore, in view of the historical importance that natural products…
There has been a considerable increase in infections by multidrug-resistant microorganisms in the last few years both due to the natural adaptability of these microorganisms to the known antibiotics and especially due to the misuse and overuse of them. Along with that, the current Covid-19 pandemic in which there has been a high rate of antibiotic utilization in patients even with a relat…
Plant species, as well as other natural products, have been used as therapeutics for treatment of several diseases since ancient times. There is great chemodiversity in plants, which make them important sources for new drug development studies, including for neglected diseases such as Chagas Disease. Therefore, this project aims to conduct a molecular dereplication study of Porcelia macro…
Brazil has great biological diversity and can enjoy many species with unknown pharmacological properties. Phytochemical studies with different species of the genus Nectandra have shown great structural diversity of bioactive metabolites, however, there is no information in the literature related to the chemical composition and/or biological potential of the species Nectandra barbellata. B…
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Antimicrobial resistance represents a serious global public health issue. Infections by multidrug-resistant bacteria are responsible for about 700,000 deaths annually and this number grows each year. Therefore, there is an urgent need to find alternative treatment methods for these microorganisms. Natural products have shown a great bactericidal potential and they already have been studie…
Brazilian Atlantic forest is one of most important regions worldwide, considered as a biodiversity hotspot due to its high degree of biodiversity (plant, animals and microorganisms). Based in this aspect, the investigation of metabolites from different plants species from this biome could be a source of new prototypesto therapeutic treatment for several diseases, including neglected tropi…
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