Graduated at School of Pharmacy from Universidade Federal Fluminense (1984), master's at the Chemistry Institute of University of São Paulo (1987) and Ph.d. on Organic Chemistry of Natural Products at the Chemistry Institute of the Universiity of São Paulo (1991). Has experience in Chemistry, focusing on Chemistry of the Natural Products aiming the bioprospection of natural products with pharmaceutical potential, acting on the following subjects: propolis, pharmacognosy, antimicrobial activity, antiparasitical activity, development of validated analytical methods. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The Brazilian propolis produced by Apis mellifera called green, brown and red have great economic importance, due to their biological activities and export to several countries, such as Japan and China, and production of approximately 200 tons per year. The main botanical origins of Brazilian propolis are: Baccharis dracunculifolia for green propolis; Araucaria sp, Eucalyptus sp and other…
Despite the wide folk use of copaiba oil resin by the Brazilians since XIX century, the several studies corroborating many of its ethnopharmacological uses, and its production being around 800 tons per year, there is a great need of undertaking phytochemical, pharmacological, toxicological and clinical studies, aiming to guarantee the safety, efficacy and quality, which are mandatory for …
Fungi have been less explored than plants in bioprospection programs, especially the endophytes, which remain a promising and practically unexplored source of interesting bioactive natural products. One of the major advantages of working with microorganisms in a natural products discovery program is the possibility to screen a vast number of cultures on a small scale, before identifying t…
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Propolis is a natural resinous product that is constituted of a mixture of exudates from plants with beeswax glands, mainly from Apis mellifera. They perform the collection of these exudates and take propolis to their hives to seal openings and also to protect them from microorganisms and insects. Due to this defense property against microorganisms, propolis has been used for thousands of…
The difficulty of wound healing is one of the main complications due to Diabetes Mellitus (DM), caused by the high level of oxidative stress and the persistence of the inflammatory process. This process may be more compromised when associated with bacterial infection, such as Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), worsening the condition, which is responsible for a large numb…
Brazilian red propolis is a resinous product found in hives from Northeast Brazil. This type of propolis has gained increasing attention from international markets due to its pharmacological activities. Biological studies performed with red propolis report that it has cytotoxic and anti-tumor activity against several types of Cancer in vitro and in vivo models. According to the literature…
Brazilian propolis produced by Apis mellifera, popularly known as green, brown, and red, with approximately 200 tons produced per year, is highly economically relevant to Brazil since they are exported to several countries, especially Japan and China. In addition to the well-known propolis, there is propolis that has not yet been studied, as is the case of propolis produced in Northeaster…
Propolis is a natural resinous substance produced by bees, including the species Apis mellifera L., from parts of plants, or exudates, which are mixed with wax and salivary secretion. Its composition and, consequently, its biological activities depend on several factors, such as geographic origin, seasonality, sun light, altitude and availability of food during the production of propolis.…
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Pancreatic cancer is a highly fatal disease with a 5-year survival rate of approximately 10% in the USA, and it is becoming an increasingly common cause of cancer mortality. The intrinsic and acquired drug resistance frequently leads to treatment failure, suggesting critical needs for additional drugs to improve disease outcome. Moreover, the drug targets are not only cancer cells but als…
Propolis is a complex set of components collected by bees of the species Apis mellifera, as resins of numerous parts of plants, which has a high value in the international market due to the biological activities attributed to this product. Thus, it is proposed to isolate and identify the compounds present in Brazilian brown propolis collected in Angatuba-SP, as well as to obtain derivativ…
Herbal treatments are the most popular form of traditional medicine. However, agencies responsible for health are increasingly demanding the pharmacokinetic studies of these extracts for monitoring the active compounds in plant drug and in human blood. Copaifera langsdorffii Desf. is popularly known as "copaiba" and has a variety of ethnopharmacological uses described, especially for its …
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