Director, Center for Pharmacognostic on Panamanian Flora, College of Pharmacy of Panama, Panama and International Coordinator, Fine Pharmaceutical Chemistry Subprogram, CYTED
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Unit 0948
APO AA 34002-0948
Email: cytedqff at ancon.up.ac.pa
Research Interests
Chemistry and biology of medicinal plants of Panama. Evaluation of traditional medicine., Search for lead compounds in Panamanian biodiversity
Current Research Projects
Utilization of Biodiversity through R & D and Biocommerce
Drug Discovery though Bioprospection in Panama University of Kansas-University of Panama
Search for Isoflavonoids(phytoestrogens) in Panamanian Flora
Isolation and characterization of anti – Alzheimer’s disease compounds from three Panamanian plants
Chemical composition and pharmacology of aromatic flora of Panama. .
National Bioprospection Program and Research on Panamanian biodiversity as a source of bioactive compounds.
Recent Publications
ZACCHINO,S.A. AND GUPTA M.P. 2007. Mannual of Detection of Antifungal compounds. CTED-APCT, UNiversity of Rosario ( Book in Spanish)
OLMEDO, D, RODRIGUEZ, N., LOPEZ-PEREZ, J.L., SAN FELICIANO, A, CORREA, M., GUPTA, M.P. 2007 New coumarin from the fruits of Coutarea hexandra. Natural Products Research 21(7): 625-631
Solís, P.N., Nakamura, N., Olmedo, D. Hattori, M., Gupta M. P. 2006. Parathesilactones and parathesiquinones from braches of parthesis amplifolia. Pharmaceutical Biology. 44(5): 328-335.
Kouznetsov, V.V., Puentes, C.O., Romero Bohorquez, A.R., Zacchino, S., A., Sortino, M., Gupta, M.P., Vázquez, Y., Bahsas, A., Amaro, J.L., 2006. A Straightforward Synthetic Approach to Antitumoral Pyridinyl Substituted 7H-Indefo[2,2-c]Quinoline Derivatives Via Three-Component Imino Diels-Alder Reaction. Letter in Organic Chemistry 3(4): 300-304.
CALDERON, A.I., VAZQUEZ, Y., SOLIS, P.N., CABALLERO-GEORGE, C., ZACCHINO, GIMENEZ, A., PINZON, R., CACERES, A., TAMAYO, G., CORREA, M., GUPTA, M.P. 2006. Screening of Latin American plants for cytotoxicity. Pharmaceutical Biology 44(2): 130-140.
GUPTA, M.P., HANDA, S.S., VASISHT, K. Biological screening of plant constituents, ICS/UNIDO, International Centre for Science and High Technology, Triestre, 2006. 114pp.
JACOBO-HERRERA, N.J. BREMNER, P., MÁRQUEZ, N., GUPTA, M.P., GIBBONS, S., MUÑOZ, E., HEINRICH, MICHAEL. 2006. Physalins from Witheringia solanacea as modulator of the NF – KB Cascade. Journal of Natural Products 69: 328-331.
PECCHIO, M., SOLÍS, P.N., LÓPEZ- PÉREZ, J.L., VÁSQUEZ, Y., RODRÍGUEZ, N., OLMEDO, D., CORREA, N., SAN FELICIANO, A., GUPTA, M.P. 2006. Cytotoxic and antimicrobial benzophenones from the leaves of Tovomita longifolia. Journal of Natural Products 69: 410-413.
RUEGG, T., CALDERÓN, A.I., QUIRÓZ, E.F., SOLÍS, P.N., MARSTON, A., RIVAS, F., ORTEGA – BARRIA, E., HOSTETTMANN, K. and GUPTA, M.P. 2006. 3 Farnesyl – 2 – hydroxybenzoic acid is a new anti-Helicobacter pylori compound from Piper multiplinervium. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 103: 461-467.
OSORIO – HERRERA, S., GAITÁN IBARRA, R., DÍAZ – CASTILLO, F., OLMEDO, D., GUPTA, M.P. 2005. Aislamiento de caracterization de un nuevo quasinoide a partir del extracto en diclorometano de semillas de Simaba cedron Planch. Actual Biol. 27 (Supl 1): 43-48, 2005.
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