Academic Work

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Research interests

• Medicinal plants
• Cancer
• Cytotoxicity
• Natural products

Profile

Professor Elisa Vega Ávila is a chemist from the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí, has a Master's in Experimental Biology and a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, degrees obtained at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM).
She has published in national and international journals, the article "An overview of colorimetric assay methods used to assess survival or proliferation of mammalian cells" being cited 180 times.

She currently has the Teaching and Research Scholarship (2019-2023) award granted by the UAM.

Among her disciplines, she mentions that experiments are carried out to evaluate the pharmacological and toxic properties of the metabolites present in plants used to treat diseases with infectious symptoms and cancer. On some occasions, some compounds are determined present in the fractions with biological activity.

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Research interests

• Medicinal plants
• Cancer
• Cytotoxicity
• Natural products

Academic Work

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Some examples of publications

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Open Access	References	UN SDGs
OA	Alarcon-Aguilar, F.J., Torres-Chacón, D.L., Suárez-Alonso, A. and 8 more (...) (2026).Cytotoxic Activity of Boswellia serrata Roxb. Essential Oil and Acetyl-11-Keto-β-Boswellic Acid (AKBA) on Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells: In Vitro and In Silico Study. International Journal of Molecular Sciences,27(13)	3
OA	Castillo-Villanueva, C.J., Anacleto-Santos, J., López-Pérez, T.J. and 8 more (...) (2026).Inhibitors of the FASII Metabolic Pathway in Toxoplasma gondii: Advances and Therapeutic Perspectives. Microorganisms,14(5)
OA	Anacleto-Santos, J., Mondragón-Flores, R., López-Camacho, P.Y. and 8 more (...) (2025).Anti-Toxoplasma and Antioxidant Activity of a Terpene and Methyl-Ester-Rich Subfraction from Pleopeltis crassinervata. Antioxidants,14(3)
OA	Anacleto-Santos, J., Vega-Ávila, E., Pacheco, L. and 8 more (...) (2024).Antibacterial, Trichomonacidal, and Cytotoxic Activities of Pleopeltis crassinervata Extracts. Pharmaceutics,16(5)
	Anacleto-Santos, J., López-Camacho, P.Y., Vega-ávila, E. and 3 more (...) (2021).Anti-Toxoplasma Drug Discovery and Natural Products: a Brief Overview. Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research - Anti Infectives,7103-126
OA	Anacleto-Santos, J., López-Camacho, P., Mondragón-Flores, R. and 5 more (...) (2020).Anti-toxoplasma, antioxidant and cytotoxic activities of Pleopeltis crassinervata (Fée) T. Moore hexane fraction. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences,27(3) 812-819

Courses taught by the professor in recent trimesters

*Courses are conducted in spanish

Num.	Trim.	Course Name	Level
1	26P	Trabajo de Investigación VI	Posgrado
2	26P	Seminario VI	Posgrado
3	26P	Cromatografía de Gases	Licenciatura
4	26P	Métodos Instrumentales	Licenciatura
5	26P	Química Analítica	Licenciatura
6	26I	Seminario V	Posgrado
7	26I	Química Analítica	Licenciatura
8	26I	Trabajo de Investigación V	Posgrado
9	25O	Trabajo de Investigación IV	Posgrado
10	25O	Métodos Instrumentales	Licenciatura
11	25O	Proyecto de Investigación III	Licenciatura
12	25O	Seminario IV	Posgrado
13	25P	Métodos Instrumentales	Licenciatura
14	25P	Proyecto de Investigación II	Licenciatura
15	25P	Química Analítica	Licenciatura
16	25P	Seminario III	Posgrado
17	25P	Trabajo de Investigación III	Posgrado
18	25I	Seminario II	Posgrado
19	25I	Proyecto de Investigación I	Licenciatura
20	25I	Química Analítica	Licenciatura
21	25I	Trabajo de Investigación II	Posgrado
22	24O	Métodos Instrumentales	Licenciatura
23	24O	Seminario I	Posgrado
24	24O	Trabajo de Investigación I	Posgrado
25	24P	Química Analítica	Licenciatura
26	24P	Métodos Instrumentales	Licenciatura
27	24I	Química Analítica	Licenciatura
28	23O	Métodos Instrumentales	Licenciatura
29	23P	Química Analítica	Licenciatura
30	23P	Métodos Instrumentales	Licenciatura
31	23I	Química Analítica	Licenciatura
32	22O	Métodos Instrumentales	Licenciatura
33	22O	Temas Selectos de Biología Experimental I	Licenciatura
34	22P	Métodos Instrumentales	Licenciatura
35	22P	Proyecto de Investigación III	Licenciatura
36	22P	Química Analítica	Licenciatura
37	22I	Proyecto de Investigación II	Licenciatura
38	22I	Proyecto de Investigación IV	Posgrado
39	22I	Química Analítica	Licenciatura

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