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	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	26I	Seminario V	Posgrado
2	26I	Química Analítica	Licenciatura
3	26I	Trabajo de Investigación V	Posgrado
4	25O	Métodos Instrumentales	Licenciatura
5	25O	Proyecto de Investigación III	Licenciatura
6	25O	Seminario IV	Posgrado
7	25O	Trabajo de Investigación IV	Posgrado
8	25P	Métodos Instrumentales	Licenciatura
9	25P	Proyecto de Investigación II	Licenciatura
10	25P	Química Analítica	Licenciatura
11	25P	Seminario III	Posgrado
12	25P	Trabajo de Investigación III	Posgrado
13	25I	Proyecto de Investigación I	Licenciatura
14	25I	Química Analítica	Licenciatura
15	25I	Seminario II	Posgrado
16	25I	Trabajo de Investigación II	Posgrado
17	24O	Trabajo de Investigación I	Posgrado
18	24O	Seminario I	Posgrado
19	24O	Métodos Instrumentales	Licenciatura
20	24P	Métodos Instrumentales	Licenciatura
21	24P	Química Analítica	Licenciatura
22	24I	Química Analítica	Licenciatura
23	23O	Métodos Instrumentales	Licenciatura
24	23P	Métodos Instrumentales	Licenciatura
25	23P	Química Analítica	Licenciatura
26	23I	Química Analítica	Licenciatura
27	22O	Métodos Instrumentales	Licenciatura
28	22O	Temas Selectos de Biología Experimental I	Licenciatura
29	22P	Métodos Instrumentales	Licenciatura
30	22P	Proyecto de Investigación III	Licenciatura
31	22P	Química Analítica	Licenciatura
32	22I	Proyecto de Investigación II	Licenciatura
33	22I	Proyecto de Investigación IV	Posgrado
34	22I	Química Analítica	Licenciatura

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