Academic Work

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Sustainable Development Goals

Research interests

• Pharmacological evaluation of molecules
• Molecular synthesis
• Molecular design

Profile

Professor Perla López is a Pharmacobiological Chemist graduated from the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo. She has a Master's degree and a Ph.D. in Sciences with a specialty in Pharmacobiology, both from the Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados from the Instituto Politécnico Nacional.

She is currently a professor attached to the Department of Natural Sciences at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Cuajimalpa Campus. She has the Recognition of Desirable Profile, granted by the Ministry of Public Education.

Her research is related to obtaining molecules from natural products and chemical synthesis, their identification, and chemical characterization, as well as the in vitro and in vivo evaluation of the pharmacological activity of diverse molecules. She has participated in tutorial committees of graduate students and directed research projects at the undergraduate level. She has led research projects and book chapters.

In the educational field, she participates as a professor in the undergraduate program in Molecular Biology and the graduate program in Natural Sciences and Engineering at UAM Cuajimalpa Campus.

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Research interests

• Pharmacological evaluation of molecules
• Molecular synthesis
• Molecular design

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)
	Zavala-Ocampo, L.M., Mendoza-Franco, G., Aparicio-Bautista, D.I. and 3 more (...) (2026).Petiveria alliacea L. methanolic extract inhibits amyloid-β aggregation and enhances cell viability in SH-SY5Y cells: in vitro and in silico evidence. Journal of Ethnopharmacology,362
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	Basurto-Islas, G., Diaz, M.C., Ocampo, L.M.Z. and 2 more (...) (2025).Natural products against tau hyperphosphorylation-induced aggregates: Potential therapies for Alzheimer's disease. Archiv der Pharmazie,358(1)
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)
	Zavala-Ocampo, L.M., López-Camacho, P.Y., Aguirre-Hernández, E. and 3 more (...) (2024).Neuroprotective effects of Petiveria alliacea on scopolamine-induced learning and memory impairment mouse model. Journal of Ethnopharmacology,318
	Cruz-Hernández, C., López-Camacho, P.Y., Basurto-Islas, G. and 3 more (...) (2024).Click synthesis of dendronized malonates for the preparation of amphiphilic dendro[60]fullerenes. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry,22(16) 3328-3339
OA	Anacleto-Santos, J., Calzada, F., López-Camacho, P.Y. and 7 more (...) (2023).Evaluation of the Anti-Toxoplasma gondii Efficacy, Cytotoxicity, and GC/MS Profile of Pleopeltis crassinervata Active Subfractions. Antibiotics,12(5)
	Martińez-Herrera, M., Figueroa-Gerstenmaier, S., López-Camacho, P.Y. and 6 more (...) (2022).Multiadducts of C60Modulate Amyloid-β Fibrillation with Dual Acetylcholinesterase Inhibition and Antioxidant Properties: In Vitro and in Silico Studies. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease,87(2) 741-759
	Zavala-Ocampo, L.M., Aguirre-Hernández, E., López-Camacho, P.Y. and 3 more (...) (2022).Acetylcholinesterase inhibition and antioxidant activity properties of Petiveria alliacea L.. Journal of Ethnopharmacology,292
OA	López-Camacho, P.Y., Martínez-Espinosa, J.C., Basurto-Islas, G. and 4 more (...) (2021).Spondias mombin seed oil compounds identification by raman spectroscopy and NMR. Applied Sciences (Switzerland),11(6)	\| 3 \|
OA	Torres-Moreno, A.Y., Belío-Reyes, I.A., García-Medina, S. and 4 more (...) (2021).Behaviour of nanocrystalline tricalcium silicate-based cements at early stages of hydration. Materials Research Express,8(3)
	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
	Maldonado-Moreles, A., Cordova-Fraga, T., Bonilla-Jaime, H. and 2 more (...) (2021).Low frequency vortex magnetic field reduces amyloid β aggregation, increase cell viability and protect from amyloid β toxicity. Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine,40(1) 191-200	\| 3 \|
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	Química	Licenciatura
2	26I	Farmacología Molecular	Licenciatura
3	25O	Introducción a la Farmacología	Licenciatura
4	25O	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
5	25O	Proyecto Terminal III	Licenciatura
6	25O	Trabajo de Especialidad III	Posgrado
7	25O	Introducción a la Farmacología	Licenciatura
8	25P	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
9	25P	Química II	Licenciatura
10	25P	Seminario III	Posgrado
11	25P	Trabajo de Especialidad II	Posgrado
12	25I	Farmacología Molecular	Licenciatura
13	25I	Trabajo de Especialidad I	Posgrado
14	25I	Seminario de Especialidad	Posgrado
15	25I	Proyecto Terminal I	Licenciatura
16	25I	Proyecto de Investigación III	Posgrado
17	25I	Equilibrio y Cinética Química	Licenciatura
18	24O	Introducción a la Farmacología	Licenciatura
19	24O	Proyecto de Investigación II	Posgrado
20	24O	Seminario II	Posgrado
21	24P	Temas Selectos II	Posgrado
22	24P	Proyecto Terminal I	Licenciatura
23	24P	Proyecto de Investigación I	Posgrado
24	24I	Equilibrio y Cinética Química	Licenciatura
25	24I	Farmacología Molecular	Licenciatura
26	24I	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
27	24I	Seminario I	Posgrado
28	23O	Introducción a la Farmacología	Licenciatura
29	23O	Introducción a la Farmacología	Licenciatura
30	23O	Proyecto Terminal I	Licenciatura
31	23P	Química II	Licenciatura
32	23I	Farmacología Molecular	Licenciatura
33	23I	Equilibrio y Cinética Química	Licenciatura
34	22O	Introducción a la Farmacología	Licenciatura
35	22O	Introducción a la Farmacología	Licenciatura
36	22O	Trabajo de Redacción de Tesis III	Posgrado
37	22P	Trabajo de Redacción de Tesis II	Posgrado
38	22I	Equilibrio y Cinética Química	Licenciatura
39	22I	Farmacología Molecular	Licenciatura
40	22I	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
41	22I	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
42	22I	Proyecto Terminal III	Licenciatura
43	22I	Trabajo de Redacción de Tesis I	Posgrado

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