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	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)
	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., Vega-Ávila, E., Pacheco, L. and 8 more (...) (2024).Antibacterial, Trichomonacidal, and Cytotoxic Activities of Pleopeltis crassinervata Extracts. Pharmaceutics,16(5)
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	\| 3 \|
	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
	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	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 \|
	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	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)
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	25O	Introducción a la Farmacología	Licenciatura
2	25O	Introducción a la Farmacología	Licenciatura
3	25O	Trabajo de Especialidad III	Posgrado
4	25O	Proyecto Terminal III	Licenciatura
5	25O	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
6	25P	Química II	Licenciatura
7	25P	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
8	25P	Trabajo de Especialidad II	Posgrado
9	25P	Seminario III	Posgrado
10	25I	Equilibrio y Cinética Química	Licenciatura
11	25I	Farmacología Molecular	Licenciatura
12	25I	Proyecto Terminal I	Licenciatura
13	25I	Seminario de Especialidad	Posgrado
14	25I	Trabajo de Especialidad I	Posgrado
15	25I	Proyecto de Investigación III	Posgrado
16	24O	Introducción a la Farmacología	Licenciatura
17	24O	Seminario II	Posgrado
18	24O	Proyecto de Investigación II	Posgrado
19	24P	Temas Selectos II	Posgrado
20	24P	Proyecto Terminal I	Licenciatura
21	24P	Proyecto de Investigación I	Posgrado
22	24I	Equilibrio y Cinética Química	Licenciatura
23	24I	Farmacología Molecular	Licenciatura
24	24I	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
25	24I	Seminario I	Posgrado
26	23O	Introducción a la Farmacología	Licenciatura
27	23O	Introducción a la Farmacología	Licenciatura
28	23O	Proyecto Terminal I	Licenciatura
29	23P	Química II	Licenciatura
30	23I	Farmacología Molecular	Licenciatura
31	23I	Equilibrio y Cinética Química	Licenciatura
32	22O	Introducción a la Farmacología	Licenciatura
33	22O	Introducción a la Farmacología	Licenciatura
34	22O	Trabajo de Redacción de Tesis III	Posgrado
35	22P	Trabajo de Redacción de Tesis II	Posgrado
36	22I	Proyecto Terminal III	Licenciatura
37	22I	Equilibrio y Cinética Química	Licenciatura
38	22I	Farmacología Molecular	Licenciatura
39	22I	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
40	22I	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
41	22I	Trabajo de Redacción de Tesis I	Posgrado

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