Academic Work

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Academic Group

• Chemistry and Pharmacology of Interest for the Pharmaceutical Sector

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Research interests

• Design and synthesis of new drugs
• Isolation of active compounds from natural products
• Synthesis of nanoparticles
• Development of didactic material for teaching organic chemistry

Profile

Professor Carlos Alberto Méndez Cuesta graduated in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Biology. He has a specialization in Organic Chemistry from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), in 2015. He completed his Master's and Doctorate studies in Chemical Sciences. Specialization in Pharmaceutical and Organic Chemistry from UNAM, in 2007 and 2014, respectively. Subsequently, he completed a Postdoctorate in Laboratory 5 of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, under the supervision of Dr. Gabriel Navarrete Vázquez.

He is currently an Associate Professor attached to the Department of Biological Systems in the Area of Obtaining and Production of Organic Compounds of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) Xochimilco Campus since 2016, for an indefinite period of time since 2017.

Incorporated to the research project "Development and application of chiral catalysts for obtaining bioactive compounds and intermediates", project in charge of Dr. Cuauhtémoc Pérez González. He belongs to the Academic Group "The chemical and pharmacological study of compounds isolated from plants and preparation of asymmetric catalysts", directed by Dr. Salud Pérez.

To date, he has ten publications in indexed journals, three book chapters, tutor of undergraduate students, reviewer of several theses and scientific articles, jury of papers for various conferences, has taught courses and lectures at the Faculty of Chemistry of the UNAM, the University of Guanajuato, UAEMorelos and the Xochimilco Campus of the UAM. Participant in the modification of the syllabus of the Heterocyclic Chemistry and Natural Products Module of the Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Biology program at the Xochimilco Campus, part of the committee for the development of the syllabus of the Master's Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences.

His lines of research include Design and synthesis of compounds with antiparasitic and anticancer activity; Molecular docking studies of bioactive substances; Synthesis of nanoparticles as carriers of active substances; Isolation of bioactive substances from natural products. He belongs to the National System of Researchers Level I in the CONACYT in the period 2018-2021 and has the PRODEP Recognition to Desirable Profile for the period 2019-2022.

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Research interests

• Design and synthesis of new drugs
• Isolation of active compounds from natural products
• Synthesis of nanoparticles
• Development of didactic material for teaching organic chemistry

Academic Work

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Some examples of publications

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	Reyes-Hernández, I., Bravo-Pérez, P.E., Novillo, F. and 9 more (...) (2023).Unreported ent-rosane diterpenes from Croton niveus Jacq. (Euphorbiaceae). Cytotoxic activity and docking studies. Fitoterapia,169	\| 3 \|
	López-Huerta, F.A., Ramírez-Apan, M.T., Méndez-Cuesta, C.A. and 5 more (...) (2022).Synthesis, biological evaluation, molecular docking studies and In-silico ADMET evaluation of pyrazines of pentacyclic triterpenes. Bioorganic Chemistry,125	\| 3 \|
	Novillo, F., Velasco-Barrios, E., Nieto-Camacho, A. and 8 more (...) (2021).3β-Palmitoyloxy-olean-12-ene analogs from Sapium lateriflorum (Euphorbiaceae): Their cytotoxic and anti-inflammatory properties and docking studies. Fitoterapia,155	\| 3 \|
	Méndez-Cuesta, C.A., Rodríguez-Ramos, F., Pérez-González, C. and 2 more (...) (2021).The Chemical Compositions of Bixa orellana and their Pharmacological Activities. Frontiers in Natural Product Chemistry,7110-138
	López-Huerta, F.A., Nieto-Camacho, A., Morales-Flores, F. and 7 more (...) (2020).Hopane-type triterpenes from Cnidoscolus spinosus and their bioactivities. Bioorganic Chemistry,100	\| 3 \|
	Rodríguez-Chávez, J.L., Méndez-Cuesta, C.A., Ramírez-Apan, T. and 6 more (...) (2019).Chemo-sensitizing activity of natural cadinanes from Heterotheca inuloides in human uterine sarcoma cells and their in silico interaction with ABC transporters. Bioorganic Chemistry,91	\| 3 \|
	Egas, V., Salazar-Cervantes, G., Romero, I. and 3 more (...) (2018).Anti-Helicobacter pylori metabolites from Heterotheca inuloides (Mexican arnica). Fitoterapia,127314-321
	Egas, V., Millán, E., Collado, J.A. and 4 more (...) (2017).Effect of natural and semi-synthetic cadinanes from Heterotheca inuloides on NF-κB, Nrf2 and STAT3 signaling pathways and evaluation of their in vitro cytotoxicity in human cancer cell lines. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry,25(12) 3135-3147	\| 3 \|

Courses offered

*Courses are conducted in spanish

Num.	Trim.	Course Name	Level
1	23O	Síntesis y Reactividad de los Compuestos Orgánicos	Licenciatura
2	23O	Seminario VII	Posgrado
3	23O	Proyecto de Investigación I	Posgrado
4	23O	Síntesis de Moléculas Con Actividad Biológica	Posgrado
5	23O	Planeación y Diseño de la Investigación en Ciencias Farmacéuticas	Posgrado
6	23O	Seminario I	Posgrado
7	23O	Trabajo de Investigación I	Posgrado
8	23O	Trabajo de Investigación IX	Posgrado
9	23P	Síntesis y Reactividad de los Compuestos Orgánicos	Licenciatura
10	23P	Trabajo de Investigación VIII	Posgrado
11	23P	Diseño de Fármacos Asistido Por Computadora	Posgrado
12	23P	Seminario de Investigación II	Posgrado
13	23I	Síntesis y Reactividad de los Compuestos Orgánicos	Licenciatura
14	23I	Seminario de Investigación I	Posgrado
15	23I	Trabajo de Investigación VII	Posgrado
16	22O	Obtención de Compuestos Orgánicos de Interés Farmacéutico	Licenciatura
17	22O	Planeación y Diseño de la Investigación en Ciencias Farmacéuticas	Posgrado
18	22O	Seminario VI	Posgrado
19	22O	Trabajo de Investigación VI	Posgrado
20	22P	Obtención de Compuestos Orgánicos de Interés Farmacéutico	Licenciatura
21	22P	Trabajo de Investigación V	Posgrado
22	22P	Obtención y Evaluación de Moléculas con Actividad Biológica y Aplicación Terapéutica	Posgrado
23	22P	Seminario V	Posgrado
24	22I	Obtención de Compuestos Orgánicos de Interés Farmacéutico	Licenciatura
25	22I	Seminario IV	Posgrado
26	22I	Trabajo de Investigación IV	Posgrado
27	21O	Obtención de Compuestos Orgánicos de Interés Farmacéutico	Licenciatura
28	21O	Seminario III	Posgrado
29	21O	Trabajo de Investigación III	Posgrado
30	21O	Temas Selectos I	Posgrado
31	21O	Diseño de Fármacos Asistido Por Computadora	Posgrado
32	21P	Obtención de Compuestos Orgánicos de Interés Farmacéutico	Licenciatura
33	21P	Obtención y Evaluación de Moléculas con Actividad Biológica y Aplicación Terapéutica	Posgrado
34	21P	Seminario II	Posgrado
35	21P	Trabajo de Investigación II	Posgrado
36	21I	Obtención de Compuestos Orgánicos de Interés Farmacéutico	Licenciatura
37	21I	Proyecto de Investigación III	Posgrado
38	21I	Seminario I	Posgrado
39	21I	Trabajo de Investigación I	Posgrado
40	20O	Obtención de Compuestos Orgánicos de Interés Farmacéutico	Licenciatura
41	20O	Proyecto de Investigación II	Posgrado
42	20O	Diseño de Fármacos Asistido Por Computadora	Posgrado
43	20P	Obtención de Compuestos Orgánicos de Interés Farmacéutico	Licenciatura
44	20P	Proyecto de Investigación I	Posgrado
45	20I	Obtención de Compuestos Orgánicos de Interés Farmacéutico	Licenciatura

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