BU / Researcher

Sergio Rubén Peraza Sánchez

PRESENT WORK POSITION: Research Professor A and Head of the Department of Biotechnology
Department of Biotechnology
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MEMBERSHIP TO THE MEXICAN NATIONAL SYSTEM OF RESEARCHERS (SNI): Level 1

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Pharmacognosy (January/1996 – October 2000), Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL. Thesis title: “Cytotoxic constituents of Ekmanianthe longiflora and Ficus hispida”. Thesis advisor: Dr. A. Douglas Kinghorn.
• M.Sc. in Phytochemistry (January/1988 – December/1989), Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies (ITESM), Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Thesis title: “Chemical study of Annona squamosa, Caesalpinia gaumeri, Talauma mexicana and Cercis canadensis”. Thesis advisor: Dr. Xorge A. Domínguez.
• B.Sc. in Industrial Chemistry (September/1980 – December/1986), Chemical Engineering College, University of Yucatan, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. Thesis title: “Conversion of the cellulose extracted from henequen (Agave fourcroydes) fiber to carboxymethylcellulose”. Thesis advisor: Dr. Noemí Cazaurang-Martínez.

PRESENT RESEARCH INTEREST

• Natural Products Chemistry and Pharmacognosy aimed to the isolation and identification of secondary metabolites with antiprotozoal activity against Leishmania mexicana, Giardia lamblia, Trypanosoma cruzi, Trichomonas vaginalis and Entamoeba histolytica produced by native plants collected in the Yucatan peninsula.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

Papers

• Zhelmy Martín-Quintal, María del Rosario García-Miss, Mirza Mut-Martín, Abril Matus-Moo, Luis W. Torres-Tapia, Sergio R. Peraza-Sánchez.* Leishmanicidal effect independent of NO production of (3S)-16,17-didehydrofalcarinol, an oxylipin isolated from Tridax procumbens. Phytotherapy Research 2009, 23, 000-000. DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3052.
• G. Getti, P. Durgadoss, D. Domínguez-Carmona, Z. Martín-Quintal, S.R. Peraza-Sánchez, L.M. Peña-Rodríguez, D. Humber.* Leishmanicidal activity of Yucatecan medicinal plants on Leishmania species responsible for cutaneous leishmaniasis. Journal of Parasitology 2009, 95, 456-460.
• Zhelmy Martín-Quintal, Rosa Moo-Puc, Francisco González-Salazar, Manuel J. Chan-Bacab, Luis W. Torres-Tapia, Sergio R. Peraza-Sánchez.* In vitro activity of Tridax procumbens against promastigotes of Leishmania mexicana. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2009, 122, 463-467.
•  O. Cisneros-Pineda, L.W. Torres-Tapia, L.C. Gutiérrez-Pacheco, F. Contreras-Martín, T. González-Estrada, S.R. Peraza-Sánchez.* Capsaicinoids quantification in chili peppers cultivated in the state of Yucatan, Mexico. Food Chemistry 2007, 104, 1755-1760.
• S.R. Peraza-Sánchez,* F. Cen-Pacheco, A. Noh-Chimal, F. May-Pat, P. Simá-Polanco, E. Dumonteil, M.R. García-Miss, M. Mut-Martín. Leishmanicidal evaluation of crude extracts from native plants of the Yucatán peninsula. Fitoterapia 2007, 78, 315-318.

HONORS

• Membership to the Mexican National System of Researchers (SNI):
• Level 1: January 2010-December 2013
• Level 1: January 2007-December 2009
• Level 1: January 2001-December 2004
• Candidate: July 1991-June 1994
• Scholarship award (Jan/1996 – Dec/1998) from the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) (Mexico) to carry out Ph.D. studies in Pharmacognosy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
• Scholarship award (Jan/1988 – Dec/1989) from the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) (Mexico) to carry out M.Sc. studies in Phytochemistry at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies (ITESM), Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
• First Class Honors in B.Sc. degree in Industrial Chemistry (class 80-84), University of Yucatan, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. January 1985.

PRESENT PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

• American Society of Pharmacognosy
• Phytochemical Society of North America