Rachel Oliveira Castilho

Faculty of Pharmacy of UFMG
Department of Pharmaceutical Products
Federal University of Minas Gerais
Brazil

Biography

She holds a degree in Pharmacy from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1995), a doctorate and a Master's degree in Chemistry of Natural Products from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in 2001 and 1997 respectively. He is currently associate professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerai and teaches Pharmacognosy, Biosynthesis of Bioactive Natural Products and Homeopathic Pharmacy. He holds a master's degree and a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences. The main lines of research are: Bioprospecting and phytochemistry of Brazilian vegetable species with biological activity, Quality control of medicinal plants, Development of pharmaceutical preparations and Micromolecular chemotherapy. Research Productivity Scholarship 2.

Research Intrest

Chemistry of Natural Products, Chemical Ecology, Chemotherapy, Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology, Pharmacology, Drugs and medicines,Natural and synthetic biopharmaceuticals

List of Publications
MACHADO, KAMILLA NUNES; FREITAS, ALINE ALVES DE; CUNHA, LUZIA HELENA; FARACO, ANDRÉ AUGUSTO GOMES ; PÁDUA, RODRIGO MAIA DE; BRAGA, FERNÃO CASTRO; VIANNA-SOARES, CRISTINA DUARTE; CASTILHO, RACHEL OLIVEIRA . A rapid simultaneous determination of methylxanthines and proanthocyanidins in Brazilian guaraná (Paullinia cupana Kunth.). FOOD CHEMISTRY , v. 239, p. 180-188, 2017.
MUNKERT1, J.; FRANCO, MS; NOLTE, E.; SILVA, IT; Castilho, RO ; OTTONI, FM; SCHNEIDER, NFZ; OLIVEIRA, MC; TAUBERT, H.; BAUER, W.; ANDRADE, SF; ALVES, RJ; SIMOES, CMO; BRAGA, FC; KREIS, W.; Padua, RM. Production of the Cytotoxic Cardenolide Glucoevatromonoside by Semisynthesis and Biotransformation of Evatromonoside by a Digitalis Lanata Cell Culture. PLANTA MEDICA , v. 9, p. 1-5, 2017.
Milk, PM; Castilho, RO . Chemosystematics of Brassicales. BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY , v. 71, p. 205-211, 2017.

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