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Laboratory of Pharmacochemistry
 
 
Curriculum Vitae of the group
 
 
Subject & Research Areas
 
1- Structure-activity relationships of antitumor Acetogenins (ACG): interaction of tetrahydrofuranic g-lactones on Complex-I of the mitochondrial respiratory chain.
 
*Isolation, structural elucidation and semisynthetic ACG
*Study of the selective inhibition of ACG on mitochondrial (complex I) dehydrogenase NADH enzyme.
*Application to the study of mitochondrial diseases: Parkinson, Huntington’s chorea.  
 
2- Synthesis of isoquinolines and indenopiridas dopamine.
 
*Synthesis of benzyl tetrahydroisoquinoline and hexahidroindenopiridines.
*Asymmetric synthesis of benzyltetrahydroisoquinolines.
*Dopaminergic activity of isoquinolines. Inhibition of cell cycle.
 
3- Projects with pharmaceutical companies:
 
·Servier Laboratories
·Merck, Sharp & Dohme