Mexican plant that could end cancer.

Mexican plant that could end cancer

Mexico City. May 14, 2019 (MX Science) .- The Mexican Max Vidal Gutiérrez, a Ph.D. student at the Paulista State University, in Brazil, develops two phytodrugs with the Iberville sonorae plant, better known as wereque or guareque, which thanks to his activity Antitumor could become an effective option in the treatment of cancer.
This plant is popular in the north of the country, mainly in Sonora and Sinaloa, where it has been traditionally used by the Mayo, Opata, Seri and Yaqui communities to treat skin conditions.

Vidal Gutiérrez, who is a graduate of the University of Sonora (Unison), explained that his research began after knowing the results obtained by Professor Heriberto Torres Moreno, on molecules present in the root of the plant with potential antitumor activity, which can be used as markers in the production of phytopharmaceuticals.

He explained that there are two stages of great importance in the development of a phytopharmaceutical: the chemical and the biological part, and that the project includes the integration of these two stages using analytical chemistry tools, such as HPLC, mass spectrometry and resonance nuclear magnetic

In addition, he reiterated, phytochemical profiles of phytodrugs previously designed for use in cancer research were studied.

Later, when the biological studies are carried out, use will be made of in vitro and in vivo models of cancer, to determine the antitumor activity of these two phytopharmaceuticals, he stressed.

The chemical and biological stages of this research are supported by the prestigious researchers Wagner Villegas, from the State University Paulista and Ramón E. Robles Zepeda, from the University of Sonora, highlighted Vidal Gutierrez during a presentation he gave during the Seminar of the Department of Biological and Agricultural Chemical Sciences, of the Unison, Caborca ​​unit.

They promote scientific vocations.

Heriberto Torres Moreno, Julio César López Romero, and Efraín Lugo Sepúlveda, teachers of the Caborca ​​campus and coordinators of the seminar, agreed that one of the objectives of this activity is to encourage undergraduate students to participate in research projects.

“It is intended to disseminate the existence of other areas of study where they can apply the knowledge obtained in the career, but above all make it clear that the degree program in which they are located, will give them the necessary tools to be able to make a career in the area of the investigation, ”said Torres Moreno.



Graduates possess the necessary knowledge to pursue postgraduate courses in areas such as Materials, chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry, biological chemical sciences, health sciences, and pharmaceutical sciences, among others, he added.


He also explained that in the department of Biological and Agricultural Chemical Sciences of the Caborca ​​campus, projects are being developed in conjunction with the Paulista State University, a collaborative work that has allowed the achievement of good results and the integration of students and professors to these projects.