Fernão Castro Braga
Faculty of Pharmacy of UFMG
Department of Pharmaceutical Products
Federal University of Minas Gerais
Brazil
Biography
He holds a PhD degree in Pharmacy from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1986) and a PhD in Chemistry from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1997). He completed a sandwich course at the Universitat Tuebingen (Eberhard-Karls), Germany, and postdoctoral degree at the Munchen University Ludwig-Maximilians), Germany. He is currently a professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Federal University of Minas Gerais. Her practice focuses on Pharmacognosy / Phytochemistry, including the chemical-biological validation of medicinal and herbal plants, isolation of chemical markers, biomonitoring phytochemical studies and the development of chromatographic methods for the quantification of secondary metabolites. His main current interests are the search for natural products with potential anti-hypertensive and anti-inflammatory activity, As well as the standardization of extracts and fractions with a view to the development of herbal medicines. He is currently coordinator of the Post-Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences at UFMG.
Research Interest
Plant species and natural products, Quantitative Phytochemistry, Chemical-biological validation of medicinal plants
Publications
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MACHADO, KAMILLA NUNES; FREITAS, ALINE ALVES DE; CUNHA, LUZIA HELENA; FARACO, ANDRÉ AUGUSTO GOMES; PÃDUA, 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.
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MUNKERT, J.; FRANCO, MS; OTTONI, FM; BRAGA, FC ; KREIS, W.; ANDRADE, SF; ALVES, RJ; OLIVEIRA, MC ; CASTILHO, RO; BAUER, W.; SILVA, IT; NOLTE, E.; TAUBERT, H.; SCHNEIDER, NFZ; SIMOES, CMO ; PÃDUA, RM . Production of the Cytotoxic Cardenolide Glucoevatromonoside by Semisynthesis and Biotransformation of Evatromonoside by a Digitalis Lanata Cell Culture. PLANTA MEDICA , v. 83, p. online, 2017.
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SCHNEIDER, NFZ; PERSICH, L.; CARVALHO, A.; MAROSTICA, L.; SILVA, IT; ROCHA, SC; RAMOS, ACP; TARANTO, AG; PÃDUA, RM ; KREIS, W.; BARBOSA, LA; BRAGA, FC ; SIMOES, CMO . Cytotoxic effects of the cardenolide convallatoxin and its Na, K-ATPase pump regulation. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry , v. 428, p. 23-39, 2017.
