MCL

Medicinal Chemistry Lab (MCL)

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Faculty
David Julián Sanabria-Ríos, Ph.D.

Contact information

Faculty of Science and Technology -Department of Natural Sciences 4th Floor -John Will Harris Building
Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Metropolitan Campus PO Box 191293 San Juan, PR 00919

Email: dsanabria@intermetro.edu
Office: 450
Labs : 403 and 435-B
Office Phone: (787) 250-1912, Ext. 2465
Lab phone: (787) 250-1912, Ext 2313 and 2332

Rank/Discipline
Associate Professor and Researcher/ Organic Chemist, Medicinal Chemist, Natural Product Researcher, and Chemical Education Researcher (CER)

Courses that i teach
Organic Chemistry I (CHEM 2221) and Organic Chemistry II (CHEM 2222)

Education & Specialty Certification
Post Doctorate Experience, 2009, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio PhD, 2007, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico

 
Active Projects / Areas of Research
  • Evaluation of the antibacterial properties of unsaturated fatty acids and their potential as bacterial topoisomerase II Inhibitors
  • Synthesis of novel C5-curcumin-fatty acid conjugates and evaluation of their antibacterial and anticancer properties
  • A proteomic investigation on the Staphylococcal response to 2-hexadecynoic acid
  • Antibacterial evaluation of novel biologically active unsaturated fatty acids
  • Antibacterial activity of novel C5-curcumin-2-hexadecynoic acid conjugate against multidrug-resistant bacteria
  • Investigation of the conjugation inhibitory activity of triple-bonded unsaturated fatty acids
  • Development of nanoparticles containing docetaxel and nitrochalcone for controlled combination chemotherapy

 

 
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