Profa. Dra. Luciana Alves Rodrigues dos Santos Lima Phytochemistry Laboratory Universidade Federal de São João Del Rei (UFSJ) Campus Centro-Oeste Dona Lindu, Rua Sebastião Gonçalves Coelho, 400, Chanadour, Divinópolis, 35501-296, MG, Brazil. Lecturer of Phytochemistry/Phytochemistry and Medicinal Plants E-mail: [email protected] (preferred); [email protected] Qualifications 2009, Visiting Researcher, Chemistry of Natural Products, Centro de Pesquisa René Rachou/Fiocruz,MG, Brazil. 2006, Ph.D., Chemistry Sciences/Organic Chemistry/Chemistry of Natural Products, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil. 2001, B.S., Pharmacy, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil. Overview During his studies, Dr. Luciana Lima concentrated its efforts on the isolation and structural elucidation of compounds from plants with potential biological activities such as antioxidant, allelopathic, antimicrobial, antitumor, cytotoxic and anti-inflammatory. ARTICLES 1. LIMA, L.A.R.S.; PIMENTA, L.P.S.; BOAVENTURA, M.A.D. Two New Adjacent BisTetrahydrofuran Annonaceous Acetogenins from Seeds of Annona cornifolia. Planta Medica, v. 75, p. 80-83, 2009. 2. Johann, Susana; Sá, Nívea P.; Lima, Luciana A.R.S.; Cisalpino, Patricia S.; Cota, Betania B.; Alves, Tânia M.A.; Siqueira, Ezequias P.; Zani, Carlos L. Antifungal activity of schinol and a new biphenyl compound isolated from Schinus terebinthifolius against the pathogenic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, v. 9, p. 30, 2010. 3. Lima, Luciana A.R. Santos; Pimenta, Lúcia P.S.; Boaventura, Maria Amélia D. Acetogenins from Annona cornifolia and their antioxidant capacity. Food Chemistry, v. 122, p. 1129-1138, 2010. 4. Lima, Luciana A.R.S.; Johann, Susana; Cisalpino, Patricia S.; Pimenta, Lúcia P.S.; Boaventura, Maria Amélia D. Antifungal activity of 9-hydroxy-folianin and sucrose octaacetate from the seeds of Annona cornifolia A. St. -Hil. (Annonaceae). Food Research International, v. 44, p. 2283-2288, 2011. 5. Lima, Luciana Alves Rodrigues dos Santos; Johann, Susana; Cisalpino, Patrícia Silva; Pimenta, Lúcia Pinheiro Santos; Boaventura, Maria Amélia Diamantino. In vitro antifungal activity of fatty acid methyl esters of the seeds of Annona cornifolia A.St.-Hil. (Annonaceae) against pathogenic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (Impresso), v. 44, p. 777-780, 2011. 6. Lima, Luciana A.R.S.; Alves, Tânia M.A.; Zani, Carlos L.; Pimenta, Lúcia P.S.; Boaventura, Maria Amélia D. Antioxidant and cytotoxic potential of fatty acid methyl esters from the seeds of Annona cornifolia A. St.-Hil. (Annonaceae). Food Research International, v. 48, p. 873-875, 2012. 7. SOUZA M.A.; JOHANN, S.; Lima, Luciana A.R.S.; CAMPOS, F.F.; MENDES, I.C.; BERALDO, H.; SOUZA-FAGUNDES, E.; CISALPINO, P.S.; ROSA, C.A.; ALVES, T.M.A.; SÁ, N.P.; Zani, C.L. The antimicrobial activity of lapachol and its thiosemicarbazone and semicarbazone derivatives. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Impresso), v. 108, p. 342-351, 2013. 8. LIMA, L.A.R.S.; ALVES, T.M.A.; Zani, C.L.; SALES JUNIOR, P.A.; ROMANHA, A.J.; JOHANN, S.; CISALPINO, P.S.; PIMENTA, L.P.S.; BOAVENTURA, M.A.D. In vitro cytotoxic, antifungal, trypanocidal and leishmanicidal activities of acetogenins isolated from Annona cornifolia A. St. -Hil. (Annonaceae). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Impresso), v. 86, p. 829-839, 2014. 9. MORAIS, M.I.; PINTO, M.E.A.; ARAÚJO, S.G.; CASTRO, A.H.F.; ALMEIDA, J.M.D.; ROSA, L.H.; ROSA, C.A.; JOHANN, S.; LIMA, L.A.R.S. Antioxidant and antifungal activities of Smilax campestris Griseb. (Smilacaceae). Natural Product Research (Print), v. 1, p. 1-5, 2014. 10. Morais, M.G.; Costa, G.A.F.; Aleixo, A.A.; Oliveira, G.T.; ALVES, L.F.; ALMEIDA, J.M.D.; Ferreira, J.M.S.; LIMA, L.A.R.S. Antioxidant, antibacterial and cytotoxic potential of the ripe fruits of Solanum lycocarpum A. St. Hil. (Solanaceae). Natural Product Research (Print), v. 28, p. 1-5, 2014. Profile Details: http://lattes.cnpq.br/0945022153163542