Armando Moreno Velasco

Ph D. in Chemistry (09/20/23) with a research work focused on the isolation and structural elucidation of bioactive oligosaccharides derived from plants used in the Brazilian traditional medicine as purgative agents, and the evaluation of their effects for the reversal of the multidrug resistant phenotype in human cancer cells through in vitroevaluations.

• Analysis of data and usage of analytical equipment focused but not limited to: HPLC, UV, IR
• GMP and GDP
• Specialized software
• Highly knowledge of drug discovery through NMR and MS

• Society of Pharmacognosy Annual Meeting, July 23 - July 28, 2022. Convention Center, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
• 54th annual meeting of the Phytochemical Society of North America. “Glycosidic acids from Brazilian Jalap Root (Operculina hamiltonii (G.Don) D.F Austin & Staples) with Purgative Activity”, August 4 – August 8, 2018, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México.

• Moreno-Velasco, A; Fragoso-Serrano, M; Flores-Tafoya, P. J; Carrillo-Rojas, S; Bautista, E; Leitao, S. G; Castañeda-Gómez, J. F; Pereda-Miranda, R. (2024) Inhibition of multidrug-resistant MCF-7 breast cancer cells with combinations of clinical drugs and resin glycosides from Operculina hamiltonii. Phytochemistry. 113922
• Moreno-Velasco, A; Flores-Tafoya, P. J; Fragoso-Serrano, Mabel; Leitao, S. G & Pereda-Miranda, R. (2022) Resin Glycosides from Operculina hamiltonii and their synergism with vinblastine in cancer cells. Journal of Natural Products. 2385 – 2394
• Montiel-Ayala, M.E., Jiménez-Bárcenas, N.R., Castañeda-Gómez, J., Moreno-Velasco, A., Pereda-Miranda, R. Glycosidic Acid Content from the Roots of Operculina hamiltonii (Brazilian Jalap) and Some of Their Phytopharmaceuticals with Purgative Activity. Brazilian Journal of Pharmacognosy. 31, 698–708 (2021).