Guillermo R. Schinella
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Guillermo Raúl Schinella
B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry
M.Sc. Medical Plants
National University of La Plata. Argentina.
ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9541-9688
"En la noche,
cuando la sombra borra las distancias, cuando todos los mundos se hacen
presentes, los abuelos Huitotos recorren los caminos de los sueños
despiertos usando las plantas de poder" (At night, when the shadow erases
distances, when all worlds are present, the Huitoto elders travel the paths of
waking dreams using power plants). Maloka. Florencia. Caquetá. Colombia.
2011
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Position: |
1.
Professor. Faculty of Medical
Sciences. National University of La Plata. La
Plata, Argentina.
2.
Researcher. Institute of Health
Sciences. Arturo Jauretche National University-CICPBA. Florencio
Varela, Argentina.
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Teaching: |
● National University of La Plata. La Plata,
Argentina.
1.
Undergraduate Teaching: Basic Pharmacology. Faculty of Medical Sciences.
National University of La Plata. La Plata, Argentina. 2009
– present.
2.
Postgraduate Teaching:
Antioxidant Assays for Medical Plants. Master's Degree in Medical Plants.
Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Exact Sciences, National
University of La Plata, Argentina. 2008 –
present.
• Guest professor at other universities (2014-present).
1.
Universidad de la Amazonia.
Faculty of Basic Sciences. Florencia. Colombia. 2016, 2019.
2. Universitat de València.
Department of Pharmacology. Valencia. Spain. 2017, 2019,
2022.
3. Universidad
Nacional de Colombia (sede Medellín). Science Faculty. Medellín,
Colombia. 2018, 2023.
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Skills and Knowledge: |
Pharmacology. Medicinal Plants. Natural Products. Isolation and
purification. Antioxidant Activity. Preclinical experimental models:
inflammation, ischemia and reperfusion, insulin resistance and cancer.
Antioxidant Defense Systems. Oxidative Damage. Toxicity: necrosis, apoptosis.
Vector control: insect repellents, insecticides.
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Selected Publications: ü Most cited articles (>100) - [2025 Scopus; Author
h-index: 32] |
1.
Ríos JL,
Francini F, Schinella GR. Natural Products for the
Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Planta
Med. 2015; 81(12-13):975-994.
2. Schinella
GR, Tournier
HA, Prieto JM, Mordujovich de Buschiazzo P, Ríos JL. Antioxidant activity of anti-inflammatory plant extracts. Life Sci. 2002; 70(9):1023-1033.
3. Sala A, Recio MC, Schinella GR,
Máñez S, Giner RM, Cerdá-Nicolás M, Ríos JL.
Assessment of the anti-inflammatory activity and free
radical scavenger activity of tiliroside. Eur J Pharmacol. 2003;
461(1):53-61.
4. Sala A, Recio M, Giner RM, Máñez S, Tournier H, Schinella G, Ríos JL.
Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of Helichrysum italicum. J Pharm
Pharmacol. 2002; 54(3):365-71.
5.
Schinella GR, Troiani G, Dávila V, de Buschiazzo PM, Tournier
HA. Antioxidant effects of an aqueous extract of Ilex paraguariensis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2000;
269(2):357-360.
6.
Velázquez E, Tournier HA,
Mordujovich de Buschiazzo P, Saavedra G, Schinella
GR. Antioxidant activity of Paraguayan plant extracts. Fitoterapia. 2003; 74(1-2):91-97.
7.
Schinella GR, Giner RM, Recio MC, Mordujovich de
Buschiazzo P, Ríos JL, Máñez S. Anti-inflammatory effects
of South American Tanacetum vulgare. J Pharm Pharmacol. 1998;
50(9):1069-1074.
8.
Schinella G, Mosca S, Cienfuegos-Jovellanos E, Pasamar
MA, Muguerza B, Ramón D, Ríos JL. Antioxidant
properties of polyphenol-rich cocoa products industrially processed. Food Res.
Int. 2010; 43(6): 1614-1623.
[extended publications (Medline)...]
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ü Selected
book chapters |
1.
Schinella GR, Francini F, Ríos-Cañavate JL. Fitoterapia
para la diabetes. En: Manual de Fitoterapia. 3ra edición. Editado por
Encarna Castillo García & Isabel Martínez Solís.
Elsevier España. 2021, Capítulo 16, pp. 245-263. ISBN:
978-84-9113-686-6.
2. Ríos JL,
Andújar I, González-Arbeláez L, Schinella GR, Francini
F. ”Olive Leaf, a Traditional Phytomedicine for Diabetes and
Hypertension“. In:
Phytotherapy in the Management of Diabetes and Hypertension. Volume 4. Edited
by Mohamed Eddouks. Bentham Science Publishers. 2020, pp. 79-99 (21). ISBN: 978-981-14-8049-2 (Print), ISBN:
978-981-14-8051-5 (Online). DOI:10.2174/97898114805151200401
3. Rios JL, Schinella GR, Andújar I.
“Anti-psoriatic medicinal plants: from traditional use to clinic”.
In: Ethnobotany: Local Knowledge and Traditions. Edited by Jose L. Martinez,
Amner Munoz-Acevedo, Mahendra Rai. Published by CRC Press (Taylor & Francis
Group). 2018. pp. 158-186. (ISBN:
978-1-13-838898-7).
4. Andújar I, Schinella GR, Ríos JL. “Yerba Mate (Ilex
paraguariensis): A Psycho-stimulant Plant with Anti-oxidant
Properties”. In: Polyphenols: Food Sources, Bioactive Properties and
Antioxidant Effects (Dean T. Cobb, Ed.), Nova Science Publishers. New York,
USA. 2014. pp. 51-86. (ISBN: 978-1-63117-857-3).
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POSTAL ADDRESS: FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MEDICAS. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA
PLATA.
Avda 60 y calle 120, B1904-LA
PLATA, ARGENTINA
Phone/FAX:
(54 221) 421 69 32
Email: schinell@med.unlp.edu.ar / schinell@uv.es