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) - [2024 Scopus;
Author h-index: 30] |
1. 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.
2.
Ríos JL,
Francini F, Schinella GR. Natural Products for
the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Planta
Med. 2015; 81(12-13):975-994.
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