Dr. Maira Huerta-Reyes
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Dr. Maira Huerta-Reyes

Research Scientist
Mexican Social Security Institute, Mexico

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Phytochemistry from National Autonomous University, Mexico

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Biography

DR. HUERTA IS A RESEARCHER AT NATIONAL MEXICAN SOCIAL SECURITY INSTITUTE IN MEXICO CITY. HER RESEARCH HAS BEEN FOCUS ON PLANTS SINCE DIFFERENT APPROACHES SUCH AS CHEMISTRY, PHARMACOLOGY, TAXONOMY, EVOLUTION AND RECENTLY, ETHNOMEDICINE. DR. HUERTA IS ALSO AN SPECIALIST ON INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY. HER SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION COMPRISES RESEARCH ARTICLES, REVIEW ARTICLES, BOOKS, CHAPTER OF BOOKS, PATENTS. RECENTLY, DR. HUERTA IS STARTING TO STUDY NATURAL PRODUCTS THAT COME FROM DIFFERENT NATURAL SOURCES AS INSECTS.

Area of Interest:

Pharmacology and Toxicology
100%
Ethnopharmacology
62%
Phytochemistry
90%
Phytomedicine
75%
Medicinal Plants
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
0
Chapters
0
Articles
0
Abstracts
0

Selected Publications

  1. Huerta-Reyes, M., R.M.F. Juarez and A. Aguilar-Rojas, 2015. Heteropterys genus: A review of its phytochemistry and pharmacology. Int. J. Pharmacol., 11: 523-531.
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  2. Garcia-Morales, G., M. Huerta-Reyes, M. Gonzalez-Cortazar, A. Zamilpa and E. Jimenez-Ferrer et al., 2015. Anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anti-acetylcholinesterase activities of Bouvardia ternifolia: Potential implications in Alzheimer's disease. Arch. Pharmacal Res., 38: 1369-1379.
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  3. Garcia-Zebadua, J.C., R. Reyes-Chilpa, M. Huerta-Reyes, J.I. Castillo-Arellano, S. Santillan-Hernandez, B. Vazquez-Astudillo and J.A. Mendoza-Espinoza, 2014. The tropical tree Calophyllum brasiliense: A botanical, chemical and pharmacological review. Vitae, 21: 126-145.
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  4. Huerta-Reyes, M., M. Herrera-Ruiz, M. Gonzalez-Cortazar, A. Zamilpa and E. Leon et al., 2013. Neuropharmacological in vivo effects and phytochemical profile of the extract from the aerial parts of Heteropterys brachiata (L.) DC. (Malpighiaceae). J. Ethnopharmacol., 146: 311-317.
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  5. Huerta-Reyes, M., A. Zamilpa, R. Alvarez-Chimal, J.A. Luna-Manzanares and M.E. Leon-Velasco et al., 2013. Heteropterys cotinifolia: A neuropharmacological and phytochemical approach with possible taxonomic implications. Scient. World J., 10.1155/2013/870468.
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  6. Aguilar-Rojas, A., M. Huerta-Reyes, G. Maya-Nunez, F. Arechavaleta-Velasco, P.M. Conn, A. Ulloa-Aguirre and J. Valdes, 2013. Inhibitory Effects of GnRh Receptor during Cell Invasion in the Breast Cancer Cell Line MDA-MB-231. In: Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH): Production, Structure and Function. Scott-Sills, E. (Ed.). Nova Science Publishers Inc., USA., ISBN: 978-1-62808-472-6, pp: 233-250..
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  7. Aguilar-Rojas, A., M. Huerta-Reyes, G. Maya-Nunez, F. Arechavaleta-Velasco, P.M. Conn, A. Ulloa-Aguirre and J. Valdes, 2012. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor activates GTPase RhoA and inhibits cell invasion in the breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231. BMC Cancer, Vol. 12. 10.1186/1471-2407-12-550.
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  8. Romero-Cerecero, O., A. Zamilpa-Alvarez, A. Ramos-Mora, D. Alonso-Cortes, J.E. Jimenez-Ferrer, M.E. Huerta-Reyes and J. Tortoriello, 2011. Effect on the wound healing process and in vitro cell proliferation by the medicinal Mexican plant Ageratina pichinchensis. Planta Med., 77: 979-983.
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  9. Herrera-Ruiz, M., A. Zamilpa, M. Gonzalez-Cortazar, R. Reyes-Chilpa and E. Leon et al., 2011. Antidepressant effect and pharmacological evaluation of standardized extract of flavonoids from Byrsonima crassifolia. Phytomedicine, 18: 1255-1261.
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  10. Herrera-Ruiz, M., A. Gonzalez-Carranza, A. Zamilpa, E. Jimenez-Ferrer, M. Huerta-Reyes and Navarro- V.M. Garcia, 2011. The standardized extract of Loeselia mexicana possesses anxiolytic activity through the γ-amino butyric acid mechanism. J. Ethnopharmacol., 138: 261-267.
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  11. Cesar, G.Z., M.G. Alfonso, M.M. Marius, E.M. Elizabeth and C.B. Angel et al., 2011. Inhibition of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase, toxicological and chemical profile of Calophyllum brasiliense extracts from Chiapas, Mexico. Fitoterapia, 82: 1027-1034.
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  12. Romero-Cerecero, O., H. Reyes-Morales, L.A.S. Maria, M. Huerta-Reyes and J. Tortoriello-Garcia, 2009. Use of medicinal plants among patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 in Morelos, Mexico. Latin Am. Caribbean Bull. Med. Aromat. Plants, 8: 380-388.
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  13. Huerta-Reyes, M., A. Aguilar-Rojas, A. Zamilpa and J. Tortoriello, 2009. Basic knowledge on industrial property. Guidelines for filing patent applications for Mexican researchers in the field of plant research. Latin Am. Caribbean Bull. Med. Aromat. Plants, 8: 41-51.
  14. Huerta-Reyes, M. and A. Aguilar-Rojas, 2009. Protection of inventions derived from plant research in a megadiverse country: The case of Mexico. Latin Am. Caribbean Bull. Med. Aromat. Plants, 8: 239-244.
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  15. Chilpa, R.R. and M.H. Reyes, 2009. Natural plant compounds from family clusiaceae: Inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus type 1. Interciencia, 34: 385-392.
  16. Aguilar-Rojas, A. and M. Huerta-Reyes, 2009. Human gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor-activated cellular functions and signaling pathways in extra-pituitary tissues and cancer cells (review). Oncol. Rep., 22: 981-990.
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  17. Huerta-Reyes, M., M.C. Basualdo, L. Lozada, M. Jimenez-Estrada, C. Soler and R. Reyes-Chilpa, 2004. HIV-1 inhibition by extracts of clusiaceae species from Mexico. Biol. Pharm. Bull., 27: 916-920.
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  18. Huerta-Reyes, M., M.C. Basualdo, F. Abe, M. Jimenez-Estrada, C. Soler and R. Reyes-Chilpa, 2004. HIV-1 inhibitory compounds from Calophyllum brasiliense leaves. Biol. Pharm. Bull., 27: 1471-1475.
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  19. Abe, F., S. Nagafuji, H. Okabe, H. Akahane, E. Estrada-Muniz, M. Huerta-Reyes and R. Reyes-Chilpa, 2004. Trypanocidal constituents in plants 3. Leaves of garcinia intermedia and heartwood of calophyllum brasiliense. Biol. Pharm. Bull., 27: 141-143.
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  20. Reyes-Chilpa, R., F. Abe and J. Maki, 2003. Trypanocidal activity and chemistry of several guttiferae species from Mexico. Bull. Cent. Res. Inst. Fukuoka Univ. Ser. E Interdiscip. Sci., 1: 157-165.