Lorente Crivillé, Adriana (Date of defense: 2014-07-18)
Natural products from terrestrial plants and microorganisms have long been a traditional source of drugs. For centuries humans have been looking on their environment for medicines to treat illnesses. ...
Pulido Villamil, Ximena Carolina (Date of defense: 2014-07-21)
El estudio de los gamma-péptidos miméticos basados en cis-gamma-amino-L-prolina con capacidad de atravesar la membrana celular en diferentes organismos, constituye una temática de gran interés en el ...
Miret Casals, Laia (Date of defense: 2014-05-23)
CHAPTER 1: Respiratory Infectious Diseases (RID) are diseases affecting the air passages, the bronchi and the lungs. They range from acute infections, such as pneumonia and bronchitis, to chronic ...
Postma, Tobias Maria (Date of defense: 2014-03-21)
Cysteine (Cys) is a unique amino acid due to its ability to form reversible covalent disulfide bonds. These bonds cause conformational constraints which make peptides or proteins more rigid and stable. ...
Zamudio Vázquez, Rubí (Date of defense: 2014-02-14)
Triostins are members of the quinoxaline antibiotic family, together with the "prototypical bisintercalator" echinomycin. These molecules display interesting antitumour activities as they inhibit ...