About us

The group of the Laboratory of Natural Products and Organic Synthesis is formed by professors, researchers, graduate students and undergraduate students. This group is coordinated by the PhD Professors: Cecília Maria Alves de Oliveira, Lucilia Kato and Vanessa G. Pasqualotto Severino. The group was established in 2001 and since then it has been developing works in the area of Phytochemistry and Biological Activity of Plants in the Cerrado, in addition to developing research in synthesis of potentially active substances from abundant natural resources from the Cerrado's biodiversity, with emphasis on the preparation nitrogen and xanthonic derivatives, focusing on antitumor, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities.