Dr. Michael Brad Strader, a researcher from National Institutes of Health (NIH) visits the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus
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Natural Products Laboratory
Description of Facilities
The objective of this laboratory is to expand research in the area of natural products aimed at identifying bioactive molecules with potential activity against Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). This is accomplished by: providing technical support to users of the Natural Products Anti-HIV Drug Screening Laboratory, establishing the in vitro anti-HIV assay used at the NCI for screening of natural products, and providing training invitro anti-HIV screening techniques to investigators and graduate students.
The facility provides a unique complement to ongoing research in the Medical Sciences Campus, strengthen undergraduate and graduate programs at the School of Pharmacy, and stimulate collaborative efforts with national scientists and the pharmaceutical industry.
Instrumentation
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- Preparation of Plant Extracts
- Bioactivity-Guided Fractionation of Higher Plants
- Characterization of Active Anti-HIV Compounds
- Anti-HIV In Vitro Screening (HIV-Bioassay)
- Production of HIV-1 Virus Stocks
Contacts:
- Mikhail Antoun, Ph.D.
- Director
- Profesor and Chair
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- School of Pharmacy
- Zulma Ramos
- Laboratory B-221
- 2nd Floor, Main Building
- Medical Sciences Campus
