- Bioactive natural products
- Controlled release with biocompatible polymeric gels
- Emerging pollutants of pharmacological origin
- Design, molecular modeling, synthesis and characterization of new bioactive molecules
- Bioconjugation
Medicinal chemistry and molecular pharmacology integrate the basic chemical and biological sciences for the improvement of human health. Within this line of research, many scientific disciplines are linked that allow collaboration with other scientists in the research and development of new medicines mimicking the biological world through chemistry. Researchers in this area focus on the discovery and development of drugs, as well as the isolation of compounds with potential biological activity present in the different kingdoms of life, the creation of new synthetic drugs, and drug resistance. Most chemists work with an interdisciplinary team, including biologists, toxicologists, pharmacologists, theoretical chemists, mathematicians, microbiologists, biochemists, chemical engineers, and biopharmacists.