Ivo Heyerdahl-Viau

Metropolitan Autonomous University | UAM · Departamento de Sistemas Biológicos

Dehydrodiisoeugenol (DHIE) is a neolignan found in more than 17 plant species, including herbs, fruit, and root. DHIE was, for the first time, isolated from Myristica fragrans bark in 1973. Since then, many methodologies have been used for the obtention of DHIE, including classical chemistry synthesis using metal catalysts and biocatalytic synthesi...

Citrus paradisi species belong to the Rutaceae family, and it is commonly known as grapefruit. Grapefruit consumption involves a large amount of waste that goes to landfills and produces significant pollution affecting the human health. To examine this phenomenon, we designed an efficient chemical method that recovers naringin-rich flavonoid extrac...

Although Verbesina crocata (Cav.) Less. is commonly used in Mexico as a medicinal plant to treat numerous disorders (a tradition dating back to pre-Hispanic times), scant scientific evidence exists on its pharmacological activity. The current review compiles information on the botanical characteristics, traditional medicinal use, and scientific evi...

Anti-inflammatory and analgesic medications (AAMs) are widely used in Mexico and the rest of the world. Their excessive acquisition can lead to waste, representing an unnecessary expense for families and the public health system. The aim of this study was to estimate the economic cost of the waste of unused AAMs collected by the National System for...

Background: To determine the patterns of irrational use of medications among a sample of adult patients with insomnia. Methods: We included 89 adult patients diagnosed with chronic insomnia who had consumed medications for this disorder during the 12 months prior to admission to a specialized Sleep Disorders Clinic (SDC) in Mexico City. With a 13-i...

Introducción: Los errores de prescripción abarcan una amplia gama de faltas que pueden ir desde una selección incorrecta del medicamento hasta la ausencia de información importante en la receta médica, estos últimos llamados errores de omisión, los cuales pueden afectar la salud del paciente. Sin embargo, en México no hay reportes sobre errores de...

Introduction: Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR) are unwanted clinical or laboratory manifestations that are related to drug use. ADR are common and are associated with significant risk of morbidity, mortality and hospital admissions. Antipsychotics have a reduced therapeutic window, and have been related to the manifestation of a variety of ADR. Objecti...

Analgesic music therapy promises to be a safe alternative to complement pharmacotherapy for patients with various conditions. The aim of this narrative review is to know the effectiveness of music therapy and the quality of the clinical studies that have been carried out in this regard, which is why in this review, a search and selection of recent...

The strange illnesses are those that have low prevalence and that, therefore, the development of medications to treat them is not profitable for the pharmaceutical companies due to the drop demands. Although it is already counted with different political public around the world to motivate to the pharmaceutical industries to investigate these medic...

Introduction: Physical exercise can generate reactive oxygen species that damage essential cellular components, such as fatigue. Flavonoids, due to their low toxicity and antioxidant activity, have been studied as potential dietary supplements to improve sports performance. Objective: To describe the scientific evidence that has been obtained on th...

Background: Psychological stress is a reaction to an unexpected situation that favours adaptation and response to the event. However, when psychological stress is chronic or very intense, it can induce changes in various systems and tissues, causing diseases or aggravating existing ones. Objective: To briefly analyse the pathophysiological conditi...

Los tatuajes han acompañado a la humanidad en casi todas las culturas y épocas. Este artículo pretende construir una revisión narrativa de la literatura científica sobre evolución histórica del simbolismo, perspectiva social y tendencias actuales de los tatuajes, incluyendo un análisis de sus riesgos sanitarios. Para ello, se realizó una búsqueda b...