Jesús García Díaz, Ph.D.

ABOUT ME

Accomplished researcher and educator with extensive experience in pharmaconosy and medicinal chemistry, currently holding a Postdoc Research Position at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Karlova University. Demonstrates expertise in analytical research, isolation of compounds, and chromatographic methods, contributing to the publication of multiple peer-reviewed articles.

EDUCATION

2009 – 2014 / BSc. In Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Oriente, Cuba

2014 – 2016 / Master in Pharmaceutical Service University of Oriente, Cuba

2016 – 2018 / Intensive Doctoral program, University of Oriente, Cuba

2016 – 2019 / Antwerp Doctoral School Graduate program, Antwerp, Belgium

2019 – currently / Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences (by the Universiteit Antwerpen/Data of issue: 29/01/2019) and Doctor in Health science (by National Centre of Scientific Research, La Habana Cuba/Data of issue: 03/05/2019)

CURRENT POSITION

  • Postdoc Research Position, Faculty of Pharmacy, Karlova Univerzita.

RESEARCH FOCUS

  • Isolation of bioactive compounds from medicinal plants
  • In vitro biological activities of isolated compounds (Antioxidant, Antimicrobial assays, Cytotoxicity)

TEACHING

  • Natural Drugs I (Lecture)
  • Pharmacognosy I and II (Practical class)

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

2025

González-Fernández, R., Heredia-Díaz, Y., Escalona-Arraz, J. C., Ramos-Domínguez, Y., Cos, P., Díaz, J. G., (2025). Estudio farmacognóstico y actividad antimicrobiana in vitro de las hojas de Zanthoxylum fagara (L.) Sarg. Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Químico Farmacéuticas, 54(1), 160.

2023

García-Díaz, Jesús, et al. Caracterización etnobotánica de plantas medicinales en dos comunidades de la Región Suroriental de Cuba. Caldasia, 2023, 45(2).

del Carmen Molina-Bertrán, S., Chil-Núñez, I., Escalona-Arranz, J. C., Picanço-Souto, R. N., Felipe- González, A., García-Díaz, J., ... & Morris-Quevedo, H. J. (2023). Bioinsecticide potential of ethanol extracts from Persea americana (Lauraceae) seeds on Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Acta Biológica Colombiana, 28(3).

García-Díaz, J., Souto, R. N. P., Escalona-Arranz, J. C., Ferreira, R. M. D. A., Da Costa, T. S., González- Fernández, R., ... & Setzer, W. N. (2023). Larvicidal and Adulticidal Activity of Essential Oils from Four Cuban Plants against Three Mosquito Vector Species. Plants, 12(23). https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12234009

2022

Díaz, J. G., Tuenter, E., Arranz, J. C. E., Maury, G. L., Cos, P., & Pieters, L. (2022). Antiplasmodial activity of alkaloids from Croton linearis leaves. Experimental Parasitology, 236, 108254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2022.108254

Barros de Menezes, R. P., Scotti, L., Scotti, M. T., García, J., González, R., Monzote, L., & Setzer, W. N. (2022). Machine Learning Analysis of Essential Oils from Cuban Plants: Potential Activity against Protozoa Parasites. Molecules, 27(4), 1366. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27041366

García Díaz, J.; González Fernández, R.; Escalona Arranz, J.C.; Llauradó Maury, G.; Méndez Rodríguez, D.; De Vooght, L.; Molina, E.; Tuenter, E.; Pieters, L.; Cos, P. Inhibitory Effect on Nitric Oxide Release in LPS-Stimulated Macrophages and Free Radical Scavenging Activity of Croton linearis Jacq. Leaves. Antioxidants 2022, 11, 1915. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11101915

Fernández, R. G., & Díaz, J. G. (2022). Producción científica sobre estudios toxicológicos en revistas científicas cubanas: un análisis bibliométrico en Scopus. Revista Cubana de Información en Ciencias de la Salud, 33.

García-Díaz, J.; Escalona-Arranz, J.C.; Ochoa-Pacheco, A.; Santos, S.G.D.; González-Fernández, R.; Rojas-Vargas, J.A.; Monzote, L.; Setzer, W.N. Chemical Composition and In Vitro and In Silico Antileishmanial Evaluation of the Essential Oil from Croton linearis Jacq. Stems. Antibiotics 2022, 11, 1712. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11121712

2021

Yamilé Heredia Díaz, Emmy Tuenter, Jesús Garcia-Díaz, Ania Ochoa Pacheco, Paul Cos, Luc Pieters & Julio CésarEscalona Arranz(2021):Novel flavonol-3-Omethylethers fromZanthoxylum pistaciifolium Griseb. (Rutaceae), Natural Product Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2021.1906240 .

Monzote, L., García, J., González, R., Scotti, M. T., & Setzer, W. N. (2021). Bioactive essential oils from Cuban plants: An inspiration to drug development. Plants, 10(11), 2515. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10112515

Pérez-Portero, Y., Vera-Ayala, A., García-Díaz, J., Escalona-Arranz, J. C., & Casals-Hung, M. (2021). Estabilidadfísico-químicadelextracto hidroetanólico al70%de hojasdeSpondiasmombinL.Revista Cubana de Química, 33(3), 305-325.

2020

Gabriel Llauradó, Yaixa Beltrán, Humberto J. Morris, Ebert Marcos, Usnavia Díaz, Jane Marcos, Jesús García, Dunilka Disotuar, Paul Cos. Restoration of liver function in malnourished mice orally administered with Pleurotus ostreatus fruiting bodies extract. Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacognosy Research. 2020: 8 (1): 32-42.

Jesus Rafael Rodriguez Amado, Ariadna Lafourcade Prada, Jesus Garcia Diaz, Raimundo Nonato Picanço Souto, Júlio Cesar Escalona Arranz, Tatiane Pereira de Souza. Development, larvicide activity, and toxicity in nontarget species of the Croton linearis Jacq essential oil nanoemulsion. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-07608-8

Yamilé Heredia Díaz, Julio César Escalona Arranz, Rosalia González Fernández, Ania Ochoa Pacheco, Jesus García Díaz, Lianet Monzote Fidalgo, Denise da Gama Jaén Batista, Cristiane Franca da Silva, Paul Cos. Trypanocidal potentialities of skimmianine, an alkaloid isolated from Zanthoxylum pistacifolium Griseb leaves. Pharmacosnosy Research. 2020; 12(3): 322-327.

Gabriel Llauradó Maury, Daniel Méndez Rodríguez, Sophie Hendrix, Julio C. Escalona Arranz, Yilan Fung Boix, Ania Ochoa Pacheco, Jesús García Díaz, et al. Antioxidants in Plants: A Valorization Potential Emphasizing the Need for the Conservation of Plan t Biodiversity in Cuba. Antioxidants. 2020, 9, 1048; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox9111048

2019

Díaz, J. G., Tuenter, E., Arranz, J. C. E., Maury, G. L., Cos, P., & Pieters, L. Antimicrobial activity of leaf extracts and isolated constituents of Croton linearis. Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2019; 236: 250- 257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2019.01.049

Susana Gil-Frómeta, Julio César Escalona Arranz, Jesús García Díaz, Juan Ángel Fernández Heredia, Roberto Machado García. Evaluación fitoquímica, y antimicrobiana del aceite esencial y los extractos de las hojas de Amyris elemifera L.(Coaba amarilla). Revista Cubana de Química; 2019, 31(3): 427- 439.

2018

García J, Escalona JC, da Gama D, Monzote L, De la Veja J, de Macedo Mb, Cos P. Antileishmanial potentialities of Croton linearis Jacq. leaves essential oil. Natural product Communications. 2018; 13(5): 629-634. https://doi.org/10.1177/1934578X1801300527

Heredia-Díaz Y, García-Díaz J, López-González T, Chil-Nuñez I, Arias-Ramos D, Escalona-Arranz JC, González-Fernández R, Costa-Acosta J, Suarez-Cruz D, Sánchez-Torres M, Martínez-Figueredo Y. An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by inhabitants of Holguín, Eastern Region, Cuba. Boletín Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Plantas Medicinales y Aromáticas. 2018; 17(2), 160-196.

Bertrán SDCM, Mendonça PM, Tur BR, Queiroz MM, Arranz JCE, Díaz JG, Bourzac FG. Effects of Persea americana Mill. seed extracts on the postembryonic development of Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscoide). Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacognosy Research. 2018; 6(2), 96-107.

2016

Ochoa A, Fechine J, Escalona JC, García J, Dos Santos SG, Sobral Da Silva M. Phytochemical study of non-polar extracts from Excoecaria lucida Sw. leaves (Euphorbiaceae). Acta Chromatographic. 2016; 28(3),429-437.

García-Díaz J, Escalona-Arranz J, Rojas-Vargas J, Machado-García R, Gordillo-Pérez M, Escalona- Caparros A. Pharmacognostic and Phythochemical studies of Croton linearis Jacq. leaves. International Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemical Research. 2016; 8(3); 512-518.

Heredia-Díaz Y, González-Fernández R, Escalona-Arranz JC, García-Díaz J, De la Vega J. Influencia del medio de extracción en la composición de sustancias volátiles de las hojas de Zanthoxylum pistacifolium Griseb. Revista Cubana Química. 2016; 28(1): 490-506.

2015

García-Díaz J, Escalona-Arranz JC, do Carvallo MG, Rojas-Vargas JA, Machado-García R, de la Vega J. Aislamiento y Caracterización de metabolitos de hojas de Croton linearis Jacq. Revista Cubana de Química. 2015; 27(3): 289-301.

2014

Escalona-Arranz JC, Garcia-Diaz J, Perez-Rosés R, De la Vega J, Rodríguez-Amado J, Morris-Quevedo HJ. Effect of Tamarindus indica L. leaves' fluid extract on human blood cells. Natural Product Research. 2014; 28(18): 1485-1488. https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2014.911296

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