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Students from the University of Cauca present their research projects at the 1st ...

Students from the University of Cauca present their research projects at the 1st Colombian Congress of Natural Products.

19 February, 2026

Ten students from the Chemistry program at the University of Cauca presented their papers during the event held at the University of Valle.

Between April 22 and 25, the 1st Colombian Congress on Natural Products, “Science and Technology in Harmony with Biodiversity,” was held at Universidad del Valle. The event was previously known as the Colombian Congress of Phytochemistry, a name that was changed in order to honor the diversity of natural product sources beyond plants.

A group of students from the University of Cauca took part in the event. They are members of the research seedbed of the Bioactive Compounds Chemistry Research Group, affiliated with the Department of Chemistry. The five research projects were supervised by researcher Professor Fernando Hernández Blanco and fall within the research lines of Conservation, Propagation, and Studies on the Composition of Promising Plant Species; Evaluation of Biological Activity; Evaluation of Contaminants and Remediation (Nanomaterials and Bioremediation); and Analytical Chemistry.

The student presenters of these research projects were: José Adriano Castro Bravo; Jennifer V. González Hurtado; Angie Celeste Peña Meneses; María Camila Rosero Hoyos; Juan David Ruiz Múnera; Diana Sofía Sánchez Ordoñez; Tatiana Andrea Suárez Agredo; Manuel A. Muñoz Camacho; Valeria Rivera Ramírez; and Paula Sánchez Lugo.

The accepted research projects were presented in poster format with the following titles:

Evaluation of the cytotoxic and phytotoxic activity of the total ethanolic extract of Spathodea campanulata obtained by microwave-assisted extraction

Preliminary evaluation of the phytochemical profile and microwave optimization of extracts of Calea sp. and Hedyosmum sp.

Bioremoval of doxycycline in an aqueous medium through the encapsulation of the microalga Chlorella vulgaris: a comparison with free and encapsulated microalgae

Microwave optimization and phytochemical profile of extracts of Dianthera secunda and Anredera cordifolia

Cytotoxic study and antivenom activity of ethanolic extracts of Crinum jagus, Crinum × powellii, Crinum amabile, and Agapanthus praecox.