Luis Poveda Álvarez

Universidad de Costa Rica — CR

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Natural product bioactivities and synthesis(4), Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae(4), Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean(4), Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity(2), Plant Diversity and Evolution(2)

Publications13 total

Patrimonial Botanical Knowledge in Costa Rica
Science across cultures·2019
A botanical extract of Souroubea sympetala and its active principle, betulinic acid, attenuate the cortisol response to a stressor in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss
Aquaculture·2016· 22 cited
Ficus lasiosyce (Moraceae), una nueva especie del subgénero Urostigma en el Neotrópico
Lankesteriana·2016Open Access
Una segunda especie de Krugiodendron (Rhamnaceae) en el Neotrópico
Lankesteriana·2016· 1 citedOpen Access
Dos nuevas especies de Croton (Euphorbiaceae) en el Neotrópico
Lankesteriana·2016· 3 citedOpen Access
Hoffmannia stephaniae (Rubiaceae), una nueva especie de Costa Rica
Lankesteriana·2015· 4 citedOpen Access
<i>Souroubea sympetala</i> (Marcgraviaceae): a medicinal plant that exerts anxiolysis through interaction with the GABA<sub>A</sub> benzodiazepine receptor
Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology·2014· 16 cited
Ethnopharmacology of Souroubea sympetala and Souroubea gilgii (Marcgraviaceae) and identification of betulinic acid as an anxiolytic principle
Phytochemistry·2014· 23 citedOpen Access
Characterization and Quantification of Triterpenes in the Neotropical Medicinal Plant <i>Souroubea sympetala</i> (Marcgraviaceae) by HPLC-APCI-MS
Natural Product Communications·2008· 6 cited
Wood anatomy of Pleodendron costaricense (Canellaceae) from Southern Pacific, Costa Rica
2007· 2 cited
Phytochemistry and Antifungal Properties of the Newly Discovered Tree <i>Pleodendron </i><i>c</i><i>ostaricense</i>
Journal of Natural Products·2006· 40 cited
A Regression Analysis of Q'eqchi' Maya Medicinal Plants from Southern Belize
Economic Botany·2006· 52 cited
Inhibition of human pathogenic fungi by ethnobotanically selected plant extracts
Mycoses·2003· 95 citedOpen Access

Frequent Co-authors

John T. Arnason(7), Pablo Sanchez Vindas(4), Tony Durst(4), Martha Mullally(4), Pablo Sánchez-Vindas(3), Mario Garcia(3), Vance L. Trudeau(3), José González Ramírez(3), Myron L. Smith(2), Virginie Treyvaud Amiguet(2), Victor Cal(2), Christian Cayer(2), Zul Merali(2), Marco Otárola Rojas(2), Kari Kramp(2), Christine Ficker(1), Koffi Akpagana(1), Messanvi Gbéassor(1), Comlan de Souza(1), Pedro Maquin(1)