Norma Rosario Flores Holguín

Education

CIMAV

Doctorate in Materials Science (2007)

Academic Interest

• Molecular modeling
• Photovoltaic Solar Cells
• Computational Medicinal Nanochemistry

Recent Publications

• Investigation of Antifungal Properties of Synthetic Dimethyl-4-Bromo-1-(Substituted Benzoyl) Pyrrolo [1,2-a]Quinoline-2,3-Dicarboxylates Analogues: Molecular Docking Studies and Conceptual DFT-based Chemical Reactivity Descriptors and Pharmacokinetics Eva

  Vijayakumar Uppar, Sandeep Chandrashekharappa, Chandan Shivamallu, Sushma P, Shiva Prasad Kollur, Joaquín Ortega-Castro, Juan Frau, Norma Flores-Holguín, Atiyaparveen I Basarikatti, Mallikarjun Chougala, Mrudula Mohan M, Govindappa Banuprakash, Jayadev, Katharigatta N. Venugopala, B. P. Nandeshwarappa, Asad Syed, Najat Marraiki, Kiran K Mudnakudu-Nagaraju, Basavaraj Padmashali and Daniel Glossman-Mitnik
  Molecules, Vol.26. No.2722. pp1-20 (2021)

• Evaluation of Annona muricata Acetogenins as Potential Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Agents Through Computational Approaches

  Shashanka K. Prasad, Sushma Pradeep, Chandan Shimavallu, Shiva Prasad Kollur, Asad Syed, Najat Marraiki, Chukwuebuka Egbuna, Mihnea-Alexandru Gaman, Olga Kosakowska, William C. Cho, Kingsley Chukwuemeka Patrick-Iwuanyanwu, Joaquín Ortega Castro, Juan Frau, Norma Flores-Holguín and Daniel Glossman-Mitnik
  Frontiers in Chemistry, Vol.8. No.624716. pp1-7 (2021)

• Preparation, Spectroscopic Characterization and Theoretical Investigations of Cd(II), Ni(II), Zn(II) and Cu(II) Complexes of 4(3H)-quinazolinone Derived Schiff Base

  Ubale Panchsheela Ashok, Shiva Prasad Kollur, Nishad Anil, Bansode Prakash Arun, Sanjay Namdev Jadhav, Sanjay Sarsamkar, Vasant Baburao Helavi, Asha Srinivasan, Sandeep Kaulage, Ravindra Veerapur, Sarah Al-Rashed, Asad Syed, Joaquín Ortega-Castro, Juan Frau, Norma Flores-Holguín and Daniel Glossman-Mitnik
  Molecules, Vol.25. No.24. pp5973 (2020)

• Virtual Screening of Marine Natural Compounds by Means of Chemoinformatics and CDFT-based Computational Peptidology,

  Norma Flores-Holguín, Juan Frau and Daniel Glossman-Mitnik
  Marine Drugs, Vol.18. No.478. pp1-17 (2020)

• Conceptual DFT-based Computational Peptidology of Marine Natural Compounds: Discodermins A-H

  Norma Flores-Holguín, Juan Frau and Daniel Glossman-Mitnik
  Molecules, Vol.25. No.4158. pp1-20 (2020)

• In vitro Anticancer Activity of 4(3H)-Quinazolinone Derived Schiff Base and its Cu(II), Zn(II) and Cd(II) Complexes: Preparation, X-ray Structural, Spectral Characterization and Theoretical Investigations

  Ubale Panchsheela Ashok, Shiva Prasad Kollur, Bansode Prakash Arun, Chavan Sanjay, Karhale Shrikrishna Suresh, Nishad Anil, Helavi Vasant Baburao, Datta Markad, Joaquín Ortega Castro, Juan Frau, Norma Flores-Holguín and Daniel Glossman-Mitnik
  Inorganica Chimica Acta, Vol.511. No.119846. pp1-10 (2020)

• Influence on the Reactivity Properties of the Substitution by Different Halogens on the Conjugated Backbone of the 1,3,5-triaryl-2-pyrazoline Skeleton in Relation to the Increasing Alkyloxy Chain Length. A Conceptual Density Functional Theory Study

  Norma Flores-Holguín, Asghar Abbas and Daniel Glossman-Mitnik
  Journal of Molecular Modeling, Vol.26. No.174. pp1-12 (2020)

• Theoretical Modifications of the Molecular Structure of Aurantinidin and Betanidin Dyes to Improve their Efficiency as Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

  Aanuoluwapo Raphael Obasuyi, Daniel Glossman-Mitnik and Norma Flores-Holguín
  Journal of Computational Electronics, Vol.19. No.2. pp507-515 (2020)

• A Fast and Simple Evaluation of the Chemical Reactivity Properties of the Pristinamycin Family of Antimicrobial Peptides

  Norma Flores-Holguín, Juan Frau and Daniel Glossman-Mitnik
  Chemical Physics Letters, Vol.739. No.137021. pp1-5 (2020)

Awards and Honors

• Second position in the contest " Prize for the most innovative and original project in sustainability” Global sustainability Institute, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education.
• Researcher Level 1 in National Research System of National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT).
• Registered member as accredited reviewer by the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT).
• Award as Top Paper: Density functional theory (DFT) study of triphenylamine-based dyes for their use as sensitizers in molecular photovoltaics. IBioMedLib Journal Top 25 Hottest Articles reward to papers
  • THEOCHEM 905, Issue 1-3, (2009) 76-80 Elsevier Science
  • THEOCHEM 854 (2008) 81-88 Elsevier Science
• Winner of Marine Drugs Best Paper Award 2019 Chemical Reactivity Properties, pKa Values, AGEs Inhibitor Abilities and Bioactivity Scores of the Mirabamides A–H Peptides of Marine Origin Studied by Means of Conceptual DFT, Marine Drugs 2018, 16, 302; doi:10.3390/md16090302