GRADUATION: 

M.S. - Science - Chemistry of Natural Products (Phytochemistry), 1993-1995, Natural Product Research Nucleus, Federal University at Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Thesis: "Chemical and Pharmacologycal Studies of Piperaceae from Rio de Janeiro State"

Ph.D. - Science - Chemistry of Natural Products (Phytochemistry), 1995- 1999, Natural Product Research Nucleus, Federal University at Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Thesis: "Chemical and Pharmacologycal Studies of Piperaceae from Rio de Janeiro State"

1- Phytochemical Investigation of P. aduncum, 30 th Annual Meeting of Phytochemical Society of North America, 10-14, August, 1996.

2- Essential Oil Analysis of Eight Brazilian Piperaceae, Chemistry, Biologycal and Pharmaceutical Properties of Medicinal Plantas from the Americas, Panama City, Panama, 23-26, February,  1997.

3- A Chalcone Isolated from the Plant Piper aduncum is Selectively Toxic for Leishmania, First World Congress on Leishmaniosis, Istanbul, Turkey.

4- Sedative Effect of the Essential Oil from Leaves of Piper solmsianum C.DC. (Piperaceae), First Congress of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, 20-24, April, 1997.

5- Volatile Constituents of Brilantaisia palisatii Lind., II World Congress on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants for Human Welfare, Mendoza, Argentina, 10-15, November, 1997.

6- Essential Oil Composition of Four Peperomia species., II World Congress on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants for Human Welfare, Mendoza, Argentina, 10-15, November, 1997.

7- Antimicrobial Activity of Four Species Belonging to Two Different Genera of the Family Lamiaceae, 2nd IUPAC International Conference on Biodiversity, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 11-15, July, 1999.

Publications:

1- Moreira D.L., Angonese M.T. e Kaplan M.A.C., “Perfíl Químico da Família Acanthaceae”, Revista de Botânica do Museu de Biologia Melo Leitão, 1, 1-3, 1992. (Full Paper, Portuguese)

2- Torres-Santos E.C., Moreira D.L., Kaplan, M.A.C. and Rossi-Bergmann B. "Atividade Leishmanicida de Extratos e Frações de Plantas Brasileiras: Plumbaginaceae, Piperaceae e Moraceae", Revista de Patologia Tropical, supl. 23(2), 1995. (Abstract, Portuguese)

3- Moreira D.L., Guimarães E.F. and Kaplan M.A.C., “Constituintes Químicos de Piper solmsianum C.DC. (Piperaceae)”, Rev. Bras. Farm., 76(4), 106-109, 1995. (Full Paper, Portuguese)

4- Moreira D.L., Midori T., Oliveira P., Guimarães, E.F., Pereira, N.A. and Kaplan, M.A.C., "Sedative Effect of the Essential Oil from Leaves of Piper solmsianum C.DC. (Piperaceae)", Bollettino Chimico Farmaceutico, 136(2), 167, 1997. (Abstract, English)

5- Torres-Santos E.C., Moreira D.L., Kaplan, M.A.C. and Rossi-Bergmann B., “A Chalcone Isolated from the Plant Piper aduncum is Selectively Toxic for Leishmania”, Acta Parasitologica Turcica, 21(1): supl. 1, 183, 1997. (Abstract, English)

6- Moreira D.L., Guimarães E.F. and Kaplan M.A.C., “Butyl-3,4-methylenedioxybenzene as the Major Constituent of the Essencial Oil from Ottonia anisum”, J. Essent. Oil Res., 9(5), Sept/Oct 1997. (Full Paper, English)

7- Moreira D.L., Guimarães E.F. and Kaplan M.A.C., “A Chromene from Piper aduncum”, Phytochemistry,  48(6), 1075, 1998. (Full Paper, English)

8- Moreira D.L., Guimarães, E.F. and Kaplan, M.A.C., "Chemical Investigation of Piper aduncum (Piperaceae)", An. Acad. bras. Ci., 69(1), 126, 1997. (Abstract)

9- Torres-Santos E.C., Moreira, D.L., Kaplan, M.A.C. and Rossi-Bergmann B., "Activity of a Pure Chalcone Isolated from Piper aduncum", An. Acad. bras. Ci., 69(1), 126-127, 1997. (Abstract)

10- Moreira, D.L., Guimarães, E.F. and Kaplan, M.A.C., "Non-Polar Constituents from Piper lhotzkyanum", Phytochemistry, 49 (5), 1339, 1998. (Full Paper, English)

11- Moreira D. L., Guimarães E.F. and Kaplan M.A.C., "Essential oil Composition of P. solmsianum and P. lhotzkyanum", An Acad. Bras. Ci., 70 (4), 751, 1998. (Full Paper, English)

12- Moreira, D.L., Guimarães, E.F., Kaplan, M.A.C., “Kaplanin: A C-Glycosylflavone from Leaves of P. lhotzkyanum”, Phytochemistry, accepted for publication, 2000. (Full Paper, English)

13- Moreira D. L., Guimarães E.F. and Kaplan M.A.C., "Essential Oil Analysis of Four Peperomia Species (Piperaceae)", Acta Horticulturae, Vol. 500, Part. I, 65, 1999.  (Full Paper, English)

14- Moreira D. L., Guimarães E.F., Pereira, N.A., Cardoso, G.L.C., Kaplan M.A.C., “Effect of Leaf Essential oil from P. solmsianum C.DC. in Mice Behavior”, An Acad. Bras. Ci., accepted for publication 73(2), 2001. (Full Paper, English)

15- Torres-Santos EC; Moreira DL; Kaplan MA; Meirelles MN; Rossi-Bergmann B., "Selective effect of 2',6'-dihydroxy-4'-methoxychalcone isolated from Piper aduncum on Leishmania amazonensis", Antimicrob Agents Chemother, May;43(5):1234-41, 1999. (Full Paper, English)

16- Torres-Santos EC; Rodrigues JM Jr; Moreira DL; Kaplan MA; Rossi-Bergmann B., "Improvement of in vitro and in vivo antileishmanial activities of 2', 6'-dihydroxy-4'-methoxychalcone by entrapment in poly(D,L-lactide) nanoparticles", Antimicrob Agents Chemother, Jul;43(7):1776-8,  1999. (Full Paper, English)

17- Guadalupe-Rojas, M., Pereira, N.A., Moreira, D.L. e Kaplan, M.A.C., “Atividade Antiinflamatória de Extratos de Piper aduncum L. (Piperaceae)” Rev. Bras. Farm., 80 (1/2), 5-6, 1999. (Full Paper, Portuguese)

18- Sá A.C.;  Castro R.R.; Morgado S.C.; Moreira D.L. e Menezes F.S., “Análise Química Preliminar de Folhas de Brilantaisia palisatii Lind.” Rev. Bras. Farm., 81(1/2), 36-38, 2000. (Full Paper, Portuguese)

19- Santos P.R.D., Moreira D. L., Guimarães E.F. and Kaplan M.A.C., "Essential Oil Analysis of Ten Piperaceae Species from Brazilian Atlantic Forest", Phytochemistry, submitted, 1999. (Full Paper, English)

20- Moreira D. L., Leitão G. G., "Quantitative Determination of Moupinamide and Liriodenine in Five Mollinedia Species by High Performance Liquid Chromatography",  Phytochemical Analysis, accepted for publication, 2000. (Full Paper, English)