The last 5th of June the 1st. Contest of Phytochemistry-Pharmacognosy Projects were hold, by students of the QFB bachelor degree.

In this contest the students chose their plant material to work with, based on a series of predetermined topics, which are related to the Pharmacognosy subject studied this semester.

After a tough deliberation from the judges, the winners of the contest were the following:

Third place: “Extraction, allelopathic activity and chemical characterization of the essential oil of Origanum vulgare“, by the students Luis Castro, Gabriel Lona and Sara Sánchez.

Second place: “Pasilla chile and it antimicrobial potential”, by the students Juan Guzmán, Jason Mann, Marcela Maytorel and José Orendain.

First place: “Antibacterial effect and preliminary chemical characterization of Salvia apiana extracts”, by the students Gloria García, Geovanna Lagarda, Mariana Ochoa and Luz Rosas.

Congratulations to all the contestants, and to the winners!