Francisco Javier Gutiérrez-Mañero
About me
Professor Plant Physiology, (ANECA accreditation), PhD Biology, PhD Pharmacy. Involved in teaching at the Degrees in Pharmacy, Biotechnology, in Master and Doctoral level (12 PhD thesis). Founder of the research group, I have been leading from 1992, obtaining successful founding from public and private sector, in the agrobiotechnology business for food and health. My research area deals with biotechnology and agriculture, with the major goals of increasing crop yield, lowering chemical inputs and increasing food quality, by using beneficial microorganisms and derived molecules to trigger plant metabolism, rather than providing nutrients to improve nutrition or chemicals to fight pathogens. As a result of these activities, foods are enriched in bioactive molecules, so human health benefits are consistent. When medicinal plants are studied, these bioactives are the active molecules for medicins, so the scope is extended to pharmacy, not to speak of phytotherapy.
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