FILIPINO

SCIENTIST
PERSPECTIVE PHARMACY
Presented by: DIANE AUDREY CABAUATAN
 MAGDALENA
CANTORIA , PHD
Contributions:
She has done basic studies on
the pharmacognosy of agar,
rauwolfia, datura, mint and
Piper species.
researches dealt particularly
on the morphology,
physiology and biochemistry
of drug plants.
PAULO C. CAMPOS, MD

CONTRIBUTIONS:
IS CREDITED FOR ESTABLISHING THE

FIRST AND BEST KNOWN RADIOISOTOPE

LABORATORY IN THE COUNTRY, THE
FIRST RESEARCH LABORATORY IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE,
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES AND
THE THYROID CLINIC OF THE UP-PGH
MEDICAL CENTER.
 PEDRO ESCURO,
PHD
CONTRIBUTIONS:
HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO RICE
BREEDING, AS PLANT BREEDER, PROFESSOR,
EXTENSION WORKER, AND CONSULTANT IN
AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS
LOURDES CRUZ , MD
CONTRIBUTIONS:
IS KNOWN FOR HER SCIENTIFIC
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELD OF
BIOCHEMISTRY, PARTICULARLY ON THE
ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION
OF THE VENOM CALLED CONOTOXINS
FROM MARINE CONE SNAILS.
 DR. EDUARDO
QUISUMBING
CONTRIBUTIONS:
is pioneer in the study of Philippine
medicinal plants where he made
tremendous contribution. His book
Medicinal Plants in Philippines is the
forerunner of all researches on
medicinal plants in the country. He was
author of more than 129 scientific
articles published here and abroad.
 DR. LEON MA. GUERRERO

CONTRIBUTIONS:

the 1st Filipino industrial scientist,

forensic chemist and “Father of
Philippine Pharmacy.” Guerrero began
his pioneering study on medicinal
plants in the early 1900s where he
experimented on substitute medicines
when synthetic drugs are unavailable