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Clelia Akiko Hiruma-Lima is a full professor at the Department of Structural and Functional Biology (Physiology) at the Bioscience Institute of the São paulo State University - UNESP (Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil). Her work has been mainly focused on understanding the action of natural products (flavonoids and essential oil) in the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases (gastroesophageal reflux, peptic ulcers, intestinal inflammation and obesity). The morphofunctional, biochemical, and molecular aspects of gastrointestinal disorders are analysed in rodents (mice and rats). The focus of the studies also involves the ethnopharmacological evaluation of Brazilian medicinal plants and all their therapeutic potential.