León Villegas

1.2k total citations
24 papers, 927 citations indexed

About

León Villegas is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, León Villegas has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 927 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Pharmacology and 5 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in León Villegas's work include Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity (4 papers), Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (3 papers) and Sperm and Testicular Function (3 papers). León Villegas is often cited by papers focused on Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity (4 papers), Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (3 papers) and Sperm and Testicular Function (3 papers). León Villegas collaborates with scholars based in Peru, United States and Chile. León Villegas's co-authors include Abraham Vaisberg, Gerald B. Hammond, Gustavo F. Gonzáles, Irma Fernández, Manuel Gasco, Julio Rubio, Arturo Chung, Holger Maldonado, A. Cordova and Alfonso Zavaleta and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Food Chemistry and Journal of Ethnopharmacology.

In The Last Decade

León Villegas

22 papers receiving 848 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
León Villegas Peru 15 292 221 173 119 114 24 927
Poonam Sharma India 19 369 1.3× 431 2.0× 215 1.2× 123 1.0× 146 1.3× 73 1.3k
Carla Gonzales Peru 17 254 0.9× 221 1.0× 106 0.6× 148 1.2× 80 0.7× 23 924
Pierre Watcho Cameroon 19 426 1.5× 250 1.1× 161 0.9× 134 1.1× 154 1.4× 65 1.1k
María de Fátima Vanderlei de Souza Brazil 19 433 1.5× 303 1.4× 315 1.8× 80 0.7× 130 1.1× 65 1.2k
Sepideh Miraj Iran 16 251 0.9× 122 0.6× 190 1.1× 184 1.5× 95 0.8× 74 814
Andreana L. Ososki United States 5 304 1.0× 178 0.8× 95 0.5× 84 0.7× 94 0.8× 5 736
M.G. Dharmasiri Sri Lanka 9 346 1.2× 204 0.9× 128 0.7× 127 1.1× 112 1.0× 15 611
S. Qureshi Saudi Arabia 23 366 1.3× 311 1.4× 196 1.1× 224 1.9× 240 2.1× 46 1.2k
Yearul Kabir Bangladesh 23 236 0.8× 404 1.8× 146 0.8× 167 1.4× 241 2.1× 92 1.5k
Charles Ansah Ghana 16 231 0.8× 335 1.5× 124 0.7× 111 0.9× 148 1.3× 64 861

Countries citing papers authored by León Villegas

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Fields of papers citing papers by León Villegas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of León Villegas

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of León Villegas. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of León Villegas based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with León Villegas. León Villegas is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Álvarez-Risco, Aldo, Christian R. Mejía, Shyla Del-Aguila-Arcentales, et al.. (2020). The Peru Approach against the COVID-19 Infodemic: Insights and Strategies. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 103(2). 583–586. 112 indexed citations
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Gonzáles, Gustavo F., Carla Gonzales, & León Villegas. (2013). Exposure of fatty acids after a single oral administration of sacha inchi (Plukenetia volubilisL.) and sunflower oil in human adult subjects. Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods. 24(1). 60–69. 18 indexed citations
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Sarmiento, José, Katsutoshi Suetomi, Aishwarya Ravindran, et al.. (2011). Diverging Mechanisms of Activation of Chemokine Receptors Revealed by Novel Chemokine Agonists. PLoS ONE. 6(12). e27967–e27967. 19 indexed citations
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Cárdenas, Jorge, et al.. (2008). ESTUDIO FITOQUÍMICO Y DE LA ACTIVIDAD ANTIHELMÍNTICA DE LOS EXTRACTOS DE Sarothamnus scoparius y Lupinus ballianus. Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México). 74(2). 100–107. 1 indexed citations
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Cárdenas, Jorge, et al.. (2007). Phytochemical study and antihelmintic activity of Euphorbia huanchahana and Baccharis salicifolia extracts. Revista de la Sociedad Química del Perú. 73(3). 150–157. 1 indexed citations
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Cárdenas, Jorge, et al.. (2007). ESTUDIO FITOQUÍMICO Y DE LA ACTIVIDAD ANTIHELMÍNTICA DE LOS EXTRACTOS DE Euphorbia huanchahana Y Baccharis salicifolia. Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México). 73(3). 150–157. 1 indexed citations
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Gasco, Manuel, León Villegas, Sandra Yucra, Julio Rubio, & Gustavo F. Gonzáles. (2007). Dose–response effect of Red Maca (Lepidium meyenii) on benign prostatic hyperplasia induced by testosterone enanthate. Phytomedicine. 14(7-8). 460–464. 50 indexed citations
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Gonzáles, Gustavo F., et al.. (2007). Effect of two different extracts of red maca in male rats with testosterone-induced prostatic hyperplasia. Asian Journal of Andrology. 9(2). 245–251. 37 indexed citations
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Vaisberg, Abraham, et al.. (2007). Double-blind randomized placebo-controlled study of bixa orellana in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms associated to benign prostatic hyperplasia. International braz j urol. 33(4). 493–501. 17 indexed citations
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Gonzáles, Gustavo F., Manuel Gasco, A. Cordova, et al.. (2004). Effect of Lepidium meyenii (Maca) on spermatogenesis in male rats acutely exposed to high altitude (4340 m). Journal of Endocrinology. 180(1). 87–95. 98 indexed citations
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Gasco, Manuel, Julio Rubio, Arturo Chung, León Villegas, & Gustavo F. Gonzáles. (2003). Effect of high altitude exposure on spermatogenesis and epididymal sperm count in male rats. Andrologia. 35(6). 368–374. 33 indexed citations
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Gasco, Manuel, Julio Rubio, Arturo Chung, León Villegas, & Gustavo F. Gonzáles. (2003). Effect of high altitude exposure on spermatogenesis and epididymal sperm count in male rats. Andrologia. 35(6). 368–374. 12 indexed citations
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Gonzáles, Gustavo F., Julio Rubio, Arturo Chung, Manuel Gasco, & León Villegas. (2003). Effect of alcoholic extract of Lepidium meyenii (Maca) on testicular function in male rats.. PubMed. 5(4). 349–52. 46 indexed citations
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Villegas, León, Ana Marçalo, Jennifer L. Martin, et al.. (2001). (+)-epi-α-Bisbolol Is the Wound-Healing Principle of Peperomia galioides: Investigation of the in Vivo Wound-Healing Activity of Related Terpenoids. Journal of Natural Products. 64(10). 1357–1359. 68 indexed citations
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Hammond, Gerald B., Irma Fernández, León Villegas, & Abraham Vaisberg. (1998). A survey of traditional medicinal plants from the Callejón de Huaylas, Department of Ancash, Perú. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 61(1). 17–30. 93 indexed citations
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Villegas, León, Irma Fernández, Holger Maldonado, et al.. (1997). Evaluation of the wound-healing activity of selected traditional medicinal plants from Perú. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 55(3). 193–200. 151 indexed citations
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Zavaleta, Alfonso, et al.. (1995). [Cicatrization effect of Jatropha curcas latex (Angiospermae: Euforbiaceae)].. PubMed. 42(1-2). 323–6. 10 indexed citations

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