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Chemical repair, regeneration, and the role of superoxide in antioxidant activity
Juan Raúl
Free Radical Research, 2026, 1–24
Doctor en Química
Dr. Juan Raúl Álvarez Idaboy
Professor and researcher in theoretical and computational chemistry at the UNAM Faculty of Chemistry.
Juan Raúl Álvarez Idaboy is a Full Professor at UNAM’s Faculty of Chemistry and has been a Level III researcher in Mexico’s National System of Researchers (SNI) since 2011. His work focuses on reaction mechanisms and rates using theoretical and computational chemistry methods, with a particular interest in free radicals, oxidative stress, antioxidants, and chemical kinetics.
Career in numbers
- 165
- Publications
- 8,059
- Citations
- 50
- h-index
- 128
- i10-index
Source: OpenAlex · updated Sep 2026
Research
Research lines
Three questions, one method: rebuilding chemical reactions atom by atom.
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Oxidative stress and antioxidants
He studies which molecules protect DNA and proteins from free-radical damage, and how fast they act.
02
Atmospheric chemistry
He studies how the hydroxyl radical breaks down organic pollutants in the air.
03
Reactions in solution
He reconstructs chemical reactions step by step to understand which product forms and why.
Publications
Selected publications
Open2 citations
Systematic Molecularity-Dependent Entropy Errors in Continuum/RRHO Solution Thermochemistry: Origin and Correction
Aida Mariana Rebollar‐Zepeda, Mirzam Carreón-González, Leonardo Muñoz‐Rugeles, Juan Raúl
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2026, 22(13), 6367–6376
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The Synergy between Glutathione and Phenols—Phenolic Antioxidants Repair Glutathione: Closing the Virtuous Circle—A Theoretical Insight
Mirzam Carreón-González, Juan Raúl
Antioxidants, 2023, 12(5), 1125
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Thiophenols, Promising Scavengers of Peroxyl Radicals: Mechanisms and kinetics
Mirzam Carreón-González, Annik Vivier‐Bunge, Juan Raúl
Journal of Computational Chemistry, 2019, 40(24), 2103–2110
Blog
From the blog
Outreach
Más allá de la dieta: la sorprendente defensa antioxidante que ya vive en tu cuerpo
¿Depende nuestra defensa antioxidante únicamente de la dieta? Explora cómo el cuerpo humano y otros animales han desarrollado sofisticados sistemas antioxidantes endógenos capaces de controlar el estrés oxidativo y proteger las células.
September 26, 2026
Outreach
Héroes o villanos: la verdadera historia de los radicales libres y los antioxidantes
Durante años se nos ha dicho que los antioxidantes son los héroes y los radicales libres, los villanos. Pero la biología rara vez funciona en blanco y negro. Aquí exploramos cómo ambos cumplen funciones esenciales, cuándo son necesarios, cuándo se descontrolan y por qué el factor clave es mantener el equilibrio.
September 26, 2026
Research group
Our group studies reactivity, chemical kinetics, free radicals, and oxidative stress using theoretical and computational chemistry tools.