Maria Cristina Marcucci is a Collaborating Professor in the Oral Biopathology Program at the School of Dentistry at Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", Sao Paulo, Brazil. She is a member of the Technical Chamber of Herbal Medicines of ANVISA. She has a degree in Chemistry from the State University of Campinas and a Ph.D. in Sciences from the State University of Campinas. She did a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Phytochemistry Laboratory of the Center for Edaphology and Applied Biology of Segura, Murcia, SCIC, Spain. She has research experience in chemistry, with an emphasis on the chemistry of natural products, and she works mainly on the following topics: chemical composition, the antibacterial and antioxidant activity of bee products, and herbal medicines.