Prof. Dr. Arquimedes Gasparotto Junior is an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Grande Dourados (UFGD; Brazil). He is the head of the Cardiovascular Pharmacology Laboratory and Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Health Sciences at UFGD. He has extensive experience with herbal medicines, with several patent applications filed and over a hundred scientific papers published in cardiovascular ethnopharmacology. His research topics mainly include hypertension, atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, and heart failure.