Research group
Chemistry and Bioactivity
Position
Academic Staff
Eduarda Fernandes, PharmD (1991), PhD (1996), is Associate Professor at the Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy at University of Porto (FFUP), and researcher of the LAQV-REQUIMTE. In 2002, she created a research unit within LAQV-REQUIMTE focused on the development and application of methodologies for thein vitro study of antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antidiabetic properties of natural and synthetic compounds, in non-cellular and cellular models, Free Radicals and Antioxidants Unit - FRAU, which she has been coordinating to the present. Eduarda Fernandes has a vast supervision experience and holds 200+ publications, with 10.300+ citations and a h-index of 50 (Scopus).
Representative Publications
Combination of etoposide and fisetin results in anti-cancer efficiency against osteosarcoma cell models
10.1007/s00204-017-2146-z
Optimization of Experimental Settings for the Assessment of Reactive Oxygen Species Production by Human Blood
10.1155/2019/7198484
New phenolic cinnamic acid derivatives as selective COX-2 inhibitors. Design, synthesis, biological activity and structure-activity relationships
10.1016/j.bioorg.2019.103179
The dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitory effect of flavonoids is hindered in protein rich environments
10.1039/c9fo00722a
