Research group
Chemistry and Bioactivity
Position
Researcher
Andreia Oliveira is a Researcher of the Associated Laboratory REQUIMTE, working at Faculty of Pharmacy of University of Porto (FFUP). She is (co)-author of 36 papers published in international peer-reviewed journals, being first author in 15 of those papers. Her main research and collaborative works have been presented at national and international conferences, as poster (50) and oral (8) communications. She has contributed to some R&D project calls promoted by national and international entities and now she is researcher of the funded project (FCT): PTDC/BAA-AGR/1391/2020. Additionally, she has co(supervised) several students of the Integrated Master in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Her main research interests has been focused on the development and application of analytical methods for the study of natural matrices with special emphasis on medicinal plants, on the characterization of their metabolic profile and evaluation of their biological potential, in the fields of inflammatory related diseases.
Representative Publications
Accumulation of primary and secondary metabolites in edible jackfruit seed tissues and scavenging of reactive nitrogen species
10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.04.068
Chemical findings and in vitro biological studies to uphold the use of Ficus exasperata Vahl leaf and stem bark
10.1016/j.fct.2017.12.043
Anti-inflammatory properties of Xylopia aethiopica leaves: Interference with pro-inflammatory cytokines in THP-1-derived macrophages and flavonoid profiling
10.1016/j.jep.2019.112312
