Research group
Environmental Chemistry
Position
Researcher
Elsa F. Vieira has a licenciature in Nutrition and Food Science by the Faculty of Nutrition and Food Science (University of Porto, Portugal); a Master Degree in Quality Control- food and water by the Faculty of Pharmacy (University of Porto, Portugal) and a PhD in Sustainable Chemistry by the University of Porto and University of Lisbon (Portugal). Currently, she is a researcher at the department GRAQ (REQUIMTE associate laboratory) in the School of Engineering Polytechnic of Porto (ISEP, Portugal). Her research deals with the valorization of food by-products through the development of functional foods and analysis of bioactive compounds with anti-hypertensive, anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties.
Representative Publications
Seaweeds from the Portuguese coast as a source of proteinaceous material: Total and free amino acid composition profile
10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.06.145
Valuation of brewer's spent grain using a fully recyclable integrated process for extraction of proteins and arabinoxylans
10.1016/j.indcrop.2013.10.012