Research group
Chemistry and Bioactivity
Position
Researcher
Francisca Rodrigues graduated in Pharmaceutical Sciences at Faculty of Pharmacy - University of Porto (FFUP) in 2008, and finished a Master in Quality Control at FFUP in 2011. In 2012 she was awarded by FCT with a PhD scholarship in collaboration with a cosmetic industry and in 2016 she finished her PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences in the same University. Between 2016 and 2018 she was a Postdoc Researcher at LAQV/REQUIMTE-FFUP and in 2019 she moved to REQUIMTE/LAQV-ISEP. Her current research is focused on the study of new ingredients based on food by-products and their application in cosmetic and nutraceutical fields. In particular, her expertise is focus on in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo assays.
Representative Publications
Green-Sustainable Recovery of Phenolic and Antioxidant Compounds from Industrial Chestnut Shells Using Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction: Optimization and Evaluation of Biological Activities In Vitro
10.3390/antiox9030267
Optimizing the extraction of phenolic antioxidants from chestnut shells by subcritical water extraction using response surface methodology
10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.127521
Optimizing the extraction of phenolic antioxidants from chestnut shells by subcritical water extraction using response surface methodology
10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.127521
Valorisation of underexploited Castanea sativa shells bioactive compounds recovered by Supercritical Fluid Extraction with CO2: A Response Surface Methodology approach
