Research group
Chemistry and Bioactivity
Position
Academic Staff
Paula B. Andrade is Full Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy of University of Porto. She is Integrated Member of Associated Laboratory REQUIMTE/LAQV. Her research has been focused on the development and application of chemical and instrumental methods to study natural matrices, and on the chemical and pharmacological characterization of natural and hemi-synthetic bioactive compounds in a context of drug discovery, for cancer, diabetes, inflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases. Her expertise is evidenced in more than 30 book chapters and more than 360 articles published in international peer-reviewed journals (h-index = 60).
Representative Publications
In vitro multimodal-effect of Trichilia catigua A. Juss. (Meliaceae) bark aqueous extract in CNS targets
10.1016/j.jep.2017.09.039
Profiling phlorotannins from Fucus spp. of the Northern Portuguese coastline: Chemical approach by HPLC-DAD-ESI/MSn and UPLC-ESI-QTOF/MS
10.1016/j.algal.2017.11.025
In vitro multifunctionality of phlorotannin extracts from edible Fucus species on targets underpinning neurodegeneration.
Echium plantagineum L. honey: Search of pyrrolizidine alkaloids and polyphenols, anti-inflammatory potential and cytotoxicity
10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.127169
