Mariana Barbosa is a Researcher at Laboratory of Glycoimmunology from FCT NOVA, and Member of the “NanoImmunoTech” group of REQUIMTE/UCIBIO. She is (co)-author of 17 articles published in international peer-reviewed journals and author of a book chapter in Encyclopedia of Marine Biotechnology. Her research has been presented at several conferences, also acting as reviewer in international journals. She has been actively involved in the supervision and tutoring of undergraduate students, also participating in research projects, and outreach activities. Her research activity has been mainly focused on the pre-clinical development of innovative class of drugs for managing and understanding disease processes.
Representative Publications
Chemical profiling of edible seaweed (Ochrophyta) extracts and assessment of their in vitro effects on cell-free enzyme systems and on the viability of glutamate-injured SH-SY5Y cells
10.1016/j.fct.2018.04.033
Bioprospecting of brown seaweeds for biotechnological applications: Phlorotannin actions in inflammation and allergy network
10.1016/j.tifs.2019.02.037
Phlorotannins from Fucales: potential to control hyperglycemia and diabetes-related vascular complications
10.1007/s10811-019-01816-7
In vitro multifunctionality of phlorotannin extracts from edible Fucus species on targets underpinning neurodegeneration.
Polyphenols from Brown Seaweeds (Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae): Phlorotannins in the Pursuit of Natural Alternatives to Tackle Neurodegeneration
10.3390/md18120654
