Brás, NF

Employment

• LAQV-REQUIMTE Assistant Researcher (CEECIND)
  2020 - Present
• REQUIMTE Researcher IF 2014
  2015 - 2019
• REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas Assistant Researcher
  2013 - 2014
• Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Post-doctoral researcher
  2011 - 2013
• Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ph.D. student
  2006 - 2010
• REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas Researcher
  2005 - 2006

Education

Education history is unavailable.

Projects & Funding

• Bases moleculares para la interpretación de la astringencia y de su modulación mediante el uso de biopolímeros. Spanish MINECO and FEDER
  2018 - 2021
• Assessment of natural compounds as novel anti-diabetic drugs N/A
  2017 - 2019
• The role of chromosome segregation machinery defects in genetic predisposition to prostate cancer. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
  2017 - 2020
• Dietary polyphenol’s role in the prevention of celiac disease. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
  2017 - 2020
• (Fe)rrying plants to prevent chlorosis Foundation for Science and Technology
  2016 - 2018
• An integrative structural biology approach to characterise the protein-carbohydrate microbial recognition Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
  2016 - 2019
• New Technologies for three Health Challenges of Modern Societies: Diabetes, Drug Abuse and Kidney Diseases. CCRN - Comissão de Coordenação da Região Norte
  2016 - 2019
• VINE&WINE RESIDUES: Unlimited resources of high-value polyphenols for application into Functional Foods. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
  2015 - 2019
• Evaluacion de estrategias tecnologicas adaptativas para vinification en condiciones de cambio climatico. Spanish MINECO and FEDER
  2014 - 2017
• ENZYMATIC CATALYSIS - seeking a global picture Foundation for Science and Technology
  2013 - 2015
• New drugs to prevent Herpes Simplex virus type 1 infections Foundation for Science and Technology
  2012 - 2015
• New drugs for hypertension Foundation for Science and Technology
  2012 - 2015

Publications (123)

• Redox‐Mediated Amination of Pyrogallol‐Based Polyphenols
  Chemistry – A European Journal 2024 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303783
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• Supramolecular Study of the Interactions between Malvidin-3-O-Glucoside and Wine Phenolic Compounds: Influence on Color
  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2024 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c08502
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• Plant derived active compounds as potential anti SARS-CoV-2 agents: an in-silico study
  Dharmendra Kashyap, Shweta Jakhmola, Deeksha Tiwari +5 more
  Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics 2022 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2021.1947384
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• Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel 1H-benzo[d]imidazole Derivatives as Fatty Acid Synthase (FASN) Inhibitors for Cancer Treatment
  2022 DOI: 10.3390/ECMC2022-13414
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• Intermolecular Copigmentation Between Delphinidin 3-O-Glucoside and Chlorogenic Acid: Taking into Account the Existence of Neutral and Negatively Charged Forms of the Copigment
  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2022 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c03879
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• Epigenetic Anti‐Cancer Treatment With a Stabilized Carbocyclic Decitabine Analogue
  Chemistry – A European Journal 2022 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200640
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• Combined in Silico and in Vitro Approaches To Uncover the Oxidation and Schiff Base Reaction of Baicalein as an Inhibitor of Amyloid Protein Aggregation
  Chemistry – A European Journal 2022 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202104240
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• Epigenetic anti-cancer treatment with a stabilized carbocyclic Decitabine analogue
  2022 DOI: 10.1101/2022.01.19.476908
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• Structure based virtual screening of natural product molecules as glycosidase inhibitors
  In Silico Pharmacology 2021 DOI: 10.1007/s40203-021-00115-9
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• Anthocyanin-Related Pigments: Natural Allies for Skin Health Maintenance and Protection
  Antioxidants 2021 DOI: 10.3390/antiox10071038
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• The Role of Anthocyanins, Deoxyanthocyanins and Pyranoanthocyanins on the Modulation of Tyrosinase Activity: An In Vitro and In Silico Approach
  International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2021 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22126192
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• Combined in silico and in vitro studies to identify novel antidiabetic flavonoids targeting glycogen phosphorylase
  2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.104552
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• Cell Wall Mannoproteins from Yeast Affect Salivary Protein–Flavanol Interactions through Different Molecular Mechanisms
  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2020 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b08083
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• The peculiarity of malvidin 3-O-(6-O-p-coumaroyl) glucoside aggregation. Intra and intermolecular interactions
  Dyes and Pigments 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2020.108382
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• Anthocyanins as Antidiabetic Agents—In Vitro and In Silico Approaches of Preventive and Therapeutic Effects
  Molecules 2020 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25173813
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• In vitro gastrointestinal absorption of red wine anthocyanins – Impact of structural complexity and phase II metabolization
  Food Chemistry 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.126398
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• A 1000-year-old mystery solved: Unlocking the molecular structure for the medieval blue from Chrozophora tinctoria , also known as folium
  Science Advances 2020 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz7772
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• Binding Mode Prediction and Identification of New Lead Compounds from Natural Products as 3-OST Enzyme Inhibitors
  Letters in Drug Design & Discovery 2020 DOI: 10.2174/1570180817666200313105944
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• A multi-spectroscopic study on the interaction of food polyphenols with a bioactive gluten peptide: From chemistry to biological implications
  Food Chemistry 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.125051
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• A computational study on the redox properties and binding affinities of iron complexes of hydroxypyridinones
  Journal of Molecular Modeling 2019 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-019-4037-0
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