Cláudia Nunes dos Santos

Research interests

Publications

• Sesquiterpene Lactones: Promising Natural Compounds to Fight Inflammation

  Pharmaceutics · 2021 · 10.3390/pharmaceutics13070991

• 5-(Hydroxyphenyl)-γ-Valerolactone-Sulfate, a Key Microbial Metabolite of Flavan-3-ols, Is Able to Reach the Brain: Evidence from Different in Silico, In Vitro and In Vivo Experimental Models

  Nutrients · 2019 · 10.3390/nu11112678

• INFOGEST static in vitro simulation of gastrointestinal food digestion

  Nature Protocols · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-018-0119-1

• Low-Molecular Weight Metabolites from Polyphenols as Effectors for Attenuating Neuroinflammation

  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry · 2019 · 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b02155

• Bioavailability of Quercetin in Humans with a Focus on Interindividual Variation

  Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety · 2018 · 10.1111/1541-4337.12342

• Polyphenols journey through blood-brain barrier towards neuronal protection

  Scientific Reports · 2017 · 10.1038/s41598-017-11512-6

• Cranberry (poly)phenol metabolites correlate with improvements in vascular function: A double‐blind, randomized, controlled, dose‐response, crossover study

  Molecular Nutrition & Food Research · 2016 · 10.1002/mnfr.201600250

• Identification and quantification of novel cranberry-derived plasma and urinary (poly)phenols

  Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics · 2016 · 10.1016/j.abb.2016.01.014

• Polyphenols Beyond Barriers: A Glimpse into the Brain

  Current Neuropharmacology · 2016 · 10.2174/1570159x14666161026151545

• The harmonized INFOGEST in vitro digestion method: From knowledge to action

  Food Research International · 2015 · 10.1016/j.foodres.2015.12.006

• Phenolic sulfates as new and highly abundant metabolites in human plasma after ingestion of a mixed berry fruit purée

  British Journal Of Nutrition · 2015 · 10.1017/s0007114514003511

• Mind the gap—deficits in our knowledge of aspects impacting the bioavailability of phytochemicals and their metabolites—a position paper focusing on carotenoids and polyphenols

  Molecular Nutrition & Food Research · 2015 · 10.1002/mnfr.201400745

• Dairy products and inflammation: A review of the clinical evidence

  Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition · 2015 · 10.1080/10408398.2014.967385

• Understanding the gastrointestinal tract of the elderly to develop dietary solutions that prevent malnutrition

  Oncotarget · 2015 · 10.18632/oncotarget.4030

• A standardised static in vitro digestion method suitable for food – an international consensus

  Food & Function · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1039/c3fo60702j

• Phosphorylation Modulates Clearance of Alpha-Synuclein Inclusions in a Yeast Model of Parkinson's Disease

  PLoS Genetics · 2014 · 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004302

• Urinary metabolite profiling identifies novel colonic metabolites and conjugates of phenolics in healthy volunteers

  Molecular Nutrition & Food Research · 2014 · 10.1002/mnfr.201300822

• (Poly)phenols protect from α-synuclein toxicity by reducing oxidative stress and promoting autophagy

  Human Molecular Genetics · 2014 · 10.1093/hmg/ddu585

• In Vitro Models for Studying Secondary Plant Metabolite Digestion and Bioaccessibility

  Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety · 2014 · 10.1111/1541-4337.12081

• Neuroprotective effects of digested polyphenols from wild blackberry species

  European Journal of Nutrition · 2012 · 10.1007/s00394-012-0307-7

• Comparison of different methods for DNA-free RNA isolation from SK-N-MC neuroblastoma

  BMC Research Notes · 2011 · 10.1186/1756-0500-4-3

• Neuroprotective effect of blackberry (Rubus sp.) polyphenols is potentiated after simulated gastrointestinal digestion

  Food Chemistry · 2011 · 10.1016/j.foodchem.2011.10.025

• Antioxidant Properties and Neuroprotective Capacity of Strawberry Tree Fruit (Arbutus unedo)

  Nutrients · 2010 · 10.3390/nu2020214

• The role of plant defence proteins in fungal pathogenesis

  Molecular Plant Pathology · 2007 · 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2007.00419.x

• Fungal Pathogens: The Battle for Plant Infection

  Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences · 2006 · 10.1080/07352680601054610

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