Search Results - "Carvalho, Ana Amélia"
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Concept Mapping: Benefits and Challenges in Higher Education
Published in The Journal of continuing higher education (02-01-2020)“…Undergraduates need to develop critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and deep understanding of concepts. Concept maps are considered an educational tool…”
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Enablers and Difficulties in the Implementation of Gamification: A Case Study with Teachers
Published in Education sciences (01-03-2022)“…Although there is ample evidence that gamification can engage students in learning, it is less used than one would expect. This raises the question of the…”
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A game for learning history on mobile devices
Published in Education and information technologies (01-03-2017)“…This paper presents a game designed to support teaching and learning of Portuguese History to 6th grade students. Firstly, a state of the art of mobile…”
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Mycotoxin‐assisted mitochondrial dysfunction and cytotoxicity: Unexploited tools against proliferative disorders
Published in IUBMB life (01-11-2018)“…Mitochondria are the powerhouse of cells, which upon dysfunctions may lead to several diseases. Mycotoxins are the toxic secondary metabolites from fungi which…”
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Bufadienolides from amphibians: A promising source of anticancer prototypes for radical innovation, apoptosis triggering and Na+/K+-ATPase inhibition
Published in Toxicon (Oxford) (01-03-2017)“…Amphibians present pharmacologically active aliphatic, aromatic and heterocyclic molecules in their skin as defense against microorganisms, predators and…”
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Occupational exposure of workers to pesticides: Toxicogenetics and susceptibility gene polymorphisms
Published in Genetics and molecular biology (01-09-2015)“…Farm workers are often exposed to pesticides, which are products belonging to a specific chemical group that affects the health of agricultural workers and is…”
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Anti-Inflammatory, Antinociceptive, and Antioxidant Properties of Anacardic Acid in Experimental Models
Published in ACS omega (11-08-2020)“…Anacardic acid (AA), a compound extracted from cashew nut liquid, exhibits numerous pharmacological activities. The aim of the current investigation was to…”
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Persistent Increased Frequency of Genomic Instability in Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer: Before, during, and after Treatments
Published in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity (01-01-2018)“…This study aimed to evaluate DNA damage in patients with breast cancer before treatment (background) and after chemotherapy (QT) and radiotherapy (RT)…”
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Antioxidant action and enzyme activity modulation by bioaccessible polyphenols from jambolan (Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels)
Published in Food chemistry (30-11-2021)“…[Display omitted] •Anthocyanins from jambolan are degraded after in vitro digestion.•Antioxidant action of fruit is attributed to other flavonoids, and…”
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Allium cepa as a Toxicogenetic Investigational Tool for Plant Extracts: A Systematic Review
Published in Chemistry & biodiversity (26-10-2024)“…Toxicological studies are important to investigate the genotoxic effects of various substances. Allium cepa can be used as test model for this purpose. This…”
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The effect of the serious game Tempoly on learning arithmetic polynomial operations
Published in Education and information technologies (01-05-2020)“…Research on learning through serious games has been gaining importance in recent years. We develop the serious game Tempoly , concerning the learning of the…”
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Phytol as an anticarcinogenic and antitumoral agent: An in vivo study in swiss mice with DMBA‐Induced breast cancer
Published in IUBMB life (01-02-2019)“…Phytol (PHY) (3,7,11,15‐tetramethylhexadec‐2‐en‐1‐ol) exhibits various pharmacological properties including toxicity and cytotoxicity, and exerts antitumor…”
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Use of short podcasts to reinforce learning outcomes in biology
Published in Biochemistry and molecular biology education (01-09-2009)“…Podcasts are audio or video files which can be automatically downloaded to one's computer when the episodes become available, then later transferred to a…”
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A systematic review on the neuroprotective perspectives of beta‐caryophyllene
Published in Phytotherapy research (01-12-2018)“…Beta (β)‐caryophyllene (BCAR) is a major sesquiterpene of various plant essential oils reported for several important pharmacological activities, including…”
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Anxiolytic effect of anacardic acids from cashew (Anacardium occidentale) nut shell in mice
Published in IUBMB life (01-05-2018)“…Antianxiety drugs currently in use are associated with a number of serious side effects. Present study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of anacardic acids…”
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α-tocopherol as a selective modulator of toxicogenic damage induced by antineoplastic agents cyclophosphamide and doxorubicin
Published in Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A (16-02-2023)“…The aim of this study was to determine the oxidative/antioxidative effects, modulatory and selective potential of α-tocopherol (vitamin E) on antineoplastic…”
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Formation of DNA strand breaks in peripheral lymphocytes of rats after exposure to natural sunlight
Published in Biomedical and environmental sciences (01-04-2012)“…This paper aims to evaluate the genotoxicity in peripheral blood lymphocytes of rats after exposure to sunlight at different time points of day in a tropical…”
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An insight towards anticancer potential of major coffee constituents
Published in BioFactors (Oxford) (01-07-2018)“…Cancer is a complex disease that transforms a normal cell into a malignant cell by disturbing different molecular mechanisms. Lately, plant‐derived bioactive…”
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Palmatine antioxidant and anti-acetylcholinesterase activities: A pre-clinical assessment
Published in Cellular and Molecular Biology (25-06-2020)“…There is evidence that palmatine (PA), an alkaloid isolated from the Guatteria friesiana plant, has some important biological activities, including…”
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